THE LATEST
Awards ~ Recognition ~ Breaking News
For its efforts to educate and empower the next generation, Asante Africa has earned various awards and achieved international recognition. Many of our team members- the backbone of our organization- have been honored for their work in bringing education and opportunity to youth in rural East Africa. We are humbled by this recognition and more motivated more than ever to push for success.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
Asante Africa Foundation ~ Featured by Girls Opportunity Alliance and Michelle Obama on International Day of Education.
Asante Africa alumni, Susan, has been selected as the winner of the Prince’s Trust Global Award, Kenya~ 2021
Asante Africa Foundation ~ Winner of the DIAR Awards for best NGO for Gender Equality ~ 2020/2021
IN THE NEWS
Young Kenyan businesswoman receives Prince’s Trust Global Award
Prince’s Trust International is celebrating a young Kenyan businesswoman, Ekalale Susan from Turkana County, who has received the Global Award from the British High Commissioner, Her Excellency Jane Marriott, at her residence in Nairobi.
Forbes Article Highlights Asante Africa Foundation’s Work in Girls’ Education
In early March of 2021, Asante Africa Foundation and three other girls’ education organizations operating in rural Africa, Women’s Global Education Project (WGEP), AGE Africa, and WISER International, were awarded a $3 million grant, $750,000 per organization, from...
Asante Africa Foundation on List of Top 10 Kenya NGOs
Asante Africa Foundation received 6th place on NGOSIFY’s list of top Non-governmental organizations in Kenya that have and still are, playing a vital role in the economic development of the country.
PRESS RELEASES
Two African Women Changemakers contribute to the Global Conversation at Obama Foundation Summit
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2019 Contact:Jennifer Haist: jmontague@asanteafrica.org Two African Women Changemakers contribute to the Global Conversation at Obama Foundation Summit – October 28,29, 2019 in Chicago , ILOakland, CA --- Two young...
Drucker Institute Names 2019 Drucker Prize Semifinalists
CLAREMONT, CALIF. (PRWEB) JUNE 03, 2019 The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has named the 50 semifinalists for the 2019 Drucker Prize. Of the 403 applicants, the organizations that first-round judges found best met Peter Drucker’s definition of...
Oakland Non-Profit Earns Young Women Transform Prize
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2018 USAID’s Youth Power Learning launched a prize competition on March 7, 2018, for innovations that help to remove barriers to young women’s economic empowerment. Youth-led and youth-serving organizations in low-and middle-income...
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
New partnership with the Embassy of Japan in Kenya to continue supporting children’s education in rural Kenya.~ 2021
We Received a Bronze Medal at the “Reimagine Education Awards” for our “Learn-Do-Teach Model” ~ 2020
Attended the Girls Opportunity Alliance, Obama Foundation Leadership Summit
Drucker Institute Recognizes Asante Africa Foundation in Top 10 Global Innovative Practices
