The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is pleased to launch this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for an innovative, market-driven, sustainable and results-based project, herein called “Data Analytics Center Project in Côte d’Ivoire.” This project is one of two proposed
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investments in Côte d’Ivoire to leverage the data revolution and empower stakeholders to use data to improve lives through better decisions, budgetary alignment and optimization and citizen engagement.
Specifically, this NOFO reaches out to organizations with an interest in receiving seed capital to rapidly stand up a data science services and training center.
This entity will initially be expected to achieve specific outcomes related to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and MCC Côte d’Ivoire Compact data-related needs, while concurrently coordinating with a parallel investment in order to develop the data ecosystem, build and diversify client base and assure its sustainability beyond the period of funding.
The “Data Analytics Center” Project in Côte d’Ivoire falls under a broader Data Collaboratives for Local Impact Program (DCLI) program that has been successfully operating in Tanzania since 201 6.