Author: Joanne Kihagi

SUCAM Presents Findings of Food Security Projects in Kisumu County

Posted by 2018, ESA Updates, Featured, Non-state Actors, Program Updates, Updates
The Sugar Campaign for Change (SUCAM), a recipient of the Africa Lead/CAADP Non-state Actors Coalition (CNC) Small Grants Program (SGP), facilitated a Validation Workshop on 9 August 2018 at Merryland […]
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Africa Agribusiness Academy (AAA) Fosters SMEs in Kenya for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Posted by 2018, ESA Updates, Featured, Non-state Actors, Program Updates, Updates
The Africa Agribusiness Academy (AAA) in partnership with the Africa Lead /Non-State Actors Coalition (CNC)/Small Grants Program held a validation workshop for entrepreneurs and SMEs in agriculture aimed at supporting […]
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PREG Partners Identify Areas of Synergy during Speed Dating Workshop

Posted by 2018, ESA Updates, Featured, Program Updates, Updates
Africa Lead (also known as PREG Learning) facilitated the FY19 ‘speed dating’ joint work planning workshop for USAID’s Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG) on 9 August 2018 in […]
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Strengthening Learning and Collaboration for Increased Resilience in Northern Kenya

Posted by 2018, Africa Leading Blog, ESA Updates, Featured, Impact Story
Communities in northern Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) face one big threat to their livelihoods: drought. In recent years, more frequent and intense droughts in the region have resulted […]
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Photo Feature: USAID Kenya’s Bi-Annual Resilience Learning Event

Posted by Program Updates
Africa Lead works as the learning support program to USAID’s Partnership for Resilience and Growth (PREG) in Kenya, regularly convening and facilitating learning between 24 of USAID’s implementing programs and government partners […]
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AgCK Business Plan Validation Meeting

Posted by 2018, Agriculture, ESA Updates, Featured, Program Updates, Updates
In 2018, Africa Lead continued to support institutional strengthening of the Agricultural Council of Kenya (AgCK) to consolidate membership, policy engagement, and dialogue. Through the hiring of an institutional sustainability […]
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West African Regional Mango Sector Alliance Gearing Up for First General Assembly

Posted by 2018, Featured, Program Updates, Updates, WA Updates
Through the Feed the Future Senegal Program for Increasing Investment in Agriculture, Africa Lead is supporting the West African Regional Mango Alliance/ l’Alliance Régionale de la Mangue de l’Afrique de […]
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Deeper Nutrition Programming to Improve Synergy and Collaboration for PREG Investments

Posted by 2018, East Africa, ESA Opportunities, Opportunities
Assignment: Deeper Nutrition Programming to Improve Synergy and Collaboration for PREG Investments Location: Nairobi, Kenya Period of Performance: May to June 2018 Level of Effort: 28 days Background Africa Lead is […]
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Ethiopia Seed Stakeholders Meeting

Posted by 2018, ESA Updates, Featured, Program Updates, Updates
The seed sector in Ethiopia is growing, however it faces limitations in export trade, private sector inclusion and dominance of government owned national and regional seed enterprises in the sector. […]
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Tanzania’s Agricultural Film Kumekucha: Tunu Makes American Debut at Filmfest DC

Posted by 2018, ESA Updates, Featured, Program Updates, Updates
The feature film, Kumekucha: Tunu, highlighting the struggles and triumphs of Tanzania’s young farmers made its American debut on the big screen at the 32nd Annual Washington, DC International Film Festival, known as FilmFest DC. […]
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ABOUT AFRICA LEAD

Africa Lead is Feed the Future’s primary capacity building program in sub Saharan Africa. Feed the Future (FTF) is the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.

The program works to help realize FTF's and the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) goals of reduced hunger and poverty by building the capacity of champions, institutions and stakeholders to develop, lead and manage the structures needed for African-led agriculture transformation.

US Office

Africa Lead is working across sub-Saharan Africa, with offices and staff across West Africa, East, and Southern Africa. Africa Lead II's US office is based in Bethesda, MD, USA.

East & Southern Africa Regional Office

  • Acorn House, 97 James Gichuru Road, Lavington Nairobi, Kenya

West Africa Regional Office

  • 8, Route du Meridien President Almadies
  • Residence Rokhaya /49 Dakar, Senegal
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