<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Dear Lister,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>My apologies for cross posting.</div><div><br></div><div>This might be of interest to some tech enterprises in the list. Feel free to share within your networks.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div>Regards, <br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Sylvia Musalagani<br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Hivos East Africa<br>ACS Plaza, Lenana Road|P.O. Box <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT321_com_zimbra_phone"><a href="callto:19875%20-%2000202" onclick="window.top.Com_Zimbra_Phone.unsetOnbeforeunload()" data-mce-href="callto:19875%20-%2000202">19875 - 00202</a></span> | Nairobi | Kenya<br>Office: <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT322_com_zimbra_phone"><a href="callto:+254%20725%20451%20729" onclick="window.top.Com_Zimbra_Phone.unsetOnbeforeunload()" data-mce-href="callto:+254%20725%20451%20729">+254 725 451 729</a></span> / <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT323_com_zimbra_phone"><a href="callto:+254%20789%20451%20729" onclick="window.top.Com_Zimbra_Phone.unsetOnbeforeunload()" data-mce-href="callto:+254%20789%20451%20729">+254 789 451 729</a></span><br>Email: <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT324_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT325_ZmEmailObjectHandler">smusalagani@hivos.org</span></span> | Skype: sylviakanari<br>website: <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT326_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT327_com_zimbra_url"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.east-africa.hivos.org" data-mce-href="http://www.east-africa.hivos.org">www.east-africa.hivos.org</a></span></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div><br><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Anne Majani" <amajani@hivos.org><br><b>To: </b>"Sylvia Musalagani" <smusalagani@hivos.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"Sally Akinyi" <sakinyi@hivos.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, 4 April, 2018 13:14:11<br><b>Subject: </b>Disrupt! Open Source Seed Systems 18th - 20th April 2018<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;"></span></span><div><strong><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;">Disrupt! Open Source Seed Systems 2018</span></strong></div><div><em><strong><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;">Call for Applications<br></span></strong></em></div><div><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';" data-mce-style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';">Access to diverse, high quality and preferred seeds is an issue for small holder farmers in East Africa. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';" data-mce-style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';">The main aim of the <em>Disrupt!</em> <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5436_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT101_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT144_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT212_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://east-africa.hivos.org/focal-area/open-source-seed-systems" target="_blank">Open Source Seed Systems</a></span></span></span></span> is to get more social entrepreneurs involved that are able and interested to deliver products and services of quality to the small holder farmers. With diverse challenges in relation to access of diverse seeds, social entrepreneurs are expected to win back trust of farmers and deliver good products and services. Secondly social entrepreneurs need to position themselves in times of rapid changes in the sector. Distinguishing oneself from the mainstream development may prove to be a good future option. Seeds that are of good quality and are free and will remain free to save, use and exchange could become important future assets.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';" data-mce-style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';">Kindly contact <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5437_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT102_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT145_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT213_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><a href="mailto:wdouma@hivos.org" target="_blank">wdouma@hivos.org</a></span></span></span></span> ; <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5438_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT103_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT146_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT214_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><a href="mailto:bkiome@hivos.org" target="_blank">bkiome@hivos.org</a></span></span></span></span> or <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5439_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object-hover" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT104_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT147_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT215_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><a href="mailto:echitechi@kcic.org" target="_blank">echitechi@kcic.org</a></span></span></span></span> for more information before 10th <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5440_com_zimbra_date"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT105_com_zimbra_date"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT148_com_zimbra_date"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT216_com_zimbra_date">April 2018</span></span></span></span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';" data-mce-style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';"><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;">Please follow link for more details <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT217_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://east-africa.hivos.org/news/hivos-announces-disrupt-seeds-ideathon" target="_blank">https://east-africa.hivos.org/news/hivos-announces-disrupt-seeds-ideathon.</a></span></span></span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';" data-mce-style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';"><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Object"></span></span></span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';" data-mce-style="font-family: 'garamond', 'serif';"><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Object"><img src="cid:2a5626850e92392dceae9ff5a1efdc64fd1b8ac8@zimbra"></span></span></span></p></div></div><br><div><div><table><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span>Kind regards,<br> <br> Anne Majani<br> </span>Programme Officer, Green Foods and Productive Landscapes</span></td><td><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><img style="border: 0px solid; width: 150px; height: 105px;" alt="Hivos People Unlimited" data-mce-style="border: 0px solid; width: 150px; height: 105px;" src="https://intra.hivos.nl/zimbra/img/hivos/hivosE.png"></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;">Humanist Institute for Co-operation with Developing Countries<br> ACS Plaza| P.O. Box 19875 | Nairobi | Kenya<br> <b>T</b> + 254 725 451 729 | <b>I</b> <a href="http://www.hivos.org/" target="_blank">www.east-africa.hivos.org</a> </span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;">Hivos is member of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.alliance2015.org/">Alliance2015</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>