Annual Report 2024

Partner Africa is a pan-African NGO championing responsible business and worker rights across international supply chains. Their 2024 annual report covers 146,566 workers directly impacted, 890 social audits and 33 advisory projects across East, Southern, North and West Africa. Key work includes investigating sexual exploitation in Kenya's tea sector and developing programmes for unofficial migrant workers travelling to Europe.

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📋About

Social and ethical auditing, responsible business advisory, human rights due diligence, supply chain support, worker rights training, sexual exploitation investigation, migrant worker advocacy

📊Key Metrics

146,566 primary worker beneficiaries of improved working conditions Key Metric 1
890 social audits completed; 33 responsible business advisory projects delivered Key Metric 2
82% advisory client retention rate; active across East, Southern, North and West Africa Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Nairobi Declaration on Business and Human Rights launched — Partner Africa participated and presented at third African Business and Human Rights Forum
  • Investigation published on sexual exploitation of women workers in Kenya's tea sector, driving systemic change advocacy
  • Collaborative programmes developed with stakeholders across Europe and Africa to address exploitation of unofficial migrant workers

📍Geography

International

2024

Annual Report 2024

600,000+ citizens engaged across Africa since founding in 2014; 10th anniversary year
Key Metric 1
15,000+ participants and 72,000+ messages received across 10 projects in 2024
Key Metric 2
13 staff; 10 partners; active in Kenya, Somalia and across East Africa
Key Metric 3
63%+ of participants in Kenya climate project reported more active engagement in climate action; county governments integrated citizen feedback into local resilience planning
2025

Impact Report 2025

£1,061,931.34 awarded to 249 projects supporting 169 organisations in 2024/25; 120,000 people supported
Key Metric 1
Four consecutive years of £1m+ granting — fourth most successful granting year ever; 120,894 total beneficiaries across Berkshire; top beneficiary groups: children and young people, victims of crime/violence/abuse, older people
Key Metric 2
Last Resort Fund supported 27 charities and community groups; Together for Women and Children Fund awarded £1.29m to 224 projects reaching 35,000+ vulnerable women and children since 2019; IDVA hospital-based domestic abuse advocates funded
Key Metric 3
Won 2024 LGC Award for Diversity and Inclusion for exemplary work reducing health inequalities; Former PM Baroness May of Maidenhead spoke at Together for Women and Children event; Amanda Stephens (Olly's Work) addressed supporters on children's online safety
2025

Annual Impact Report 2024/25

£1,731,376 distributed through 275 grants to 138 groups and organisations; 244 nominations, 18 awards, 150 guests at Derby Volunteer Awards Night
Key Metric 1
Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme: 16,459 children in summer, 4,468 in Easter, 2,459 in winter — across 36 summer, 32 Easter and 22 winter providers; £1,031,657 in HAF grants allocated/facilitated
Key Metric 2
Derby Social Prescribing: average 175 referrals per month (2,100 per year); 10,901 attendances across 585 DE23 Active sessions (11 trained volunteers); Warm Welcome Hub grants: 84 providers, £233k, 69,768 people supported through cost of living
Key Metric 3
Won 2024 LGC Award for Diversity and Inclusion for exemplary work reducing health inequalities through DHIP; 130 families supported via Youth Alliance referrals from schools, further education, housing providers, youth offending service and Derbyshire Constabulary