TRAIDE Foundation
Sustainable Agri-food Value Chain
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Company Description
TRAIDE Foundation is a Netherlands-based non-profit organisation focused on developing commercially viable private-sector solutions to local development challenges. The foundation supports European and African companies in entering emerging markets by co-creating impactful business models, facilitating partnerships, and enabling responsible private-sector development across sectors such as health, agriculture, water, and sustainable infrastructure.
Team
TRAIDE operates through a multidisciplinary team of European and African business developers based in East Africa, with offices in Addis Ababa, Kigali, and Bujumbura. The team provides hands-on support to companies, including market entry strategy, partnership development, business model innovation, financing readiness, and pilot project coordination. Local expertise is combined with international private-sector experience to ensure scalable and sustainable impact.
Countries of Operation
Ethiopia; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania; Kenya; Mozambique; Netherlands
Ownership of Company
Non-profit organisation registered in the Netherlands
Number of years since incorporated
6 Years
Stage
Growth stage
Annual Revenue (in EUR)
EUR 1,000,000 – 5,000,000
Number of employees
11–50
Project Pitch
TRAIDE Foundation collaborates with European and African companies to design and implement innovative, impact-driven business solutions that strengthen local private sectors and enable sustainable market development. The organisation supports companies throughout the full project lifecycle — from market exploration and partner identification to business model co-creation, financing mobilisation, and pilot implementation.
The current programme, funded by the Netherlands Embassy, focuses on enabling responsible and scalable private-sector initiatives across sectors including healthcare, renewable energy, agriculture, education, and water solutions. TRAIDE applies strict impact-driven selection criteria and works closely with local stakeholders to ensure commercially viable outcomes aligned with development priorities.
Through its partnership-based approach, TRAIDE bridges European expertise with African market opportunities, accelerating innovation, fostering collaboration, and supporting long-term ecosystem growth.
Total Project Cost (in EUR)
EUR 2,000,000 (new phase total budget over 4 years)
Financing needs (in EUR)
N/A
Type of financing needed
Grant
Planned allocation of fundraising capital
Greenfield (new activity for the company); Expansion (expanding an existing activity); Public-Private Partnership (PPP)