Africa - Grants Paid 2008-9

2008 - 2009
Total £5,693,591
Total payments made this year (from new and previous grants)
Gatsby African Trusts £85,073
To support the Africa Trusts to develop new three-year strategies and staff training.
Kenya Gatsby Trust (KGT) £405,235
Towards core support and project costs.
Kilimo Trust £2,376,994
Towards core and new project costs; additional investment in African Agricultural Capital; and the Tanzanian Tree Nursery Development Project.
Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST)  £70,300
Towards supporting the Ugandan parliament to improve the use of science and technology.
Rothamsted International £379,888
Towards the development of a nematology training programme, and support of a fellowship for African agricultural scientists.
Sainsbury Management Fellows (SMF), South Africa £51,318
Towards support for the SMF South Africa MBA Fellowship programme.
Tanzania Gatsby Trust (TGT) £1,277,491
Towards core support and project costs; support for the Tanzania Cotton and Textile Development Programme; core funding and operating costs of the Community Bank Association; and support for a technology transfer programme for SMEs with the University of Dar Es Salaam’s College of Engineering and Technology.
Uganda Gatsby Trust (UGT)  £190,731
Towards core support and project costs.
Windrush Ventures No. 3 LP £807,000
Towards a programme supporting the Government of Rwanda in reforming and improving the effectiveness of key institutions within Government.
The beneficiaries below received grant payments totalling £50,000 or less
Cameroon Gatsby Foundation £20,741
National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)  £13,820
Tropical Agricultural Award Fund (TAAF) £15,000