ABOUT AFRICA AGENDA
ABOUT AFRICA AGENDA
20 YEARS OF “CHANGING AFRICAN NEWS”
Greetings—
Thank you for visiting our Africa Agenda website. Whatever brought you here, we hope you find this website useful.
On December 11th, 2024, Africa Agenda marked 20 years of our existence as an organization. As the founding leader and executive director, I’ve been here all these years, shepherding what I call “a small non-profit with a big agenda and a big heart.” I’ve seen many of you, our volunteers — students, professors, journalists, business and community leaders, and well-wishers — helping us do the work the organization is called to do.
I want to say thank you. We are truly grateful for being a small part of your world. We could only have made it this far with you!
We are celebrating not only the major achievements of Africa Agenda but also the smaller, often overlooked successes we’ve managed with limited resources. In the coming weeks, we will take the opportunity to showcase our accomplishments from the past twenty years through this newsletter and our social media platforms.
Additionally, as we plan for the 2025 Africa Summit and the special 20th-anniversary celebration, Africa Agenda is more committed to our mission than ever.
Above all, the organization remains a source of inspiration to many who continue to ask us what they can do to support our work! Please donate today to help us during this holiday and end-of-year season!
You can give online — through this website— or mail a check to our office at the Posner Center in Denver c/o Africa Agenda: 1031 33rd Street, Ste. 174, Denver, CO 80205. Africa Agenda is a U.S. 501c (3) non-profit. All donations in the U.S. are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows.
Sincerely,
George Bamu
Founder & Executive Director
Africa Agenda | Africa News Matters
ABOUT AFRICA AGENDA
19 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY!
Greetings,
On December 11, 2023, Africa Agenda marked 19 years of our existence as an organization. For almost two decades our organization has tackled many challenges, albeit fearlessly.
Our successes — measured, not in how much money we have sitting in the bank — but in how people view, and treat the African continent, and respond to the needs of the community— are many and continue to be impactful. In summary, today, we have partnerships with several colleges and universities in the US. We’ve graduated many students through our journalism internship programs, and we continue to forge ahead with the Annual Africa Summit, as well as with our Africa News Matters website.
In the course of our history, we’ve held over 200 Africa-related events, with more than 5,000 participants in these events. Speakers at our events have included leading opinion, civil society & business leaders from more than a dozen countries. Africa Agenda has spearheaded initiatives to expand democracy and development, including the Cameroon Information and Education Day in 2009, as well as the 2023 Africa Agenda Democracy Summit. Each year we receive more than 500 phone calls and hundreds of emails requesting Africa-related information and advice.
We know we have barely begun to strengthen understanding and building real bridges to the African continent!
Please consider helping us out by donating or volunteering. If you’d like to donate, the link to give is HERE.
Nothing is too small! Again, please make a contribution to support our work!
Sincerely, George Bamu
Founder & Executive Director
MISSION & VISSION
OUR MISSION
Africa Agenda’s mission is to foster understanding and engagement with Africa and African society in a fair and unbiased way.
OUR VISION
Africa Agenda envisions a world in which the vibrant contributions of Africa and African society make a better life for everyone.
OUR GOALS
(Media) Identify, track, and disseminate unreported African news.
(Education) Create programs that provide the opportunity for educational exchange between Africa and the global community in an effort to facilitate valuable discourse on the media, democracy, culture, business, and economics.
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