Across Africa, there is a pressing and vital need for communities to move beyond mere self-sust...
Empower 20 million Africans to sustainably provide for themselves by 2032.
After decades of humanitarian and development work, we know aid alone is not enough. Communities need opportunities to generate income, access markets, and build wealth that lasts.
Self-sufficient communities are a huge achievement but it’s not the goal, Africa thriving is our goal. That’s where Social Enterprise comes in, the second phase of our development continuum. Here, we unlock economic potential, connect local producers to big markets, and build resilient, commercially viable communities.
Offtake starts with a guaranteed buyer. We don’t build enterprises on hope — we start with a signed commercial offtake agreement from a major company that commits to purchasing a specific quantity and quality of goods at a defined price.
Next we mobilise and support small commercial producers — not those just starting out, but those ready to scale.
We then co-develop a business plan that allows them to maximise quantity, quality and profitability through supplying into our contract.
To activate that plan, we offer trade finance loans — but we don’t hand out cash. Instead, we issue vouchers on a digital credit card, each wallet ringfenced for specific inputs like feed, materials, water access. This reduces risk, increases efficiency, and strengthens accountability.
We take the cash backing those loans and invest it directly into local service providers. These are the local businesses that fulfil the vouchers such as agri-dealers, vets, technicians, textile suppliers. So, the system doesn’t just lift the local producers, it builds an entire circular regenerative economy around them.
At the centre of this is our Social Enterprise Hub, physical infrastructure and a digital backbone that manages aggregation, value addition, storage, logistics, and payments. We act as collateral managers and cooperative facilitators, consolidating thousands of small producers into a single commercial entity that can reliably supply a large buyer.
Everything flows through our digital transaction platform, ensuring transactions are clear and fair. Loan repayments are made automatically with every sale. This keeps default risk low, improves cash flow, and makes the model scalable and investable.
We measure success differently; not by our own profits, bu by the profits of the local businesses and the local economy we’re hoping to grow.
ForAfrika Social Enterprise represents phase two of our Theory of Change, advancing the ongoing journey towards thriving African communities. Building upon the foundation established by ForAfrika Humanitarian and Development division, it extends the continuum of transformation through a proven process that graduates individuals from self-sufficiency in phase one to commercial viability in phase two.
This transition unfolds in three stages: Early, Growth, and Mature, each with its own set of criteria and services. In the Early Stage, individuals transition from self-sufficiency to establishing micro-enterprises, which expand into well-established and profitable small businesses in the Growth Stage. Ultimately, the journey leads to the development of medium-sized businesses with strong profitability in the Mature Stage. Throughout this process, our integrated approach ensures that individuals and their communities become commercially viable and are given a platform to thrive.
Across our six core programming pillars, developed through tried-and-tested processes, we address a myriad of interconnected community vulnerabilities.
New Agricultural Investment Initiative Secures $120M Dairy Off-Take Agreement, Transforming Uganda’s Dairy Sector
We have a deep love for Africa, because we are African, committed to an Africa that thrives. Our objectives are to target countries where we have an established track record, prioritize markets where we have strong partnerships and focus on areas where we can create the greatest impact
Empowering emerging commercial farmers to increase quality, quantity and profitability. Our objectives are to leverage our unique and proven ability to work with emerging commercial farmers, provide a financing mechanism that gives access to affordable credit, de-risk’s loans and builds supply chain capacity and offer capacity building and training alongside financial support.
Our extensive experience in Africa, combined with our focus on emerging commercial farmers, positions us for success. Our objectives are to facilitate large scale commercial offtake, guarantee volume certainty, provide substantial risk mitigation and ensure profitability and sustainability.
With 40 years of operation in Africa, an established presence in 8 countries, and a $63 million operational budget for 2024—alongside over $1 billion invested to date—we leverage proven processes and strong public-private partnerships to drive lasting success.
We engage with 70,000 farmers and small business entrepreneurs, cultivate 30,000 hectares of land, operate two food processing factories, manage 30 warehouses, and run a fleet of 300 vehicles to support our expansive development efforts across the continent.
We have trained 70,000 farmers in weather resilient agricultural practices—65% of whom are women—and our innovative model was recognised at COP in Dubai for its impact and effectiveness.
Across Africa, there is a pressing and vital need for communities to move beyond mere self-sust...
Thanks to your support, in 2024 we reached 6,330,024 people across Africa.
Our Social Enterprise interventions directly contribute to SDGs: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 15.
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We operate in Angola, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan and Uganda.
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Amos Dairies Ltd is Uganda’s third-largest dairy processor with an installed capacity to process 600,000 litres of raw milk per day. The off-take agreement presents the potential to supply up to 144 million litres annually, helping Amos scale production while ensuring stable market demand for farmers.
Read more +20 October 2025 By ForAfrika in Economic Empowerment, Food Security and Livelihoods, Mozambique, Social Enterprise
Read more +02 April 2025 By ForAfrika in Food Security and Livelihoods, Social Enterprise, Uganda
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