Africa Leadership Training and Capacity Building Program: Quarterly Report for January-March 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 US 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 sixth quarterly performance report of the program, 18 months into program start up and implementation, and focuses on progress towards deliverables identified in the Africa Lead Year 2 Work Plan. A key development of this quarter, upon which this overview will focus, was the placement of two key private sector senior agribusiness professionals into 3 – 8 week experiential learning “internships” focused on marketed approaches to understanding and managing commodity price risks in agribusinesses.