ETC International’s office in Nairobi, first called ETC Kenya and later ETC East Africa, was established in the late 1980s as ETC’s first regional office. ETC believes that quality of the consultancy services can only be guaranteed by a steady core team for which reason ETC East Africa has contracted on a permanent and full-time basis, a substantial number of Kenyan and Tanzanian consultants. Currently, the number amounts to 15 and all relevant disciplines required for especially rural development are available. In addition, the Company has a good network of associate consultants.

The company has extensive experience with the long-term management of projects and programmes, as well as with short-term assignments for multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors. Furthermore, ETC-EA has access to wide network of NGOs and Community Based Organisations in East Africa, especially as a result of its projects and assignments in which NGOs and CBOs were involved.

ETC-EA adheres to the principle of quality, for which reason it restricts itself to certain areas of expertise. The firm’s main areas of specialisation can be clustered into five intervention domains:

 - Research, Extension & Development
 - Natural Resources Management
 - Drought Management & Food Security
 - Training & Institutional Development
 - Public Health.