Closed · OFOP0002726 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Strategic commercial engagement for U.S.–AU Trade and Investment

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to Ethiopia, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$5K-$25K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 8, 2026
Close date
3
Expected awards

The verdict

Strategic commercial engagement for U.S.–AU Trade and Investment is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Ethiopia that offered $5,000 -- $25,000 across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 23 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Ethiopia.

$5K-$25K
award range
Closed
application status
3
expected awards
19.040
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 8, 2026. Watch CFDA 19.040 (USAID International Development Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $5,000 -- $25,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 8, 2026

Posted May 7 Closes Jun 8

Est. Total Funding

$40,000

Expected Awards

3

Instrument

Grant

Description

The African Union is a market of nearly 1.4 billion people with a combined GDP of over $3 trillion across its member states. Despite the enormous U.S.-Africa trade potential, barriers like limited awareness of American business practices, insufficient business networks connecting U.S. and African firms, and market access obstacles that directly limit trade and investment flows has kept trade levels low. Our previous commercial diplomacy initiatives show that direct engagement between U.S. and African companies, supported by U.S. commercial expertise, can drive measurable increases in business partnerships and investment capacity.The U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) public diplomacy section invites proposals that advance U.S. commercial diplomacy by strengthening U.S.-Africa trade and investment ties and expanding opportunities for U.S. companies in African markets. Programs must clearly support U.S. economic interest, expand opportunities for U.S. businesses, and promote U.S. best practices while delivering mutual economic benefit.The target audience include business associations, private-sector intermediaries, commercial institutions and other stakeholders that can facilitate and expand U.S. business engagement.Project goal: the goal of this program is to deepen U.S.-Africa economic ties by expanding trade and investment connections. The program objectives include:• Expanding U.S.–Africa trade and investment connections.• Promoting innovation and technology transfer using U.S. solutions.• Increasing economic opportunities in ways that support U.S. commercial engagementPossible activities may include business matchmaking, U.S. experts led commercial focusses workshops, sector-specific engagements designed to include U.S. market presence, and activities that address market access constraints affecting U.S. businesses.Projects must show measurable outcomes such as new business linkages, MOUs, commercial networks and investment flows. Succes

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · OFOP0002726

Grants.gov marks Strategic commercial engagement for U.S.–AU T… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Business and Commerce (BC). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Ethiopia book (21 peers, 88% of 24).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Strategic commercial engagement for U.S.–AU T… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.040 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • USAID International Development Grants indexes 47 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. Mission to Ethiopia lists 23 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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