Africa Leadership Training and Capacity Building Program: Quarterly Report for April-June 2012

The Africa Leadership Training and Capacity Building Program (Africa Lead) aims to support the capacity building program of the US Government’s Feed the Future Initiative, which aligns U.S. Government development assistance with Africa-owned agriculture development plans that are, in turn, aligned with the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program. 

Africa Lead provides leadership training, capacity assessments, logistical support for training and innovative short courses and internships/twinning arrangements prioritized in consultation with missions and partner countries and institutions, and a database of training offerings on the continent that can be matched to the leadership training and capacity building needs.

This report is the seventh quarterly performance report of the program, 21 months into program start up and implementation, and focuses on progress towards deliverables identified in the Africa Lead Year 2 Work Plan. The implementation was characterized by maturation in a number of key capacity building areas of the program, including the Agribusiness Leadership Program, Module 2 training in West Africa, capacity building “bridge” programs with West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development and Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, development of the Sokoine University of Agriculture internship program, Module 1 training in Zimbabwe and Zambia, and, for deepening learning from program implementation, launching of the Lessons Learned research exercise.