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African Enterprise focuses on business and leadership training in ten countries in Africa.1
2009 grant application
African Enterprise applied for funding through our grant application process for organizations working on economic empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Enterprise did not advance past our Round 1 screen. For more information about this grant, see our overview page for this grant.
We looked for the following in conducting our Round 1 screen and considered further any organization that met at least one of the criteria below:
- The charity primarily transfers cash directly to poor individuals
- The charity provided a rigorous impact study demonstrating program effect
- The charity is using donations to create profitable programs
- The charity primarily runs microfinance programs and can answer our questions for microfinance charities
For more information about why we chose these, see our reasoning behind these criteria.
The materials submitted by African Enterprise did not meet any of the above criteria.
Sources
- African Enterprise. Financial statements (2007-2008) (PDF).
- African Enterprise. About African Enterprise. http://www.africanenterprise.org/about/history (accessed May 4, 2010). Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5pTzWMso9.
Updated: March 5, 2010
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"We reach out to Africa in four ways:
- Evangelism – preaching the Good News of the Gospel via citywide missions
- Reconciliation – ministering healing to those who have experience the trauma of war and violence and teaching people who have experienced conflict to reconcile and work together for their common good
- Community Development – teaching the poor practical skills through which they can earn a living and equipping them to run their own business and teach others how to develop economic self-sufficiency
- Leadership Training – equipping pastors and laypeople to think biblically and live out their faith in their place of work and influence.
AE has Teams of African nationals living and working in ten countries: Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe." African Enterprise, "About African Enterprise."
