Gender Equality
Equality is not optional. We advance women's leadership, youth agency and social inclusion as non-negotiable foundations of African development. Through our GEYSI approach, we address inequality issues in policy, systems and power.
African Renaissance Trust envisions a continent where all peoples enjoy healthy, empowered and dignified lives. We champion, advance and drum up support for transformational development by shaping partnerships, policy and practice to build a unified, prosperous and thriving Africa.
African Renaissance was established in 2019 and registered as a Trust in 2021. We challenge the ideological, structural and systemic forces that sustain inequity and injustice across Africa and operate at the convergence of duty bearers, rights holders, policy and practice.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with continent-wide reach, we convene decision-makers, technical experts and active citizens around the policy choices that shape African lives — fostering transformative change through strategic engagement across regional, sub-regional and national levels.
Change comes from understanding what holds people back — and then shaping the policies, systems and budgets that move them forward. We operate through a three-stage engagement architecture: Connect. Inform. Activate.
We connect the stakeholders who rarely meet — government decision-makers and grassroots evidence, civil society and continental frameworks, marginalised communities and the platforms where resources are allocated.
We inform through decision-ready policy research, legal reviews and technical briefs shaped for the committees and ministerial desks where they will be read.
We activate by converting evidence into institutional change — supporting reform through AU and REC decision-making pipelines, enabling precedent-setting litigation and equipping communities with the tools to sustain accountability.
Each pillar is anchored in continental commitments that are translated into regional and national-level reform.
Equality is not optional. We advance women's leadership, youth agency and social inclusion as non-negotiable foundations of African development. Through our GEYSI approach, we address inequality issues in policy, systems and power.
We track and unlock domestic health financing and enable accelerated domestication of continental commitments. We develop practical instruments that diffuse policy frameworks into country level actions that save lives.
Growth that leaves people behind is not development. We champion African leadership on debt sustainability, climate accountability, social protection and we foster socio-economic wellbeing of communities.
A live portfolio of policy products and partnerships — organised by pillar, partner and stage of impact.
Unveiled at the 39th AU Summit, February 2026. A decision-ready framework for embedding gender, youth and social inclusion into WASH policies and budgets.
A continently-anchored evidence base mapping what works in domestic health financing — by region, country and outcome.
A precedent-setting continental guideline focused on women and girls, developed in partnership with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Events, partnerships & programme delivery across the continent
GE/001
African Union & Trace MoU Signing Ceremony 16 May, Nairobi Kenya
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African Human & Peoples Rights Commissioner Dr. Litha Musyimi-Ogana with Kenya's Minister for Gender on the sidelines of Maputo@20
Pillar 01 - Gender
African Renaissance Girls leading World Menstrual Hygiene Day Celebrations, May 2024
Leadership
African Renaissance Trust — Est. 2019
Partners and funders
Partner with us to shape policy, build coalitions and accelerate equitable development across the continent.
