In this round of the African agriculture strand of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Innovate UK is investing up to £2 million towards the funding of projects.

The African agriculture strand of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme supports a partnership between:

• a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult (which we will refer to as the ‘UK knowledge base’)
• an African business or not for profit organisation (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’)
• a knowledge base in Africa (which we will refer to as the ‘African knowledge base’)

The business and African knowledge base must both be based in one of the following countries:

• Republic of Ghana
• Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Republic of Kenya
• Republic of South Africa

The partnership will bring new skills and the latest academic thinking into the business partner to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project. Your project must be in one of the following areas:

• primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture
• non-food uses of crops, excluding ornamentals
• challenges in food processing, distribution or storage, and value addition (such as through a change in the physical state or form of the product)
• improving the availability and accessibility of safe, healthy and nutritious foods

The knowledge base partners will recruit 1 or 2 graduates (known as ‘associates’) to work on the project.

Each application must be led by a UK registered knowledge base, working with an African business partner and African knowledge base. If you are from a knowledge base that has not yet developed a project, get started by reading the KTP guidance.

Deadline: 14 September 2022