The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 least developed countries. With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development.

In Uganda, UNCDF is implementing the “Leaving No One Behind in the Digital Era” Strategy aiming to contribute to the achievement of both Uganda’s development agenda and the global SDG’s. This aligns with the guiding principles and objectives of UNCDF’s Strategic Framework of (1) Making finance work for inclusion, (2) Responding to the needs of least developed countries, (3) Focusing on the last mile and risk appetite, and (4) Aligning with global agendas.

UNCDF is looking for a partner to develop and provide a digital literacy curriculum and training toolkit. The training resources development will focus on digital and financial literacy needs of rural Ugandans especially in Northern region of Uganda using basic, feature and smart phones.

Selected applicants will be signing a Performance-Based Agreement1 (PBA) with UNCDF. Please refer to the PBA sample available on this RFA website.

UNCDF’s contributions can range from USD $150,000 to USD $200,000. UNCDF will award the grant to one candidate depending on the investment readiness level and outreach potential of the solution proposed.

Applicants may apply independently or in a consortium, provided that the consortium has a pre-established partnership prior to when this request for applications was issued.

All applications must be submitted by 23:59 (East Africa Time zone) on 22nd March 2021 to uncdf.rfa@uncdf.org with the subject title: "Uganda Digital Literacy Training Toolkit".

Questions to this request for applications may be submitted by email to
chris.lukolyo@uncdf.org cc uncdf.rfa@uncdf.org