Africa - Grants Paid 2007-8

2007-2008
Total £5,131,075
Total payments made in 2007 - 2008 (from new and previous grants)
Cameroon Gatsby Foundation (CGF) £335,550
Towards core support and project costs.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) £327,598
Towards a crop and livestock strip farming project in Nigeria and Niger and IITA’s work on dissemination of high yielding varieties of yam species.
Kenya Gatsby Trust (KGT) £191,820
Towards core support and project costs.
Kilimo Trust £2,077,196
Towards core and new project costs, a study into the relocation of Nairobi City Market, and additional investment in African Agricultural Capital.
Rothamsted International £263,447
Towards the development of a nematology training programme, and support of a fellowship programme for African scientists.
Scientific & Industrial Leadership Initiative, South Africa £234,419
Towards core costs and development of SAILI’s business plan.
Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI) £98,431
Towards the costs of developing a tree project in Tanzania.
Tanzania Gatsby Trust (TGT) £405,526
Towards core support and project costs.
Towards a technology transfer programme for SME’s with the University of Dar es Salaam.
Cotton and Textile Development Programme (funded through TGT)  £527,447
Towards the design and implementation of the cotton and textile development programme in Tanzania.
Uganda Gatsby Trust (UGT) £290,146
Towards core support and project costs.
Windrush Ventures No.3 LP £185,200
Towards the design and implementation of a programme providing capacity building support to the government of Rwanda.
The beneficiaries below received grant payments totalling less than £50,000
Gatsby African Trusts £22,757
Caine Prize for African Writing £25,000
Central Science Laboratory £15,300
FARM Africa £25,670
Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST) £47,397
Sainsbury Management Fellows of South Africa £32,671
Tropical Agriculture Association £14,500
University of Cambridge £11,000