Sub-Saharan Africa

FNF Sub-Saharan Africa

ABOUT

We are the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF Africa), an independent German organisation that is committed to promoting liberal policy and politics around the world in the form of human rights, the rule of law, democracy, innovation, digitalisation and free trade.

We have been active in sub-Saharan Africa since 1991. We organise campaigns, media events, seminars, workshops, study tours, cultural happenings and training courses. We have activities in many countries in the region such as Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

We prioritise human rights including freedom expression, freedom of the press, violence against women, capital punishment, children’s rights and LGBTQI+ rights.

We believe that Africa has to be free from corruption, free from red-tape, in order to be #FreeToAdvance

OVERVIEWThe Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom's first international office was opened in Tunisia in 1963. The Foundation later became active in seven sub-Saharan Africa countries from 1991. REGIONAL OFFICESThe Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom sub-Saharan Africa has a regional office is in South Africa. The Foundation furthermore has offices in Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. REGIONAL PROGRAMMESOur programmes in sub-Saharan Africa, though they vary, are mostly coined around human rights, rule of law, social market economy and democracy.REGIONAL PARTNERSAt a regional level, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom works with civil society and political networks throughout sub-Saharan Africa in order to promote liberal ideas and ideals.

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6 Hood Avenue
Rosebank
Johannesburg
2196
South Africa
Phone: 
+27118808851
E-Mail: 
africa@fnst.org
Internet: 
http://africa.fnst.org