{"id":71,"date":"2024-09-25T17:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2025-03-07T09:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:04:33","slug":"support-to-smes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/support-to-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Support to SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e71-e1 m1z-0 m1z-1\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\"><\/div><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-color\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e71-e2 m1z-3 m1z-4 m1z-5\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e71-e3 m1z-7\"><h1  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h1\" style=\"color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\"><span>Support to SMEs<\/span><\/h1><hr class=\"x-line e71-e5 m1z-8\"\/><hr class=\"x-line e71-e6 m1z-9\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e71-e7 m1z-0 m1z-2\"><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e71-e8 m1z-3 m1z-4 m1z-6\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e71-e9 m1z-7\"><div class=\"x-text x-content e71-e10 m1z-a\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Through comprehensive technical and financial support, GREEN Tech4CE will drive innovation, create employment opportunities, and facilitate economic diversification. The project aims to promote sustainable practices by supporting the development of start-ups and MSMEs within the green, circular economy and digital sectors and want to green or make circular their business models. There will be opportunities for:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"14\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Start-ups<\/li>\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"14\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Micro, Small &amp; Medium Enterprises<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"14\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Business Development Service Providers<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"14\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fintech, local venture capital, impact investment entities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #6cc32e\"><b>FOCUS OF FUNDING ROUNDS<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Each call may have a number of windows within it. These are initially envisaged as: <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ol>\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sustainable Production in Critical Minerals (value addition along the minerals value chains including traceability),<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Circular economy (waste recycling, industrial symbiosis, circular business models, reuse of end-of-life products, with emphasis on areas identified in Circular Economy Market Study) including services related to CE,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Greening Manufacturing Processes,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Technology and digital.\u202fAdditional potential windows may be identified during implementation. SMEs will be awarded grants via a competitive process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1.png 2048w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/greentech4ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/GREEN-Tech4CE-1-1200x1200.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<ol><\/ol>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #6cc32e\"><b>BUSINESS GROWTH AND INNOVATION PRIZES<\/b><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In an effort to stimulate innovation and continuous learning, GREENTech4CE will be looking to support initiatives aimed at bringing awareness to issues on environmental sustainability, technological advancements and cutting-edge technological innovations and solutions generation. <br \/>\nTo this effect, the project will provide support to institutions that design and operate incubators that recognise champions in these fields through sponsorship of awards and prizes and provision of technical assistance through participation on evaluation committees of such initiatives with a special focus on women and youth.<\/p>\n<p>For more information email: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">helpdesk@greentech4ce.org<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support to SMEsThrough comprehensive technical and financial support, GREEN Tech4CE will drive innovation, create employment opportunities, and facilitate economic diversification. The project aims to promote sustainable practices by supporting the development of start-ups and MSMEs within the green, circular economy and digital sectors and want to green or make circular their business models. 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