Call for Agri-Innovators: HealthyDiets4Africa Agribusiness Accelerator Program Cohort III 2026 (With up to $5000 in Funding)

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About HealthyDiets4Africa Agribusiness Accelerator Program Cohort III

As part of the European Union funded HealthyDiets4Africa Project, Food Security for Peace and Nutrition Africa (FSPN-Africa) is engaging youth and women innovators in leading Food System transformation in Kenya through the Youth and Women in Agribusiness Accelerator Program Cohort III. The main goal of the program is empowering, retooling and shaping youth and women-led innovations to scale and be investor ready.This initiative will provide a platform for you as a participant to improve your innovation and build your business capacity through E-learning, training and linkage to our pool of partners, experts and key resources to support adoption of your Agri-nutrition innovation and  consumer traction necessary for scalability. 

• Sponsor Organisation: Food Security for Peace & Nutrition(FSPN) Africa

Benefits of HealthyDiets4Africa Agribusiness Accelerator Program Cohort III

• Business development support through training, upscaling, retooling and mentorship.
• Total award of $5000 to Top 3 high potential ready-to-scale innovations.
• Funding linkage support for high potential ready-to-scale innovations through our partners and investor pool.
• Market ecosystem exposure through national and international trade fairs, exhibitions expos and exchange programs.
• Access to larger HealthyDiets4Africa project partners for learning and possible collaborations. 

HealthyDiets4Africa Agribusiness Accelerator Program Cohort III Requirements

For your innovation/enterprise to be eligible it must fulfill all eligibility criteria listed below.

1. Address a food system problem in one or more of these thematic areas:

• Sustainable Innovations for Crop Production (solutions that improve productivity and produce safe foods while managing natural resources such water, soil)
• Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture (solutions that produce healthy food by utilizing small spaces)
• Value Addition and Fortification (solutions/process/techniques/enterprises that fortifies indigenous foods or transform raw agricultural products to new products)
• Storage and Post-harvest Handling Innovations (innovations that work to reduce post-harvest food waste and losses.
• Training, Distribution and Aggregation services.

  2.   Focus on the Value Chains that are Novel foods and underutilized foods, e.g.:

• Vegetables (mushrooms, African leafy vegetables, pumpkin and/or pumpkin leaves)
• Cereals (finger millet, pearl millet and/or sorghum)   
• Tubers (cassava, yams and/or sweet potatoes) 
• Legumes (pigeon peas, cow peas, ground nuts, green grams and/or beans)
• Fruits (tree tomato, guava, baobab and any other fruits)
• Livestock (indigenous poultry, insects for feeds and food)

  3.  Have presence in Kenya. Makueni, Nairobi, Kitui, Machakos, Kiambu, Kajiado and Murang'a Counties are most highly preferred.

  4. The enterprise should be up to 5 years of operation i.e. Has minimum viable product or prototype.

  5. Clearly shows uniqueness, feasibility and sustainability.

TEAM ELIGIBILITY 

You can make a submission for your innovation/enterprise as an individual or a team of not more than ten people.

 All applicants and team members should fall within the following age brackets.

· Youth Applicants and Team Members: Age 18-35 years

· Women Applicants and Team Members: Age 35-45 years

Application Date and Process

• Click on the link to the application website to apply.

Application Deadline

22 March, 2026

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