GIZ MOVE-ComCashew (Competitive Cashew initiative)Competition

Up to €2,000 Cashew Agripreneur Competition

Oct 30, 2026 23:59:00 UTC

Opportunity type

Competition

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Oct 30, 2026 23:59:00 UTC

About this opportunity

MOVE-ComCashew, a German development cooperation project run by GIZ with EU and OACPS co-funding, is inviting young and emerging agripreneurs to turn a cashew business idea into an investment-ready, climate-smart plan. You take two free online courses on the atingi platform, build a one-page AgriCanvas business model, and submit it. Winners receive either 2,000 EUR in direct funding for their business or a laptop, tablet or software. This is the third submission window, open from September to 30 October 2026.

What you get:

One kickstart prize per winner: either 2,000 EUR direct funding to boost your business, or a laptop, tablet or software for your operations
Two free e-learning courses on atingi: Introduction to Conservation Agriculture, and Creating an Investment-Ready Agribusiness
A completed AgriCanvas (business model canvas) for your cashew idea, which you can improve and resubmit in a later window if not selected

What you'll do:

Register on atingi (or the e-MOVE landing page) and complete the two mandatory courses in order
Use the AgriCanvas template from the Creating an Investment-Ready Agribusiness course to develop your idea on any part of the cashew value chain
Submit through the official KoboToolbox form, entering your AgriCanvas directly (no uploads) with your course certificate ID
Answer three short questions: your climate-smart or resilience component, your revenue model, and the capital needed to start or scale

Key dates:

Submission window 3 opened September 2026
Submissions close 30 October 2026
The submission form says winners will be announced towards November 2026; the programme page says successful applicants will be contacted by mid-December 2026

More information:

Full call, steps and FAQ on the MOVE-ComCashew funding page (English and French)
Check whether your country is an OACPS member on the OACPS member states fact sheets page linked from the call
Evaluation criteria are in clause 6 of the Terms and Conditions document linked from the call page

Who can apply

Aged 18 or over
Based in an OACPS member state (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific; 79 countries)
An innovative agribusiness idea related to any part of the cashew value chain
Must complete both mandatory e-MOVE courses and submit a valid certificate ID from Creating an Investment-Ready Agribusiness; submissions without one are not accepted
Only entries made through the official KoboToolbox form are reviewed
One idea per applicant per submission window; with several entries on one certificate ID, only the last complete one counts

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Good to know

+Completely free: no entry fee, and the required courses cost nothing
+Run by GIZ for German development cooperation, co-funded by the EU
+If you are not chosen, you can improve your idea and enter the next window

Worth checking yourself

!You must finish two online courses before you can submit, and there are only days left: start now
!Winners get either 2,000 euros or equipment such as a laptop, not both, and the number of winners is not published
!Open only to people 18 or over based in the 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (OACPS) countries
!No closing time is given, so submit well before the end of 30 October
!You need a free atingi account, and the full terms sit behind a Microsoft sign-in

Sources checked

COcomcashew.orgApplyCOcomcashew.orgApplyKOkobo-ee.giz.deOfficialCOcomcashew.orgApply

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