1. About Kilimo Trust

Kilimo Trust (KT) is an independent regional agricultural development organization working across the East African Community (EAC). Registered in Uganda and operating in all EAC Partner States, KT supports the transformation of food and nutrition systems from high-risk subsistence production into competitive, inclusive and trade-based systems.Support Local Charities

With support from Mastercard Foundation, Kilimo Trust is co-implementing the five-year Women and Youth Economic Empowerment in Fisheries through Inclusive Market Access (WYEEFIMA) Programme. The Pan-African Programme is led by TradeMark Africa and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat and seeks to create 242,000 jobs for women and youth aged 18-35 years across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Nigeria, Comoros, Cabo Verde and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Women and youth play major roles in fish production, post-harvest handling, processing and trade, but often face unequal access to finance, market information, buyers, productive assets and decision-making spaces. They are also affected by weak aggregation, quality and standards gaps, costly logistics, limited cold-chain infrastructure, informal trading arrangements and socio-cultural barriers. WYEEFIMA addresses these constraints through capacity strengthening, market linkages, policy engagement and practical partnerships that improve incomes, jobs and resilience.

2. About the Assignment

Kilimo Trust seeks a highly competent consultant or firm to facilitate and moderate stakeholder dialogue and Business-to-Business (B2B) events under the WYEEFIMA Programme.Support Local Charities

The assignment requires a results-oriented professional who can create a safe and inclusive dialogue space, manage diverse interests, translate discussion into accountable actions, and convert B2B interactions into credible business leads and follow-up pathways.

The stakeholder dialogue and B2B event may be held on different dates. For each assignment, Kilimo Trust will provide an event brief specifying the event type, participant profile, date, location, programme and required outputs.

The selected consultant must demonstrate the ability to:

a. Design and facilitate inclusive, gender-responsive and solution-oriented dialogue involving women, youth, persons with disabilities, duty bearers, private-sector actors and fisheries institutions; andGet Language Courses

b. Design and facilitate commercially focused B2B sessions that match prepared women- and youth-led enterprises with relevant buyers, suppliers, financiers, logistics providers and other market actors.

The consultant will work closely with the WYEEFIMA technical team before, during and after each event to align the methodology, participant engagement, documentation tools and follow-up arrangements with the intended results.

5. Duration, Timeline and Reporting

The consultant will be selected through one procurement process and engaged for a stakeholder dialogue or B2B event according to the Programme implementation schedule.

The immediate assignment will cover a total of three (3) working days between 23 rd -25 th September 2026. Kilimo Trust will confirm the event date and the allocation of time for preparation, facilitation and reporting before commencement.Find Business Consultants

Each event will be treated as a specific assignment with an approved event brief, level of effort and deliverable schedule. Any subsequent engagement will be issued and agreed in writing.

The consultant will report to the designated Kilimo Trust Programme Manager and collaborate closely with the WYEEFIMA technical and monitoring teams.

6. Location

The event is expected to be held in either Busia or Jinja, Uganda. The exact location will be confirmed by Kilimo Trust and communicated in the event brief.

7. Required Qualifications and Experience

The individual consultant or proposed lead facilitator must meet the following requirements:

a) A degree in community development, social work, gender studies, communication, business administration, agricultural economics, fisheries, international trade or a related field; an advanced degree is an added advantage.

b) Relevant professional training or certification in facilitation, moderation, training of trainers, group dynamics or business development is an added advantage.

c) At least five years of demonstrated experience facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogues, conferences, B2B forums, buyer-seller meetings or comparable engagements.

d) Evidence of facilitating women, youth, persons with disabilities, associations, cooperatives, MSMEs and public-sector stakeholders in an inclusive and culturally sensitive manner.

e) Demonstrated experience designing and managing business-matching sessions, deal rooms, enterprise showcases or market-linkage events that produced documented leads or partnerships.Get Executive Coaching

f) Proven ability to move dialogue from issue identification to prioritized, stakeholder-owned actions with responsible actors, timelines and verification measures.

g) Practical knowledge of fisheries, aquaculture, agriculture or another market-based value chain; fisheries-sector experience will be a strong advantage.

h) Understanding of informal-sector businesses, cross-border trade, regional market systems, product standards, logistics and enterprise-readiness constraints.

i) Strong understanding of gender equality, youth economic empowerment, safeguarding and the meaningful inclusion of marginalized groups.

j) Excellent listening, facilitation, public-speaking, negotiation, conflict-management, analytical, time-management and stakeholder-engagement skills.

k) Ability to produce concise, evidence-based reports, action matrices and verification-ready business lead/deal trackers within agreed deadlines.

l) Excellent written and spoken English; working knowledge of relevant local languages is an added advantage.

m) Shortlisting will give particular weight to comparable assignments, the quality of the proposed methodology, evidence of documented results, and the qualifications of the person who will lead the events.

• Design and facilitate inclusive, gender-responsive and solution-oriented dialogue involving women, youth, persons with disabilities, duty bearers, private-sector actors and fisheries institutions.
• Design and facilitate commercially focused B2B sessions that match prepared women- and youth-led enterprises with relevant buyers, suppliers, financiers, logistics providers and other market actors.
• Work closely with the WYEEFIMA technical team before, during and after each event to align the methodology, participant engagement, documentation tools and follow-up arrangements with the intended results.
• Create a safe and inclusive dialogue space.
• Manage diverse interests.
• Translate discussion into accountable actions.
• Convert B2B interactions into credible business leads and follow-up pathways.
• Produce concise, evidence-based reports, action matrices and verification-ready business lead/deal trackers within agreed deadlines.

• Facilitation
• Moderation
• Inclusive dialogue design and facilitation
• Gender-responsive facilitation
• Solution-oriented dialogue facilitation
• Business-to-Business (B2B) event facilitation
• Business matching session design and management
• Deal room management
• Enterprise showcase management
• Market-linkage event management
• Listening skills
• Public-speaking skills
• Negotiation skills
• Conflict-management skills
• Analytical skills
• Time-management skills
• Stakeholder-engagement skills
• Report writing
• Action matrix creation
• Deal tracking
• Written and spoken English proficiency

• A degree in community development, social work, gender studies, communication, business administration, agricultural economics, fisheries, international trade or a related field.
• Relevant professional training or certification in facilitation, moderation, training of trainers, group dynamics or business development is an added advantage.
• At least five years of demonstrated experience facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogues, conferences, B2B forums, buyer-seller meetings or comparable engagements.
• Evidence of facilitating women, youth, persons with disabilities, associations, cooperatives, MSMEs and public-sector stakeholders in an inclusive and culturally sensitive manner.
• Demonstrated experience designing and managing business-matching sessions, deal rooms, enterprise showcases or market-linkage events that produced documented leads or partnerships.
• Proven ability to move dialogue from issue identification to prioritized, stakeholder-owned actions with responsible actors, timelines and verification measures.
• Practical knowledge of fisheries, aquaculture, agriculture or another market-based value chain; fisheries-sector experience will be a strong advantage.
• Understanding of informal-sector businesses, cross-border trade, regional market systems, product standards, logistics and enterprise-readiness constraints.
• Strong understanding of gender equality, youth economic empowerment, safeguarding and the meaningful inclusion of marginalized groups.
• Excellent written and spoken English; working knowledge of relevant local languages is an added advantage.