Africa Matters Initiative
South Africa
Empowering African youth to change African narratives
Details
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Organisation Name Africa Matters Initiative |
Country of operation South Africa |
Please advise on source of funding / donor(s) Africa Matters is a registered Non-Profit Company that is transitioning to a social enterprise. Most of our funds are from grants such as the Sparknews fund received earlier this year and the Sainsbury Fund which we are awaiting feedback on. Some of our programs are revenue-generating to cover our costs and to maximise our impact where grant money is insufficient |
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Organisation Types Youth-led organisation, Youth-serving organisation |
Focus areas Employment and Entrepreneurship, Governance and Youth Empowerment |
Organisation website – full URL |
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Short mission statement Empowering African youth to change African narratives |
Mission of the organization Empowering African Youth to change African narratives through capacity building and community impact projects |
Full link to Twitter account |
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Organisation address in text format for site search purposes 23 Rooivalk Street, Magaliesssig, Sandton, 2191, South Africa |
Social impact Statement Since 2015, we have received 2 international awards for our impact. We have held 12 schools leadership development programs impacting 720 youth, 9 empowerment sessions reaching over 1000 youth, 3 Towards a Better Africa Summits with over 150 attendees at each summit, 8 webinars hosted by young African change-makers and reaching up to 2000 social media users per webinar, 9 radio interviews with prominent stations, and 7 African and global conferences. We have a skilled monitoring and evaluation team who measure the impact of each program. Our aim is to ensure that each program has meaningful impact in the life of each youth. |
Full link to Facebook page |
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Full name of organisation’s contact person Farai Lwandile Mubaiwa |
Full name of Founder / President Farai Lwandile Mubaiwa |
Full link to LinkedIn |
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Email address of the organisation farai@africamattersinitiative.com |
Full name of co-founders Reanne Oliver |
Full link to Instagram |
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Telephone Number +27 (0) 71 2010 532 |
Total number of staff members? 11 |
Full link to YouTube |
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Is the organisation registered/certified Yes |
Number of staff 18-40? 11 |
WhatsApp Number + 27 (0) 71 2010 532 |
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Please select your registration date 01 January 2018 2:00 am |
Is the organization profit-making? Yes |
Number of beneficiaries? 1,000-100 000 |
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Registration body / Regulator Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) South Africa |
Does the organization maintain financials? Yes |
Countries covered, or geographic footprint Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Namibia, Tunisia, Senegal, South Africa and Zimbabwe |
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Registration body / Regulator website http://www.cipc.co.za/ |
Youth organisation location
23 Rooivalk St, Magaliessig, Sandton, 2191, South Africa
