South Sudan Country Portfolio

Overview: Country program established in 2013. USADF currently U.S. African Development Foundation Partner Organization: Foundation for manages a portfolio of 4 projects. Total commitment is $670,000. Tom Coogan, Regional Director Youth Initiative Email: [email protected] Albino Gaw Dar, Director Country Strategy: The program focuses on food security and Tel: +211 955 413 090 export-oriented products. Email: [email protected]

Grantee Duration Value Summary

Kanybek General Trading and 2015-2017 $98,772 Sector: Agro-Processing (Maize Milling) Investment Company Ltd. Town/City: Mugali, Eastern Equatoria State 4155-SSD Summary: The project funds will be used to build Kanybek’s capacity in business and financial management. The funds will also build technical capacity by providing training in sustainable agriculture and establishing a small milling facility to process raw maize into maize flour.

Kajo Keji Lulu Works Multipurpose 2015-2017 $99,068 Sector: Manufacturing (Shea Butter) Cooperative Society (LWMCS) Town/City: Kajo Keji County, Central Equatoria State 4162-SSD Summary: The project funds will be used to develop LWMCS’s capacity in financial and business management, and to improve its production capacity by establishing a shea nut purchase fund and purchasing an oil expeller and related equipment to produce grade A shea butter for export.

Amimbaru Paste Processing 2015-2017 $97,523 Sector: Agro-Processing (Peanut Paste) Cooperative Society (APP) Town/City: Loa in the Pageri Administrative Area, Eastern Equatoria State 4227-SSD Summary: The project funds will be used to improve the business and financial management of APP through a series of trainings and the hiring of a management team. The funds will also build its technical capacity by expanding and improving its peanut paste operations through trainings in sustainable agriculture and peanut production, quality control and food safety, and through its purchase of a paste pressing machine.

Gum Enterprises Co. Ltd 2016-2018 $96,170 Sector: Agro-Processing (gum arabic) 4325-SSD Town/City: Torit, Eastern Equatoria State Summary: The project funds will be used develop a five-year business plan and financial and business management systems for the business, train the board and management in corporate governance and enterprise development, train individual farmer members in sustainable agriculture, purchase equipment for production of gum Arabic, purchase raw gum from members, and transport and packaging of gum arabic for market.

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