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Thirty (30) grant awards to local agribusinesses will be announced, ten (10) each on each day per the schedule beginning today, Monday, December 4, 5, 6, by TRIBE, iCampus, and Educare, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Through the USAID Africa Trade and Investment activity, USAID\/Liberia seeks to promote food security and strengthen the commercial agricultural sector, especially for women and youth, through improved agribusiness, climate finance investment, and productivity enhancements of Liberian agribusinesses.<\/p>\n<p>It can be recalled that in June of this year, USAID, in partnership with the Africa Trade and Investment Program launched the application process for an agribusiness incubator, to support and scale the growth of the sector through access to technical assistance, mentorship, and co-financing of up to US$50,000.<\/p>\n<p>The program seeks potential applicants and interested entrepreneurs from five of Liberia\u2019s 15 counties, including Grand Cape Mount, Gbarpolu, Lofa, Bomi, and Grand Gedeh counties, to apply up to June 30.<\/p>\n<p>It also provides detailed information to stakeholders in the agribusiness ecosystem and local leaders and policymakers on the program\u2019s scope in the selected locations; the application process, qualification criteria for selection, and the nature of agribusinesses that are eligible for the program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. Three agribusiness incubators \u2014 TRIBE, iCampus, and Educare \u2014 will host USAID\/Liberia, the USAID Africa Trade and Investment activity, and over ninety (90) local agribusinesses at pitch competitions to mark the end of their incubation. The three-day event will highlight U.S. government investments in Liberia to stimulate agribusinesses and further trade regionally, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":48301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-48302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liberia: USAID Liberia to Announce Grant Awards to 30 Local Agribusinesses - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three agribusiness incubators \u2014 TRIBE, iCampus, and Educare \u2014 will host USAID\/Liberia, the USAID Africa Trade and Invest ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberia: USAID Liberia to Announce Grant Awards to 30 Local Agribusinesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three agribusiness incubators \u2014 TRIBE, iCampus, and Educare \u2014 will host USAID\/Liberia, the USAID Africa Trade and Invest ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Liberia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-05T14:14:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-05T15:06:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2023\/12\/sm_1701776126.088695.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Liberia: USAID Liberia to Announce Grant Awards to 30 Local Agribusinesses\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-05T14:14:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-05T15:06:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2023\/12\/sm_1701776126.088695.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Liberia\",\"Liberia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-usaid-liberia-to-announce-grant-awards-to-30-local-agribusinesses\",\"name\":\"Liberia: USAID Liberia to Announce Grant Awards to 30 Local Agribusinesses - 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