East & Southern Africa

Our regional office works throughout East and Southern Africa to strengthen regional policy organizations, government institutions and partnerships, as well as by supporting non-State actors in the region.  Africa Lead’s programmatic work has been focused specifically in the countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Tanzania, and at the regional level with the East and Southern Africa economic communities.

Updates

New movie features Africa's everyday superheroes, women farmers

Farms and fields across sub-Saharan Africa are full of everyday heroes. Smallholder farmers, both men and women, overcome incredible odds…

7, March 2018 by admin
Inaugural PREG Nutrition Technical Working Group Meeting

Participants listen to a presentation during the NDMA OCA validation workshop. Photo credit: Africa Lead   Africa Lead facilitated the…

5, March 2018 by admin
Resilience Partners Design New Impact Evaluation for Programs Operating in Northern Kenya

Greg Collins addresses the partners during the Northern Kenya Impact Evaluation Planning Workshop. Photo credit: Africa Lead   Africa Lead…

5, March 2018 by admin
Education Village Networks with the East African Community (EAC)

Meheti Kiyongo of Education Village (left) discusses 2018 activities with consultant Madawa Mhanga and Generose Minani of EAC (right). Photo credit:…

2, March 2018 by admin
Youth Entrepreneur Advances toward Organizational Sustainability

Africa Lead’s Madawa Mhanga facilitates a session with Kisioki’s NGO on operationalizing their five-year strategic plan. Photo credit: James Collins…

2, March 2018 by admin
COMSHIP Mutual Accountability 2ND Core Team Meeting

Participants at the 2nd Core Team Meeting on COMESA MAF. Photo Credit: Africa Lead Nairobi, Kenya (28 September 2017): The commitment…

22, February 2018 by admin
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East & Southern Africa Impact Dashboards


Download and read the latest updates from the most recent quarterly reports about what the regional office in East & Southern Africa has been working on.

 East Africa

Kenya

Tanzania

Quarterly Report: Q2 FY 2017

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Opportunities

Rapid Assessment on How Best to Promote Regional Seed Trade

Position:  Rapid Assessment on How Best to Promote Regional Seed Trade Location: Nairobi, Kenya Period…

2017-12-06 by admin
Request for Proposals (RFP): Video Animation & Motion Graphics Animation Services

Opportunity: Video Animation & Motion Graphics Services Location:  Nairobi Kenya Period of Performance:  November 2017…

2017-11-13 by admin

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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