For too long the narrative surrounding Africa’s agri-food sector has been one of limited 
opportunity, flat yields and small farms. It’s true that Africa is still producing too little food and value-added products despite recent efforts to increase investment, and that agricultural productivity has been broadly stagnant since the 1980s as shown in the 2018 African Agriculture Status Report.
eC2: Program Evaluation for the Environmental and Social Standards in Water Resources Development (Hydro E&S Advisory)
Deadline: 07-Mar-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
IFC is seeking a consultant (s) from a firm with relevant monitoring and evaluation (M&E) expertise to undertake an end of program evaluation and to provide recommendations for future strategy and program design.
Purpose and use of the Evaluation
The purpose of the evaluation is threefold:
1. To assess and report on program results;
2. To identify lessons for IFC and its partners; and
3. To inform future strategy and program design.
The primary users of the evaluation are DFAT in-country staff and in Canberra, IFC Head Office and in-country staff, partner governments and implementing partners.
eC2: FIRM CONSULTANT FOR OUTGROWER TRAINING AND COACHING IN FEED AND LIVESTOCK
Deadline: 28-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
IFC is looking for Out Grower training and coaching firm consultant to start its livestock out grower development project in Raya Azebo District and neighboring woredas in Ethiopia where in the 1st phase of the project, at least 1000 farmers (out growers) (a)adopt good animal husbandary practices, (b) produce proper animal feed for themselves and supply to feedlot, (c) deliver animals that meet export market requirements by end of December 2019.
eC2: Improving policies and regulations for water efficiency in South African agribusiness clusters
Deadline: 28-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The objective of this consultancy is to identify and ensure buy-in to policy, regulatory or procedural interventions by public institutions to support the uptake of water efficiency initiatives by businesses in the projects target agri-processing clusters. The scope of work would include:
eC2: Legal Consultant Solid Waste
Deadline: 06-Mar-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The Government of Guinea (GoG) and The National Agency for Sanitation and Public Safety (ANASP)have reached out to the IFC to advise on the development a new sanitary landfill by 2021 on a PPP basis for the treatment of solid waste produced by the residents of Conakry. IFC should advise the GoG for the structuring of the transaction and the selection of suitable private investors, through a competitive bidding process. IFC’s engagement would be executed in two phases in 18-20 months, as follows:
Phase 1 – due diligence phase and transaction structuring
Phase 2 – tender preparation and implementation
As part of its mandate, IFC will appoint several consultants including a qualified Legal Consultant to support in undertaking this assignment.
Data for development impact: Why we need to invest in data, people and ideas
High quality development data is a must for development impact 
We know that high quality development data is the foundation for meaningful policy-making, efficient resource allocation, and effective public service delivery. Unfortunately, even as new technology makes more data and wider uses of data possible, there are still many blank spaces on the global data map. A paper by my colleague Umar Serajuddin et al. (2015) describes this phenomenon as “data deprivation”, finding that as of just a few years ago, 77 countries still lacked the data needed to adequately measure poverty. What’s worse, data is often most scarce in the areas where it is most desperately needed. For one, the scarcity of individual-level data on issues like assets and consumption severely curtails our ability to make decisions to reduce gender disparities. Similarly, despite the urgency of the need to manage climate risk, significant voids remain with regards to climate data, such as impacts on freshwater resources. Education, health, food security, and infrastructure are just a few of the many other areas where more and better data is needed to deliver progress.
Social media beyond entertainment
Social media has flourished with increasing digital connectivity. Internet users in the 
Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates spend more than 3 hours per day on social media. Global social media platforms such as YouTube and WhatsApp as well as local ones such as Mxit, an instant messaging application in South Africa, and Odnoklassniki, the Russian version of Facebook, are attracting people’s attention. The social interaction aspect of those communication initiatives redefines how individuals, business and government engage with each other.
eC2: MSME landscape and Market Research in West Africa
Deadline: 25-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The firm will undertake market research of the financial sector in each country with specific focus on the market structure, key players, product offering to MSMEs.
The project timeline is around 2 months starting Mid March.
The final deliverable will be five detailed reports (both English and French):
Three reports (one for each of the three markets: Côte dIvoire, Senegal & Burkina Faso) summarizing the main findings and conclusions regarding the MSME sector and the financial needs of MSMEs in each country; and
One consolidated report summarizing key themes and findings across the region, based on the in-depth country reports, for the benefit of the Holding Company.
Short (~20-page) PowerPoint presentations (in both English and French) to summarize key findings and recommendations.
eC2: Study of Private Sector Development and Circular Economy
Deadline: 25-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
This firm consultancy will explore how inclusive and green growth can be supported 
through strengthened value chains and circular economy (CE) approaches, specifically among poor people and communities and achieve outcomes that promote poverty reduction, enhanced welfare and create new and expanded employment opportunities, eg green jobs.
How crowdsourcing can improve food safety
Unsafe foods cost developing economies over $110 billion in lost productivity and 
medical expenses each year
, according to the World Bank’s own figures. And yet in many cases surveillance is limited, and there are few effective ways for a consumer to report a case of food poisoning.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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