RFA: Malawi e-KYC Diagnostic and Framework

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is looking for partners to implement a e-Know Your Customer (KYC) diagnostic in Malawi.

The primary objective of the country diagnostic is to understand the current situation in Malawi and to provide recommendations in regard to a potential implementation of the e-KYC solution.

The diagnostic will also inform the drafting of the inclusive digital transformation framework for e-KYC.

Elements

The firm can use any analysis framework/toolkit, such as those from Good ID, World Bank’s ID4D and ITU, or a combination thereof, as long as they cover at least the following elements:

• Policy, Legal and Regulatory Environment
• Enabling Infrastructure and Stakeholders
• Trust Framework, Governance Structure and Business Model
• Inclusive digital transformation framework for e-KYC

Funding Information

• UNCDF plans to invest up to a total of USD 50,000 in grant funding.
• Project is expected to have a 3-months duration. Activities are expected to be terminated no later than August 2022.

Expected Outputs

Inception report

• Detailed Workplan and team composition
• Methodology
• Timelines

e-KYC Diagnostic Report

• Draft diagnostic report
• Final diagnostic report
• Presentation with main findings and recommendations

Inclusive digital transformation framework for e-KYC

• Draft E-KYC framework report
• Final E-KYC framework report

Eligibility Criteria

Entity registration

• The applicant must be a registered entity and able to perform the required tasks in Malawi.
• The applicant must have at least one year of operations.

Country of operation

• The applicant can be legally based anywhere globally. If not based in Malawi, it may be required to travel to Malawi for in-country consultations, meetings, data collection, report writing and draft presentations. Any foreseen travel must be budgeted in the overall proposal.

Source:https://www.uncdf.org/article/7529/rfa-malawi-e-kyc-diagnostic-and-framework