Impact Amplifier is seeking applications for its Africa Online Safety Fund.
Africa’s internet access has increased dramatically over the last 10 years with over 520 million people, or 40% of the population, now with access to the web. This has opened up many new opportunities for socio-economic development, including the potential for the internet economy to contribute nearly $180 billion to Africa’s economy by 2025.
The Africa Online Safety Fund will be awarding grants to organisations that address one or more of the safety issues the internet facilitates.
The Africa Online Safety Fund has three categories of funding: Transformative, Maturing and Catalytic. The Transformative projects are intended to be larger in scale, reach multiple geographies and or potentially large numbers of beneficiaries, and be scalable as a solution.
The Maturing projects are intended to test ideas at a larger scale, try new ideas within existing projects, and reach new audiences. The Catalytic projects are intended to be smaller, targeted, and potentially only locally or culturally specific.
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Benefits
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Applicants can be public benefit organisations, private or from the public sector. No individual applicants will be considered.
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The Fund is open to organisations throughout Sub-Saharan Africa but is prioritising Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana.
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Only completed applications will be considered.
Interview date, Process and Venue for Impact Amplifier Africa Online Safety Fund
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INNOVATION AND REPLICATION – what is the level of novelty in the intervention/service? Can it function as a model for other interventions? Does it replicate other successful online safety interventions from different geographies?
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SOCIAL IMPACT – what is the scale of the online safety problem being addressed? What is the potential social impact of the intervention? What is the potential impact if the intervention is scaled beyond the current plan? Can it in fact be ramped up? (Is it cost effective, sustainable, and replicable?)
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POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS – how likely is the intervention to achieve its stated goals?
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MANAGEMENT TEAM – what is the strength and experience of the management team and the precedent set by the team in terms of cooperation, achieving goals, and beneficiaries served?
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FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY – is the funding requested an efficient use of resources? How does the amount requested, scope of the problem to be addressed, and beneficiaries to be reached compare to other applicants?
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SUSTAINABILITY – can the intervention planned become financially sustainable beyond this grant? If so, how and to what scale?
How to Apply
Go to Impact Amplifier on survey.zohopublic.com to apply.
The application process will be in two stages. Stage one is a short application form to be completed by all interested organizations. Click to apply.
All applicants that are shortlisted will be eligible to complete the second stage of the application process.
The details and requirements of this stage will be provided directly to all shortlisted applicants.
Application Deadline
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