The goal of the Nguriza Nshore contract awarded by the United States Agency for International Development Rwanda (USAID - OM) to DAI Global LLC was to increase rural employment through expanded investment in non-farm small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Rwanda. To accomplish this goal, the contract sought to remove constraints and distortions to the efficient functioning of the private sector SME ecosystem, particularly access to finance, and then allow the market to drive the economy. Several subcontracts were awarded under this contract, including to Stichting Bid Network Bid Network Division, Open Capital Group LIMITED, Ecoventures International, Inc. - doing business as Vikara Institute, and Karisimbi Business Partners LLC to provide embedded technical advisor services in a commercial bank, transactional services to SMEs, consultancy services for capacity building at Cogebanque, develop an SME strategy and redesign Cogebanque's lending process, and provide sourcing, selection, investment readiness and deal making services to build an investment pipeline to facilitate investment in agricultural SMEs.
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