East Africa Regional Program

The US Agency for International Development East Africa Regional Program is a sub-agency within the broader USAID structure that funds development and humanitarian assistance initiatives across East Africa through contracts and grants. The Program procures goods, services, and technical expertise to support USAID development objectives in the region while also funding implementing partners through grant and cooperative agreement mechanisms.

The Program has awarded 153 federal contracts since 2009 with combined potential value of $493.2 million, of which $445.8 million has been obligated. Contract volume has declined substantially over recent years: 9 awards in 2021, 9 in 2022, 5 in 2023, 3 in 2024, and 1 year-to-date in 2025. The competitive landscape is highly fragmented among the top five primes by recent-award count (58% of recent awards across five entities), reflecting the regional program's engagement with a diverse contractor base. Countertrade Products, Inc. and undisclosed domestic awardees each hold 4 awards over the last five years; Social Impact Inc. leads by potential value at $11.5 million but accounts for only 3% of combined recent potential value across the top five, underscoring the small-dollar transactional profile. Across the contractor portfolio, 57 distinct primes have been awarded. Set-asides are minimal: 151 of 153 awards carry no set-aside designation, with only 2 small-business set-aside awards across the lifetime portfolio.

Grant-making activity totals 17 awards since 2010 with combined federal obligation of $196.9 million. No grant awards have been recorded since August 2022. Awards were concentrated in 2021 and 2022, with 2 and 3 awards respectively; prior years averaged fewer than 1 per year. Recipients are moderately concentrated: the top two recipients by federal dollars—Trademark Africa ($80.1 million across 2 awards) and UNICEF ($8 million across 1 award)—obligate 45% of combined federal grant dollars. Fourteen distinct recipients have received funding. Assistance is split evenly between Cooperative Agreements (53% of awards) and Project Grants (47%).

The most recent recorded contract award closed in January 2025; the most recent grant award closed in August 2022. No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are present in the source data.