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For more than 30 years, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has been building human capital and institutional capacity for Africa’s sustainable development.

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ACBF

ACBF at a Glance


ACBF at a Glance

Our Programmatic Footprint

  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Republic of Congo
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tomé
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

From ACBF Network

ACBF has been granted the status of a specialized agency because of the potential to transform Africa through capacity development.

Thomas Kwesi Quartey

H.E. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson, AU Commission

The recognition of ACBF as the African Union’s Specialized Agency for Capacity Development launches the beginning of a new era for capacity building by ACBF, which will require an appropriate level of political commitment and financial support from all stakeholders.

Erastus Mwencha

H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Chair, ACBF Executive Board

The remarkable achievements ACBF has registered over the past 26 years is not by accident in our opinion. They have come through hard work, dedication, commitment, purposeful leadership, support from the member countries as well as productive partnership building.

Lamin Momodou

Mr. Lamin Momodou MANNEH, Director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa

Africa needs ACBF as much, probably more now, than at the time it was created in 1991.

Goodall Gondwe

Hon. Goodall Gondwe, former Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance – Malawi

Ghana’s partnership with ACBF is a tremendous blessing for us and therefore the opportunity for Ghana to host the 26th ACBF Board of Governors Meeting is something that we treasure.

Ken Ofori Atta

Hon Ken Ofori Atta, Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance - Ghana

The remarkable achievements ACBF has registered over the past 26 years is not by accident in our opinion. They have come through hard work, dedication, commitment, purposeful leadership, support from the member countries as well as productive partnership building.

Mr. Lamin Momodou MANNEH

Mr. Lamin Momodou MANNEH, Director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa

The recognition of ACBF as the African Union’s Specializes Agency for Capacity Development launches the beginning of a new era for capacity building by ACBF, which will require an appropriate level of political commitment and financial support from all stakeholders.

H.E. Erastus Mwencha

H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Chair, ACBF Executive Board

Ghana’s partnership with ACBF is a tremendous blessing for us and therefore the opportunity for Ghana to host the 26th ACBF Board of Governors Meeting is something that we treasure. 


Hon Ken Ofori Atta – Minister of Finance, Ghana

Africa needs ACBF as much, probably more now, than at the time it was created in 1991.


Hon. Goodall Gondwe, Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance – Malawi

ACBF has been granted the status of a specialized agency because of the potential to transform Africa through capacity development.

 


H.E. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson, AU Commission

ACBF's financial support to our institution has helped us a great deal. We look forward to continued partnership with ACBF in pursuit of capacity building in STEM for Africa's sustainable development.


Prof. Burton Mwamila

The Africa we want, others have wanted it before us.


Dr. Hesphina Rukato

The time to accelerate capacity building is now or never. The continent does not have the luxury to waste time anymore


Phelekezela Mphoko

The Africa rising narrative can no longer be denied. Africa has over the past decade, made the greatest economic gains than any other region in the world


Addoulaye Mar Dieye

Government must lead, catalyze, support, and invest by bringing in partners to fix market failures and mitigate risk


President Paul Kagame

Capacity is the missing link in the development of Africa


Prof Emmanuel Nnadozie

We need to curb our vulnerability to the fluctuation of commodity prices


Nkosozana Dlamini Zuma

Infrastructure development in Africa is not hampered by lack of capital, but by lack of capacity to prepare bankable projects


Dr Akinwumi Adesina

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