Funding and investment in the East African member states in short-term and mainly dominated by Institutional funding from the Global North. See the table below
| Country | Institutional Funding | Public Funding | Private | Alternative Funding Models |
| Rwanda
|
Swedish Embassy
Goethe Institut Africalia Institut Francais Rwanda
|
Rwanda Development Board
Workforce Development Authority
|
Private Sector Federation (PSF)
Private Sector Federation (PSF) -potential
|
|
|
Kenya
|
Hivos
DANIDA Kingdom of the Netherlands British Council Lambent Foundation Forum Syd Embassy of Sweden Open Society of Eastern Africa (OSIEA) Ethical Fashion Initiative Ford Foundation Africalia Miles Morland Foundation Doen
|
|
Equity Bank Kenya
|
Heva Fund
Crowd fundraising
|
| Tanzania | Hivos
DANIDA GIZ Embassy of Switzerland Norwegian Embassy Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Embassy of Spain British Council Goethe Institut Alliance Franciase European Union Miles Morland Foundation
|
Tanzania Cigarette Company (TCC) | ||
| Uganda | Hivos
Mimeta Doen British Council Goethe Institut GIZ Uganda German Cultural Centre Alliance Francaise Miles Morland Foundation American Embassy Ethical Fashion Initiative
|
Crowd Funding |