Organization: Develop Africa, Inc.

All Photos The mission of Develop Africa is to facilitate and establish meaningful and sustainable development in Africa through capacity building and transformational education. Our focus is on changing lives. Our premise is based on the notion that in order to change one's personal, national or organizational status, there must necessarily be a change in the thinking and processing pattern of the mind.

Focus Areas:	Children, Technology, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Poverty, Microfinance
Countries Served:	Cameroon Gambia Kenya Sierra Leone

Description of Services:
We provide Education and Training, Relief and Rehabliltation, Local Business Development and Sustainable Development. Through training, scholarship, investment and partnerships with non-profit organizations / NGOs, Develop Africa is committed to developing Africa's resources and its vulnerable and poor people through the promotion of transformational education, resource development, investment training and strategic empowerment.
History:
Develop Africa was birthed out of the vision that human resource development is the key to improving nation-building capacity in Africa. We envision an African continent fully developed in terms of its human and resource capacity, free from poverty, ignorance and civil conflict and where the poorest and most vulnerable people become leaders and effectively manage national resources.
Accomplishments & Progress:
- Provided business training and microfinance interest-free loans to small businesses Provided training in basic computer applications and web design to organizations / youth groups in Sierra Leone and the Gambia - Provided book and tuition scholarships for students in Sierra Leone, Kenya and The Gambia - Provided free technology consulting services to NGO / non-profits in Sierra Leone and The Gambia - Established a volunteer recognition program - Worked with AidMatrix as a pilot group in developing a new portal - Partnered in several development initiatives with local and international non-profits / NGOs including the following: AidMatrix, YEDEM, iEARN