Africa
Africa is the second most populous continent, home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies. Yet communities across Africa face complex social challenges, from the ongoing HIV epidemic and fragile health care systems to conflict and natural resource exploitation.
In partnership with governments, local organizations and communities, Pact has addressed all of these challenges while fostering resilience. We bring decades of experience working in Africa and vast local knowledge. Many of our staff are serving their own communities.
Across the continent, we’ve worked with key groups such as children, adolescents, and pregnant and breastfeeding women to access HIV testing, treatment and prevention services. In the Horn of Africa as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we’ve supported communities to overcome cross-border conflict and create lasting peace. In the Great Lakes region and beyond, we’ve partnered with artisanal and small-scale mining communities to make the ASM sector – a critical livelihood for millions – safer, formalized and more productive. Pact has helped to markedly reduce child labor in mining communities, and we implemented the only mineral traceability due diligence program with standards independently confirmed to be 100 percent aligned with OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains. In Malawi and Madagascar, we have worked alongside communities to protect the environment for lasting prosperity.
All of our programming in Africa focuses on building local capacity to address social challenges for sustainable improvement.
Africa News
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BlogIn mining communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pact and partners show that a child labor-free future is possible
Nov 19, 2025 -
NewsPact awarded contract to evaluate American Cancer Society’s Global SPARK Initiative
Sep 09, 2025 -
NewsPact and partners awarded new project to mitigate conflict and build community cohesion between Ghana’s cocoa farmers and gold miners
Aug 25, 2025
Africa Resources
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Illuminating Small-Scale Mining in Rwanda: Technical Brief
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ACHIEVE fact sheet
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Project bulletin: Piloting NAP implementation in Sierra Leone (February 2025)
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Project bulletin: Piloting NAP implementation in Sierra Leone (November 2024)
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Best practices in programming for people-centered justice: A compendium of interventions and lessons learned from the USAID Expanding Access to Justice Program in Somalia