The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is pleased to announce that the institution has recently benefited from an in kind contribution of Microsoft software valued at US$32,970.00.

This donation was provided through the Microsoft Citizenship program, and with the support of our sister organisation, the African Women’s Development Fund USA (AWDF-USA) as part of its African Social Impact Multi-Media Initiative (ASIMI) to promote the technology capacity of the African Women’s Movement

Theo Sowa, Chief Executive Officer of AWDF states, “AWDF appreciates this generous gift from Microsoft which will go a long way towards strengthening AWDF’s technological systems. We consider this to be the start of a longer term partnership with AWDF which we know will have additional benefits for our network of over 1000 grantee partners across the continent”.

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About the African Women’s Development Fund

Over the past ten years, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has blazed a trail for women’s rights and philanthropy across the African continent. AWDF is an African, not for profit, grantmaking organisation. Since the start of operations in 2001, AWDF has provided over US$19 million in grants to more than 1000 women’s organisations in 42 African countries. AWDF’s grant making processes are uniquely designed to meet the needs of African women and activities include the provision of small and larger grants to African women’s organisations, capacity building support and a strong focus on advocacy and movement building.

AWDF contact:

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer for Communications)

Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)

Email: nana@africlub.net/awdf, Website: www.africlub.net/awdf

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