About
East Africa Tech Tenders is the region's only dedicated ICT procurement intelligence briefing — curating verified technology opportunities across nine East African markets, every Friday, with forward pipeline signals weeks before competitors find them.
Why EATT Exists
East Africa is one of the fastest-growing markets for technology procurement in the world. Governments are digitising. Development banks are funding infrastructure at scale. State broadcasters, telecom operators, and large enterprises are upgrading systems across the region.
But the procurement intelligence to identify these opportunities is fragmented, inconsistent, and inaccessible to most companies without a dedicated in-region presence. Tenders are published across government procurement portals, official gazettes, regional newspapers, UN procurement systems, development bank project databases, and individual organisational websites — often with short submission windows and no international visibility.
We monitor over 80 procurement sources every week — covering Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi, South Sudan, DRC (Kinshasa) and Somalia (Mogadishu) — filter for technology-relevant opportunities, and deliver a structured intelligence brief to subscribers every Friday. And we surface the pipeline before the tender drops.
What Makes EATT Different
East Africa has no shortage of WhatsApp groups, Telegram channels, and websites broadcasting tender lists. EATT is not that. There are three things that set us apart.
Curated and verified
Every tender is checked against its original source before publication. We include only technology-relevant opportunities — no noise, no construction, no general goods. Signal, not volume.
Upcoming Intelligence
Before a tender is formally published, it exists as a signal. EATT monitors budget announcements, programme plans, and multilateral procurement pipelines and publishes those signals in every issue — weeks before the formal RFP drops.
Analyst context
Each Featured Opportunity includes an assessment of what the tender requires, who it is suited for, and what to watch. Intelligence, not just information. Supported by AI, verified by humans.
Upcoming Intelligence
EATT's Upcoming Intelligence section is what separates us from every raw tender aggregator.
⚡ The pipeline before the tender
Before a tender is formally published, it exists as a signal — a budget line in a government announcement, a programme plan on a World Bank STEP portal, a reference number in an AfDB annual procurement plan, a project approval that will generate tenders within 60 days.
EATT monitors these signals and publishes them in every issue, mapped to the relevant procurement window, with specific portal references for subscribers to monitor. When the tender goes live and meets EATT's inclusion criteria, it is promoted from Upcoming Intelligence to a full tender card.
This gives EATT subscribers weeks of lead time over any competitor relying on public tender boards alone.
Example: AfDB has signalled six cybersecurity procurement programmes for Q2 2026 — reference numbers 2026/014 to 023 — covering CSOC Enhancement, IAM, Database Activity Monitoring, and Security Intelligence. These are not yet on any public tender board. EATT subscribers have them now.
What We Cover
EATT focuses exclusively on technology-related procurement. We do not cover construction, logistics, or general goods — only the categories that matter to technology vendors, system integrators, and ICT consultants.
Geographic Coverage
EATT covers nine East African markets. DRC coverage is focused on Kinshasa; Somalia coverage is focused on Mogadishu — both reflecting logistics and security constraints outside those capitals.
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Rwanda
Ethiopia
Burundi
South Sudan
DRC
Somalia
Our Sources
We monitor over 80 procurement sources every week across three categories. No single source is sufficient — our value comes from comprehensive cross-referencing.
🏛️ Government
- Kenya PPIP & MyGov
- Uganda GPP (PPDA)
- Rwanda RPPA portal
- Tanzania NeST (PPRA)
- Ethiopia eProcurement
- Official national gazettes
- County government portals
🌍 Multilateral
- UNGM & UNDP
- World Bank STEP
- African Development Bank
- UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP
- GIZ, EU, AFD
- ITU & UN Habitat
- UK FCDO & SIDA
🏢 Institutional
- Telecom operators
- State broadcasters
- Universities & research
- Large NGOs
- TenderSure platform
- Regional newspapers
- eProcurement systems
Our Editorial Standards
EATT is an intelligence product, not a listings service. Every issue is editorially curated — we publish the tenders that matter, not every tender we find.
We only publish tenders with a minimum of 10 days remaining until the submission deadline
We verify each tender against its original source before publication
We include direct links to original tender documents or procurement portals
We flag tenders where local partner requirements exist or international suppliers are confirmed eligible
We do not accept payment from any organisation to feature their tenders
Our analyst commentary reflects independent assessment — not influenced by any third party
Get in Touch
For subscription enquiries, editorial feedback, or information about team subscriptions and premium services — we read everything and respond within one business day.
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