Africa
Africa is the second most populous continent, home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies. Yet communities across Africa face complex social challenges, from the ongoing HIV epidemic, Covid-19 and fragile health care systems to conflict, natural resource exploitation and the many impacts of climate change.
In partnership with governments, local organizations and communities, Pact is addressing all of these challenges while fostering resilience. With a presence in more than 20 countries, we bring decades of experience working in Africa and vast local knowledge. Many of our staff are serving their own communities.
Across the continent, we’re working with key groups such as children, adolescent girls and young women, and pregnant and breastfeeding women to access HIV testing, treatment and prevention services. In the Horn of Africa as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we’re supporting communities to overcome cross-border conflict and create lasting peace. In the Great Lakes region and beyond, we’re partnering with artisanal and small-scale mining communities to make the ASM sector – a critical livelihood for millions – safer, formalized and more productive. Pact has helped to markedly reduce child labor in mining communities, and we implement the only mineral traceability due diligence program with standards independently confirmed to be 100 percent aligned with OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains. In Malawi and Madagascar, we’re working alongside communities to protect the environment for lasting prosperity.
All of our programming in Africa focuses on building local capacity to address social challenges for sustainable improvement.
Africa News
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Pact and partners discuss next steps for National Action Plan pilot in Sierra Leone
Jan 14, 2025 -
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Pact receives grant to combat child labor in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Tanzania
Dec 20, 2024 -
Photo story: Shifting the narrative for adolescent girls and young women in South Sudan
Dec 06, 2024
EXPLORE OUR WORK IN AFRICA
Explore all countries we serve in Africa in the interactive map above.
Africa Resources
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Project bulletin: Piloting NAP implementation in Sierra Leone (November 2024)
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Best practices in programming for people-centered justice: A compendium of interventions and lessons learned from the USAID Expanding Access to Justice Program in Somalia
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Best practices in community-led peacebuilding: A learning compendium from the Mobilizing and Enhancing Local Actors for Peace project
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ACHIEVE in South Africa
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Piloting NAP Implementation in Sierra Leone
MEET OUR Africa LEADERS
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Chantelle Hulett
Technical Capacity Strengthening Advisor
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Cynthia Onyango
Senior Capacity Development Advisor
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Daisy Kisyombe
Manager, Learning, Evidence, and Impact
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David Muturi
Global Administrator, Strategic Information Systems
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Dr. Kgauhelo Lekalakala
Deputy Director, OVC
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Dr. Levina Kikoyo
Country Director, Tanzania
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Elijah Sinyinza
Country Director, Zambia
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Esther Njunge
Program Manager
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Joel Nibigira
Country Director, Burundi
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Luc Assosa
Country Director, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Manji Ephraim Rengshwat
Country Director, Nigeria
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Milica Panic
Chief of Party, CSM-STAND project for Africa-MENA and Asia, Europe and LAC
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Mirana Fanomezantsoa Rakotosamimanana
Country Director, Madagascar
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Moise Mutabazi
Country Manager, Rwanda
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Nang’andu Joan H. Kamwale
Director, ACHIEVE, Zambia
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Nosipho Gwebu Storer
Country Director, Eswatini
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Polycarpe Nshimirimana
Team Lead & Project Manager, Illuminating Small-Scale Mining in Rwanda project
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Ranahnah Afriye
Regional Director, Africa
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Rehani Jumaine Mkangya
Chief of Party, TCMR Project, DRC
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Samuel Siby
Country Manager, Cote d’Ivoire
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Theogene Nkuranga
Economic Strengthening Advisor