Ireme Invest to offer Support and Funding to Waste and Circular Economy Entrepreneurs and Businesses in Rwanda

The Inspirer. 

• Ireme Invest is a green investment facility powered by the Rwanda Green Fund and Development Bank of Rwanda that works with the private sector to support green business growth and boost the country’s response to climate change.
• The first of Ireme Invest’s support and funding opportunities under its Project Preparation Facility is open to entrepreneurs and businesses working in the waste and circular economy sector – one of the facility’s priority investment areas.
• Applications for the Ireme Invest Circular Economy Programme close at 5:00pm on Monday, 23 October 2023.

Up to 30 entrepreneurs and businesses working in Rwanda’s waste and circular economy sector will be selected in Ireme Invest’s first call for applications under its Project Preparation Facility run by the Rwanda Green Fund. Successful applicants will go through a guided journey of expert mentoring, workshops and coaching. The initial four-month programme will enhance their product or service quality, and prepare them for market testing, resource mobilisation and prototype funding.

Grant investment funding of up to Rwf 60 million will be provided to up to ten participating businesses based on milestones achieved during the first phase of the programme. The ten supported businesses will then have the opportunity to showcase their products to investors in the sector.

The Ireme Invest Circular Economy Programme will support businesses to contribute to the implementation of Rwanda’s Circular Economy Action Plan and Roadmap, the National Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategy, as well as the country’s NDC Climate Action Plan and Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy.

Interested entrepreneurs and businesses are encouraged to visit iremeinvest.rw/apply/circular-economy to learn more and apply. Applicants can contact application@greenfund.rw with any questions.

Applications for the Ireme Invest Circular Economy Programme close at 5:00 PM on Monday,
23 October 2023.

Programme Partners

This opportunity has been made possible by the Rwanda Green Fund with support from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in the framework of the Rwandan-German Climate and Development Partnership and will be facilitated by Impact Hub Kigali.

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