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Jul 08, 2025

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"Join the Movement for a Greener Africa"

TAF Environment is calling for passionate volunteers to drive sustainable change and protect our continent. Be part of a team reshaping Africa’s future through innovative environmental action.
Your voice, your action, your impact.

Interested? Use these links to apply for the following roles:
Head of Engagement
HR Officer
Finance Officer
Country Chapter Rep Zimbabwe

To know more about TAF, visit the TAF Website

Our theme for the month of April is
The role of indigenous knowledge systems in Africa’s natural resource management

April brings a vital theme for The African Federation (TAF). Long before conservation became a formal field, African communities had systems in place to sustain land, water and biodiversity. These methods, passed down through generations, ensured balance and long-term sustainability. Yet today, they are often sidelined in favour of external models that fail to account for local realities.

This month's Policy Paper explores how indigenous knowledge has successfully managed Africa’s natural resources for centuries, the barriers to integrating it into formal policies and the risks of losing this wisdom. True sustainability requires recognising and strengthening the expertise that has been here all along. Join us as we look into how indigenous and modern approaches can work together to create effective, community-led environmental solutions for Africa’s future.

Visit the TAF Online Community to read what we have gathered so far and share comments.

Our Principles - Uphold Trust & Transparency

Unblemished transparency and the bond of solid trust are the bedrock of our activities and operations. With everything we have and are; with all we can summon we use the light of transparency to expel the darkness of corruption wherever it may be found on our land and in our operations.
For more information, please visit our website here

Spotlight of the week
Caroline Muwonda

Caroline Muwonda is the TAF Environment representative for TAF Zimbabwe. She is a climate change ambassador, public health advocate & founder of the One Health Reform Alliance Initiative. Caroline joined TAF to continue advocating for a Superpower Africa.

Have you registered on the TAF website?
If you haven't already done so, register with the African Federation on our website. There is no cost to register. You can also choose your Focus Unit and Chapter or manage your Profile, Photo, Biography on the TAF online community once you have registered.

Want to volunteer with TAF?
TAF Focus Units continue to seek volunteers for their Heads of Research, Engagement, Communication and Support Units. Visit the Volunteer page on the TAF website for details and to apply.

Head of Research & Policy: Responsible for research-driven implementable-policy development, policy prioritisation, research integrity & quality, inter-Focus Unit research & policy coordination and thought leadership. Requires relevant policy-sector experience.

Head of Engagement: Responsible for impactful delivery of external engagement with & through policy development & implementation stakeholders (including members & partners and TAF commercial business models), inter-Focus Unit engagement coordination and thought leadership. Requires relevant, but not specific policy-sector, experience.

Head of Communications: Responsible for internal & external communications (incl. brand, strategy & execution) for the Focus Unit and intra-TAF coordination. Requires relevant, but not specific policy-sector, experience.

Head of Support Unit: Responsible for strategic & operational finance, governance & controls, legal and HR. Requires relevant, but not specific policy-sector, experience.

Deputy CEO: Responsible for coordination & prioritisation of leadership team & unit activities. Requires organisation or large team management experience.

About The African Federation
The African Federation (TAF) is a new and distinct pan-African organization formed through a collaboration of Africa’s people and founded for the youth of tomorrow. We are inspired by our common values, principles, and an ideology that promotes inter-African cooperation and pan Africanism. We are determined to restore the unity, prosperity, and sovereignty of Africa so that by 2050, Africa will be a superpower for the many, rather than the few.

Find out more about the African Federation here:
theafricanfederation.org