12/07/2024

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.

  25/06/2024

AFE's Quarterly newsletter highlighting activities undertaken between February and April 2024 in the region. You also get to meet our new Resident Advisors for Real Sector Statistics and Forecasting and Policy Analysis System .

  06/03/2024

Discover the Center's activities from November 2023 to January 2024 and our plans for February through April 2024. You will also have the chance to meet our new Revenue Administration Advisor.

  07/12/2023

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken between August - October 2023 and those planned for November 2023 - January 2024.

  22/11/2023

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.

  08/09/2023

AFE successfully held its 25th Steering Committee meeting. Please read about it and other activities undertaken in this Quarter. AFE also bid farewell to one of its PFM Advisor.

  21/07/2023

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.

  09/06/2023

Welcome to this edition of the newsletter; highlighting AFE activities in the fourth quarter of financial year 2023.

  24/02/2023

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken between November 2022 - January 2023 and those planned for February - May 202. You can also meet our new Government Finance Statistics Advisor.

  08/12/2022

See the Center activities between August and October 2022, and planned activities for November 2022 to January 2023. YOu will also get to meet the AFE Debt Management Advisor.

  24/08/2022

Please read our latest quarterly newsletter activities undertaken between May - July 2022 and those planned for August to October. You can also read about the AFE 24th Steering Committee Meeting and Seminars, July 13 - 14, 2022.

  20/07/2022

The committee celebrated the 20-year anniversary of AFRITAC East and appreciated the continued and flexible support of the center. It endorsed the work program for the FY2023 and encouraged member countries to make
timely member contributions. The seminars facilitated peer learning and lively discussions.

  28/06/2022

AFE celebrated its 20 years of building capacity in the region. Please read about the various activities that commemorated the anniversary.

  25/04/2022

  14/03/2022

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken between November 2021 - January 2022 and those planned for February - April 2022. You can also meet our new Government Finance Statistics Advisor.

  03/03/2022

High-level central bank officials and leading world experts exchanged views on how to further modernize monetary policy frameworks in sub-Saharan Africa between February 28- March 2, 2022. The discussions—moderated by senior IMF staff—covered timely topics for central banks.

  23/12/2021

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken remotely between August - October 2021 and those planned for November 2021 - January 2022. You can also meet our new Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision Advisor.

  31/07/2021

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken remotely between May and July 2021 and those planned for August - October 2021. This issue also includes a summary of key results for Fiscal Year 2021 (May 2020 – April 2021).

  20/07/2021

The Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s East Africa Regional Technical
Assistance Center (East AFRITAC) held its 23rd meeting virtually on July 15-16, 2021. The Committee commended the East AFRITAC’s efforts and innovation in supporting member countries’ response to economic disruptions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing support for existing reform programs.

  01/05/2021

The newsletter highlights AFE work plan execution and achievements in each country during the quarter & upcoming activities for the next quarter, May - July 2021.

  01/02/2021

The newsletter highlights AFE work plan execution and achievements in each country during the quarter & upcoming activities for the next quarter, February – April 2021.

  01/12/2020

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken between August and October 2020 and those planned for the coming quarter. AFE bid farewell to Mr. Paul Seeds, PFM Advisor, but also welcomes two new advisors - Revenue Administration (Customs), and Monetary and Foreign Exchange Operations & Financial Market Infrastructures.

  14/08/2020

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken remotely between May and July 2020 and those planned for the coming quarter. This issue also includes a summary of key results for Fiscal Year 2020 (May 2019 – April 2020).

  01/05/2020

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken between February and April 2020 and those planned for the coming quarter, and meet our new Real Sector Statistics Advisor.

  24/02/2020

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken between November 2019 and January 2020, and meet our new Macro-Fiscal Analysis Advisor.

  01/01/2020

The Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (East AFRITAC) held its 21st meeting on April 1, 2019 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

  01/11/2019

Please read in our latest quarterly newsletter about the activities undertaken between August and October 2019 and the latest survey on the impact of our training.

  01/08/2019

Please read about activities undertaken between May and July 2019 in our latest quarterly newsletter. Highlights include an Interview with Sophie van den Ende, Economic Policy Officer at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on how Dutch priorities for capacity development and support to East AFRITAC.

  08/07/2019

Please read about activities undertaken between February and April 2019 in our latest quarterly newsletter.

  22/02/2019

Our latest quarterly newsletter is available! It covers activities undertaken between November 2018 and January 2019.

  12/11/2018

This newsletter covers the activities undertaken by East AFRITAC (AFE) between August – October 2018. Read more on the impact assessment conducted by AFE, in line with the IMF’s common evaluation framework, for the regional workshops conducted by AFE.

  20/08/2018

This newsletter covers the activities undertaken by East AFRITAC (AFE) between May – July 2018, and provides a schedule of AFE activities planned for August-October 2018. The regional corner section includes an interview of Jose Correia-Nunes, the Head of Development Cooperation at the EU delegation to Tanzania and the EAC.

  17/05/2018

Highlights for this quarter include a short summary of activity in FY 2018 and the Regional Corner on “How EAC Countries Harmonize their Data to Prepare for a Monetary Union”.

  18/04/2018

Accurate and timely data provide policy makers with a better understanding of economic developments and allow them to design better policies. This brochure tells you more about how AFE is helping countries to improve real sector statistics.

  21/03/2018

The Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (East AFRITAC) held its 20th meeting on March 19, 2018 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

  22/02/2018

It highlights activities undertaken in the region for the said Quarter. You can also watch some of our outreach videos that have been posted on our Facebook page.

  17/11/2017

The Quarterly newsletter highlights activities undertaken between August and October 2017 in the region. Included in this edition is a brief summary of the survey conducted evaluating the impact of AFE Training.

  01/08/2017

It highlights activities undertaken in the region, including how AFE is facilitating sharing of regional expertise of officials within the region. You also get to briefly meet the new Revenue Administration advisor to the Center.

  31/05/2017

See what the Center has been working on for May and upcoming activities for June and July 2016.

This month East AFRIRAC has included a video of an the interview with the Head of Macro at Kenya's National Treasury, Mr. Musa Kathanje, discussing a recent training on Debt Sustainability from AFE.

  17/05/2017

AFE's Quarterly newsletter highlighting activities undertaken between February and April 2017 in the region. It includes a summary of activities for FY 2017 presented at the Steering Committee meeting in April 2017.

  05/04/2017

The Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center East (East AFRITAC) met in Lilongwe, Malawi on April 4, 2017 to assess the Center’s operations and discuss forward looking plans. The Committee endorsed the Center’s strategic goals to support its member countries’ objectives to increase government revenues, improve spending efficiency, develop the financial sectors, produce good quality data to support policy making, and promote regional integration. The Committee also discussed financing issues. Officials from six of the seven member countries (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) attended, together with development partners (the European Union, the United Kingdom, Germany, the U.S., and the African Development Bank).

  03/02/2017

AFE's first Quarterly newsletter highlights activities undertaken between November 2016 and January 2017 in the region.

AFE bid farewell to one advisor during this period and welcomed two more.

  21/11/2016

The “regional corner” section reports on a press conference organized jointly by the EAC Secretariat, the IMF, and AFE about “Improvements in East African Statistics through Capacity Development.

The Conference highlighted recent improvements in economic and fiscal statistics in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, that were produced through a capacity development program (CDP) that is supported by the EAC Secretariat, the IMF, and AFE. Preliminary statistical results from the CDP were presented during the press conference.

  19/10/2016

This month's Country Corner features Dr. Thomas Kigabo, the Director General for Monetary Policy and Chief Economist at the National Bank of Rwanda.

Dr. Kigabo provides feedback on the EAC/AFE workshop on medium-term convergence programs in the EAC.

  20/09/2016

East AFRITAC bids farewell to its outgoing Center Coordinator, Mr. Sukhwinder Singh.

Other than highlights of activities conducted in all AFE countries, read up on the Incoming Center Coordinator, Mr. Hervé Joly.

  23/08/2016

See what the Center has been up to in Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

There is a Regional Corner featuring an article produced by the IMF on the Center's work on developing Government Fiscal and Public Sector Debt Statistics

  18/07/2016

Highlights of the June AFE newsletter report include a Country Corner with Mr. Paul Maganga, Associate Director, Financial Markets Department with the Bank of Tanzania.

See what the Center has been up to in Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.