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2014 – Congress formally changed the Foundation's name in 2014 from the African Development Foundation (ADF) to the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) to reinforce that USADF is a U.S. federal government agency and not an NGO and to further differentiate USADF from the African Development Fund and African Development Bank.
The Social Change Assistance Trust (SCAT) is a South African non-profit advocacy organisation established in 1984 to advocate for human rights and social justice philanthropy. SCAT focuses its projects in the rural areas of four South African provinces. The Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and the Free State.
Fifteen African States and France participated in the creation of the Fund. [2] The application for membership of three other African countries was accepted by the original members as early as April 1977. [3] In France, the creation of the Fund was the subject of Law no. 77-732 of 7 July 1977. [4] ASF operations began in September 1979. [5]
The One Acre Fund model has won grants from the Echoing Green and Skoll Foundations, and received the Financial Times/IFC award for "basic needs financing" in 2010 and 2011. [ 15 ] In 2007, One Acre Fund received a $300,000 grant from the Draper Richards Foundation [ 16 ] and a $100,000 grant from Mulago Social Investments.
The Africa Climate Change Fund, often known as the Fund or ACCF, is a multi-donor trust fund that is specifically designed to support the African Development Bank's (AfDB) efforts to finance climate change three times as much as possible while also advancing the bank's mission to create an Africa that is resilient to climate change.
Africa’s debt repayments are estimated to reach $62 billion this year, exceeding the continent’s costs of adapting to climate change, the African leaders said in their column.
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a feminist non-governmental organization that operates throughout Africa and the Middle East. The AWDF’s purpose is to secure funding from different types of donors to create grants, which are then used to support a variety of feminist causes and organizations throughout the region. [1]
In the African Development Bank's (AfDB) 2022 Annual Report, a decrease in Africa's GDP growth to 3.8%, down from 4.8% the previous year, was recorded. The 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-16), which provides soft loans and grants, served as a significant financial enhancement, gathering US$8.9 billion.