Scale Accelerator Programme: Women’s Economic Empowerment

Women engaging in rural-based economic activities across East Africa face significant systemic barriers – limited access to resources, precarious employment, and societal discrimination – that hinder their economic potential and perpetuate cycles of inequality.

To tackle these challenges, Scale Accelerator will support established nonprofits in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to scale proven solutions that strengthen the economic resilience of women working in rural sectors.

The programme offers fully-funded consultancy and training to help organisations develop the strategies and skills to scale sustainably and create lasting change.

Focus Areas

• This programme is for established NGOs and social enterprises operating in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania that are ready to scale a proven project, service, or programme advancing the economic resilience of women in agriculture and rural sectors.
• Examples include, but are not limited to, interventions focusing on:
  • Reducing barriers women face in their economic activities. These barriers could be societal, cultural, legal, or practical.
  • Ensuring women are aware of and have access to services, products and information that will enhance their economic resilience.
  • Ensuring or creating an environment which supports women to access their economic rights, or ensuring duty bearers uphold those rights.
• They recognise that other types of interventions contribute to women’s economic empowerment. If you believe your work is a good fit, get in touch.

Eligibility Criteria

• NGOs, CSOs and coalitions of organisations working in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are eligible to apply for the programme.

Essential Criteria

• The programme is intensive and works best where the organisation is well established, financially stable, and is able to devote significant time to the work.
  • Programme, intervention or service must demonstrate clear evidence of impact and have been proven to work, and it should have been running for at least 1 year
  • The programme, intervention or service must be a core part of your organisation’s strategy
  • Be able to dedicate several days per month for 2-3 staff, including at least one person from the leadership team.
  • You should be keen to look at how to take this to new locations, target groups or to have a greater impact on those you are already reaching.
• If your initiative demonstrates clear impact, you are keen to scale the impact of your solution, and can dedicate the necessary resources, you’re an ideal candidate.

For more information, visit Spring Impact.