African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)
Acronym:
AFFORD
Date started:
1994
African Foundation for Development was founded as a UK registered charity in 1994 by a group of Africans in the UK, in response to concerns, that despite the vast number of Africans in the UK who organize themselves and contribute to Africa's development, Africans were effectively marginalized from mainstream development activity directed towards Africa.
By 2008 AFFORD will have mobilized African diaspora communities/groups in the diaspora to invest their time, as well as their financial, intellectual, cultural, political and social capital to create/support small, micro & medium sized enterprises (SMMEs) that focus on providing employment opportunities for young people in DRC, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda.
Partner since:
2005
Stage within programme:
Implementing
Town / City:
London
Office telephone:
020 7582 3578
General E-mail:
info@afford-uk.org
Countries:
Region:
Additional data
Mission:
African Foundation for Development AFFORD's mission is to expand & enhance the African diaspora's contribution to Africa's development SEEDA Programme - Supporting Entrepreneurs and Enterprise Development in Africa.
Activities:
AFFORD runs projects such as SEEDA, which seek to mobilize the diaspora and other partners to support sustainable enterprises, particularly SME'S, that will generate wealth and jobs and respond to the jobs crisis in Africa.The SEEDA programme operates in Sierra Leone (DFID country funded) and Ghana (DVP funded) to secure livelihoods.
AFFORD is a think tank that produces knowledge, expertise, and policies on migration and development issues (remittances, brain circulation, identity), particularly as these issues affect Africa and her global diaspora.
