At a glance
- In collaboration with national governments, local organizations, and diverse partners across Africa, we provide funding and scientific expertise to help achieve their transformative goals.
- We focus on countries where we believe we can have the greatest impact.
- Our support extends to programs focused on enhancing health and nutrition, advancing gender equality, combating and researching diseases, improving water, sanitation, and hygiene, promoting sustainable agriculture, and expanding financial services for underserved populations.
Our major partners in Africa
African Centeres for Disease Control and Prevention
African Medicines Agency
African Union
Amref Health Africa
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Economic Community of West African Studies
Southern African Development Community
The East African Community
UNICEF
West African Health Organization
World Health Organization
Focus countries
We believe those who live closest to health and development challenges are best equipped to tackle them. That’s why we collaborate with local partners across Africa, offering funding and scientific expertise to help achieve their transformative goals.
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In partnership with organizations in Burkina Faso, we support initiatives focused on empowering women and girls, revitalizing the agricultural economy, and fighting infectious diseases. -
Since establishing our Addis Ababa office in 2012, we have collaborated with the Ethiopian government, donors, private sector entities, and civil society organizations to enhance agricultural productivity and expand access to life-saving health and nutrition programs. -
In Kenya, we align our efforts with the government’s priorities outlined in the Kenya Vision 2030 development blueprint and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Our work emphasizes areas where our expertise intersects with these goals, such as primary health care and gender equality. -
Since establishing our Abuja office in 2012, we have collaborated closely with partners in Nigeria to advance critical health initiatives, focusing on areas such as primary health care and the eradication of polio. -
In Senegal, we concentrate on aligning our expertise with the government’s priorities outlined in the 2025–2029 national development strategy and the long-term Senegal 2050 vision.
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In South Africa, we collaborate with partners to advance research and develop solutions targeting the country’s most pressing issues, such as HIV and tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, along with progress in gender equality.
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More about our work
Regional offices
We work across Africa from our regional headquarters in Johannesburg and our offices in Abuja and Addis Ababa.
How we work
We are focused on results. Those that can be measured. And those measured in ways beyond numbers.
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