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Jul 08, 2025

Sat 3 May 2025
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TAF Environment | Building Bridges
2pm GMT | 3pm WAT | 4pm CAT | 5pm EAT

In this concluding session, "Building Bridges" aims to galvanize support for Indigenous-led conservation efforts as a pivotal pathway to a sustainable future. Join us as we build the bridges necessary to create an inclusive, resilient and sustainable future, rooted in the wisdom and leadership of Indigenous communities. Be part of the conversation here.

Sun 4 May 2025
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TAF Nigeria | Exploring TAF
1pm GMT | 2pm WAT | 3pm CAT | 4pm EAT

TAF Nigeria invites you to a special event exploring the purpose, structure and long-term vision of The African Federation (TAF), a continent-wide civil society working to build a vibrant, united and prosperous Africa by 2050. Come be part of this conversation here.

Our theme for the month of April is
The role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Africa’s natural resource management

As we finalise this theme, it’s clear that IKSs deserve more than symbolic recognition. The real challenge is deciding if we are ready to share power. Ready to rethink how decisions are made and who gets to make them. Because sometimes the answers have been here all along, held in community memory and rooted in generations of relationship with the land - and true support means protecting that, respecting it and making space for it to lead.

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 Values - Unity in our Diversity

We acknowledge as Pan Africans that we are different, yet we are one. We seek unity, not uniformity. We believe that all Africans are our brothers and sisters regardless of their tribe, the language they speak; their skin tone; or whether they live today at home or in a foreign land. We are indeed still brothers and sisters, born of and into one African family. It is the strength of our extended family that will enable us to unite and redeem our home. We recognize that racism, tribalism and many other divisive isms have created barriers and caused us unquantifiably colossal losses. We must unite so that our enemies and detractors can no longer leverage those divisions to undermine us.
For more information, please visit our website here

Spotlight of the week
Herbert Godson Lawson

Herbert Godson Lawson, CEO of TAF Governance and Member of the Institute of Directors, Ghana, stands for leadership that serves the people, not power. At TAF, he champions governance as the backbone of Africa’s self-determined future.

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