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Welcome to AFRITAC East

AFRITAC East is a collaborative venture between the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the recipient countries, and bilateral and multilateral development partners. It originated from the IMF's response to African leaders call on the international community to increase technical assistance (TA) to Africa and focus it more sharply on capacity building. AFRITAC East provides TA and training to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), and Uganda.

Upcoming Workshops

Course on Macroeconomic Diagnostics

02/12/2024 - 13/12/2024

The main objective of this course is to give participants the skills and knowledge that will allow them to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies.

Gender Budget Tagging and Climate Budget Tagging

14/01/2025 - 17/01/2025

The workshop aims to provide practical guidance on gender and climate budget tagging to improve decision-making for gender equality and climate objectives.

Regional Workshop on Liability Management Operations

20/01/2025 - 24/01/2025

The workshop aims at equipping participants with the necessary skills to utilize liability management operations (LMOs) as tools to achieve a more desirable public debt portfolio structure, manage refinancing risks inherent in the public debt portfolio,

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Press Release - IMF’s AFRITAC East 26th Steering Committee Meeting

The Steering Committee of the IMF’s Regional Technical Assistance Center for East Africa (AFRITAC East) successfully concluded its 26th Steering Committee Meeting and Seminars, held over two days in a hybrid format.

IMF AFRITAC East 20 Years Anniversary Booklet

To commemorate the achievements achieved and capture invaluable lessons learned, AFRITAC East prepared five notes covering the key workstreams on public financial management (PFM) and macrofiscal policy (MFP), revenue mobilization, financial supervision and regulation, national accounts statistics, and government financial statistics. These notes highlight some of AFRITAC East’s successes over the past 20 years and distill the collective experiences and insights gained across these critical domains. These notes can facilitate the exchange of knowledge and promote the adoption of proven strategies, thereby fostering capacity building and continued progress within the region.

Press Release - High-level Generation Equality Africa Regional Meeting concludes

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Building upon the momentum of the Generation Equality’s Midpoint Summit in New York held in September 2023, the high-level meeting in Dar-es-Salaam that was held from November 15 and followed by a two-day-workshop during November 16-17 was convened by the Government of Tanzania with support from UN Women and IMF Regional Technical Assistance Center for East Africa ( (AFRITAC East). Tanzania has committed to the Generation Equality Initiative and made significant progress under the Action Coalition on Economic Rights.

AFRITAC East 25th Steering Commitee Meeting Press Release

The Steering Committee of the IMF’s Regional Technical Assistance Center for East Africa (AFRITAC East) completed a two-day hybrid event consisting of its 25th Steering Committee Meeting and Seminars chaired by Dr. Susan Koech, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (July 12 – 13, 2023, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). The Steering Committee members discussed AFRITAC East operations in fiscal year 2023, its planned work program for fiscal year 2024, and several thematic topics of significant interest to member countries.