Provision of guarantee and investment grant to a financial institution to accelerate financing for digital and digital platform micro, small and medium-sized (MSME) businesses in Kenya The primary objective of this "Expression of Interest" is to engage a financial institution that will receive a de-risking credit guarantee and an investment grant, whose disbursement will be performance-based, from UNCDF. The aim is to expand access to finance for local/homegrown digital MSMEs and digital platforms in Kenya, which currently face significant barriers to obtaining such financing.  UNCDF is inviting applications from financial institutions that are located in Kenya. The Guarantee Facility and Investment Grant that UNCDF will provide to the selected financial institution will subsequently be deployed to support lending to the identified target segments – namely, homegrown digital MSMEs and digital platforms - within the geographic scope.UNCDF adopts a tailored, collaborative approach when engaging with partners, supporting them throughout the process to identify business and customer needs, and helping to design, pilot and scale up the solutions.   UNCDF will receive and evaluate all documents submitted by applicants to this Expression of Interest (EOI), based on the eligibility criteria outlined in Section V. Following the evaluation, the selected applicant will be notified by email within three weeks after the application deadline and completion of the assessment. In this notification, UNCDF will request the selected applicant to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). The NDA is intended to protect and facilitate exchange of information necessary for UNCDF to conduct a due diligence on the selected applicant.   Contacts Links UNSPSC codes Revisions Email address: [email protected] Surname: John Ndungu Link Description https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/redwood/supplier-registration/register-supplier/register-supplier-verification?id=TUW16eK6qsD94MNMxQLLMoYCOHny7FmchTkUc2uwsrp8VTQcIHB8kCK4Yw%3D%3D Supplier Registration https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_negotiation.cfm?nego_id=33980 UNDP Procurement Notices Ad https://procurement-notices.undp.org/sharepoint/login.cfm Please click on this link before accessing the Negotiation Document(s) link https://undp.sharepoint.com/sites/Docs-Public/Procurement/Forms/AllItems.aspx?env=Embedded&isAscending=false&FilterType1=Text&sortField=Modified&FilterField1=NegotiationNumber&FilterValue1=UNCDF-00358,1 Negotiation Document(s) https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_negotiation_dlink.cfm?nego_id=33980 Direct link to Quantum Negotiation Collapse all Expand all G  -  Business, Communication & Technology Equipment & Supplies 43000000  -  Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications 43200000  -  Components for information technology or broadcasting or telecommunications 43201800  -  Media storage devices 43201806  -  Tape arrays $(document).ready(function () { UNGM.UNSPSC.init(); }); No revisions have been made. Email address added for offline application. Update the TOR to add conference link. Edited on: 11-Jun-2025 23:00 Edited by: [email protected] #noticeDetail { -webkit-user-select: none; user-select: none; } #contactDetails { -webkit-user-select: text; user-select: text; } function no_no_noo(event) { var selection = window.getSelection(); var emailElement = document.getElementById('contactDetails'); if (selection.containsNode(emailElement, true)) { return; } else { event.preventDefault(); } } document.getElementById('noticeDetail').addEventListener('contextmenu', no_no_noo); document.getElementById('noticeDetail').addEventListener('copy', no_no_noo); document.getElementById('noticeDetail').addEventListener('cut', no_no_noo);