New Job Opportunity at The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund Tanzania (AECF) – Consultant

About TZAW
The
Tanzania Agribusiness Window (TZAW) seeks to address challenges of the
availability, acceptability, affordability, and accessibility of
agricultural produce and products by; improving food supply chain
dynamics making them more efficient and effective to serve the poor;
accelerating the value chains of agricultural inputs such as improved
seeds, agrochemicals, and fertilizers, veterinary services,
transportation, and information; and enabling the processing
infrastructure to be available in both rural and remote areas but also
serve the populations in the urban regions recognizing that nearly 40%
of the African population currently live in urban areas. The portfolio
also seeks to increase the production and productivity of the
small-holder farmers thus increasing the availability of food,
stabilizing prices of food, and ensuring a healthier population in
Africa including women, children, and youth.

TZAW was
established to support agricultural businesses in Tanzania to support
smallholder farmers to increase their productivity and income. Funded by
FCDO and Sida, the programme has invested in 52 enterprises across a
wide range of projects, from seed sector research and out-grower schemes
to ag-tech investments and vaccine development.

The TZAW
consists of four rounds of funding, R1 consists of 10 companies, R2
consists of 10 companies, R3 consists of 17 companies and R4 consists of
15 companies. Rounds 1, 2 & 3 focused on financing more established
businesses that were looking to scale the delivery of their innovative
services and products while round 4 focused on financing more
early-stage businesses and start-ups. The window objectives were to
promote pro-poor growth in Tanzania and the outcome remains to
‘facilitate the rehabilitation of agribusinesses and the development of
rural finance markets to benefit the lives of the poor. A key focus of
the window was to fund agribusiness and finance companies that proved
profitable and encouraged other private sector businesses to develop
models that serve similar markets.

The programme is coming to an
end and there is, therefore, a need to develop a high-quality report
highlighting the impacts of the programme and more importantly, lessons
learned that can inform future programmes in Tanzania and beyond.
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Purpose and Deliverables of this assignment
The objective of the consultancy is to prepare the Tanzania Agribusiness Window (TZAW) End of Programme Report.
TZAW
has been implemented from (January 2011 – September 2022). This end of
the project report will focus on the entire implementation period. The
report will be expected to effectively capture lessons learned and
provided information on the nature, extent and where possible, the
potential impact and sustainability of the TZAW investment focus. The
final report will retrospectively examine the project design, scope,
implementation approach and finally, the extent to which the project met
its objectives. It is expected that the report will collate and analyze
the lessons learnt, challenges faced, and best practices obtained
during the implementation period.
The assignment will be conducted in collaboration with members of the AECF team.

Scope of work
The consultant will be expected to:

• With the support of TZAW staff undertake desktop research and background analysis.
• Review TZAW investees’ progress reports and impact reports.
• Review Investees’ field visits and impact verification reports.
• Review TZAW’s annual narrative and financial reports
• Successes of the programme (noting key impact – intended and unintended brought about by the TZAW investment.
• Actual failures – what did not go as planned, what failed, what lessons were learned
• Case studies and success stories (from both investee and beneficiary perspectives)

Deliverables
The consultant shall provide: