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MISSION
 
Founded in 1995, the African Development Institute is a nonpartisan public policy research organization incorporated in New York. The African Development Institute is dedicated to fostering and promoting the human and material development of Africa. To achieve this goal, the Institute pursues three separate but related strategies: problem-oriented research; empowering education; and advocacy of self reliant and endogenous development policies. The Institute is an NGO in Special Consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
 
PURPOSE
 
The African Development Institute exists primarily to confront the prevailing development paradigm and promote alternative development strategies that are compatible with the value system of the African society. The purpose for which this Corporation has been organized are to:
      • promote unity, cooperation and understanding among Africans
      • affirm and define the legacy of African Civilizations
      • advocate policies aimed at promoting economic self-reliance and increasing the quality of life of Africans
      • encourage and promote institutions that respect human dignity and the ideals of a civil society
      • rescue and reconstruct the African value system
      • identify the needs of Africans and the resources available to fulfill those needs
         
FRAMEWORK
 
 The most pressing challenge for us at the African Development Institute is to introduce a basic new thinking and action that will succeed in improving the quality of life of Africans and reverse Africa's perennial condition of domination and dependency. We advocate pan-Africanist development blueprints that address issues such as: Africa's fragmented state system, Africa's historical/cultural heritage and contemporary social processes, and disengagement from the neo-colonial economic order.
 
STRUCTURE
 
A Board of Directors, composed of diverse and visionary Africanists, handles the regular business of the Institute and reviews the Institute's policies, programs, and operations. The Board also serves as the policy initiating body and oversees the implementation of policies.
 

Membership to the Institute is open to persons who demonstrate an expressed commitment and capability to the empowerment of Africa, and who pledge to adhere to the goals, principles and policies of the Institute. There are active, associate, life and honorary membership categories. Active membership is available to peoples of African descent who acknowledge their ancestry.

MEET THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
                                              Bisila Bokoko                      Bisila.Bokoko@africainstitute.com 
                                              Carline Bennett                   Carline.Bennett@africainstitute.com                                              
                                              Enock Mensah                    Enock.Mensah@africainstitute.com
                                              Ghislaine Ouedraogo         Ghislaine.Ouedraogo@africainstitute.com
                                              Kwame Akonor                   Kwame.Akonor@africainstitute.com
                                              Serges Demefack              Serges.Demefack@africainstitute.com
 
        

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