AFR100

What AFR100 does

AFR100 (the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) is a country-led, pan-African coordination initiative launched at COP21 in Paris in 2015 by AUDA-NEPAD, the World Resources Institute, Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the World Bank. Its mandate is to bring 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Africa into restoration by 2030, contributing to the Bonn Challenge (350 million hectares globally by 2030), African Union Agenda 2063, and UN Sustainable Development Goals. As of the latest reported figures, 34 African countries have committed a combined 129.5 million hectares to the initiative.

The initiative's product surface consists of five interlinked components: (1) the AFR100 Initiative itself, which serves as a coordination platform connecting member states with technical and financial partners; (2) TerraFund for AFR100, a financing vehicle operated by a consortium of WRI, One Tree Planted, and Realize Impact that deploys grants and low-interest loans to restoration enterprises (the second cohort disbursed $17.8 million); (3) the AFR100 Monitoring Platform, a geospatial portal hosted by AUDA-NEPAD that tracks restoration progress using satellite data and field inputs; (4) TerraMatch, a project-management and funding-matching platform (africa.terramatch.org); and (5) the Restoration Monitoring Tools Guide, a methodological resource (restorationmonitoringtools.org). Technical capabilities around satellite, AI, and geospatial analysis are delivered through partner organizations rather than developed in-house. The Bezos Earth Fund has earmarked $1 billion for restoration by 2030 with Africa as a priority geography.

AFR100 is not a commercial entity and generates no revenue. It operates as a coordination mechanism that channels donor capital through partners (TerraFund consortium, BMZ, World Bank, Mastercard's Priceless Planet Coalition, Bezos Earth Fund, International Tree Foundation, Ecosia) to local restoration champions — NGOs, community-based organizations, social enterprises, and government agencies implementing agroforestry, reforestation, mangrove restoration, assisted natural regeneration, and silvopasture projects across the continent. The AFR100 Secretariat is hosted by AUDA-NEPAD in Midrand, South Africa, with program management delivered through WRI Africa.

Name

AFR100

Legal name

AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative)

Website

https://afr100.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

AFR100 is a pan-African, country-led initiative launched in 2015 to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, coordinating 34 member states with technical partners like WRI and FAO, and channelling donor capital — including a $1 billion Bezos Earth Fund earmark — to local restoration projects through its TerraFund financing vehicle.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Land Restoration Coordination Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (11531), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation (ARR) (EUABABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Forestry & Reforestation (BPAGAGAD), Regenerative Agriculture & Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) (EUABABAE), Wetlands, Peatlands & Mangrove Restoration (Blue Carbon Restoration) (EUABABAG), Avoided Conversion & Ecosystem Protection (REDD+, Blue Carbon Conservation) (EUABABAC)

Keywords

• Land restoration coordination
• Forest landscape restoration
• Environmental conservation initiative
• Agroforestry and reforestation
• Climate change mitigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Midrand

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) is a country-led, pan-African initiative launched at COP21 in 2015 to bring 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Africa into restoration by 2030. The initiative coordinates 34 African countries, connects local restoration champions with technical and financial partners, and contributes to the Bonn Challenge and African Union Agenda 2063. Its financing arm, TerraFund for AFR100, channels grants and low-interest loans to on-the-ground restoration enterprises and projects.

Product overview

AFR100 is a unified initiative focused on restoring 100 million hectares of degraded land across Africa by 2030. The core offering consists of the AFR100 Initiative itself, which serves as a coordination platform connecting 34 African countries with technical and financial partners. TerraFund for AFR100 provides the financing mechanism, having invested $17.8 million in restoration projects. Supporting infrastructure includes the AFR100 Monitoring Platform for geospatial tracking and TerraMatch for project management. Together, these products form an ecosystem for coordinating, funding, and measuring landscape restoration across the continent.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AFR100 Initiative A pan-African, country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Africa into restoration by 2030, contributing to the Bonn Challenge and African Union Agenda 2063. The initiative coordinates 34 African countries and connects restoration champions with technical and financial partners.
• TerraFund for AFR100 A financing initiative operated by a consortium of WRI, One Tree Planted, and Realize Impact that provides grants and low-interest loans to Africa's top restoration enterprises and projects. Invested $17.8 million in the second cohort of land restoration champions across African countries.
• AFR100 Monitoring Platform A geospatial monitoring platform developed through AUDA-NEPAD that enables tracking of restoration progress across member countries using satellite technology and field data.
• Restoration Monitoring Tools Guide A comprehensive resource that assists individuals and organizations in selecting appropriate tools for monitoring restoration projects, designed for users in planning stages or those recently completed restoration projects.
• TerraMatch A platform for tracking and managing restoration projects, connecting projects with funding opportunities and monitoring progress of AFR100 initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 129.5 million hectares committed for restoration across 34 African countries
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• AUDA-NEPAD (African Union Development Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 December 2015AUDA-NEPAD serves as the Secretariat for AFR100. The agency was established in 2010 to integrate NEPAD into African Union structures. It coordinates the initiative and provides institutional support for the pan-African restoration effort.
• World Resources Institute (WRI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWRI supports restoration monitoring through pioneering new approaches for tracking land restoration progress at various scales. It manages the Global Restoration Initiative and supports restoration champions across Africa through The Land Accelerator program.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFAO provides technical guidance on restoration monitoring through the Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring (FERM) and supports restoration assessment methodologies.
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIUCN developed the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) used by AFR100 countries to assess restoration potential. Provides best practices guidance for forest and landscape restoration.
• Global EverGreening AlliancesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical partner supporting restoration initiatives and knowledge sharing across African countries.
• CIFORsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCenter for International Forestry Research provides research and technical expertise on forest and landscape restoration.
• Kenya Forest ServicesupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment partner providing technical guidance and coordination for forest restoration initiatives in Kenya.
• UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFR100 supports countries in achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets under UNCCD framework.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Trillion Trees: Global forest conservation and restoration partnership bringing together NGOs (BirdLife, WCS, WWF) and corporate supporters. Comparable in mobilizing large-scale pledges and partnership funding for landscape restoration, though not Africa-specific.
• One Tree Planted: Non-profit running reforestation projects across the globe and a co-funder of the TerraFund for AFR100 consortium. Comparable in mobilizing consumer/corporate donations into tree-planting projects and in operating a similar portfolio model to AFR100's restoration champions.
• Global EverGreening Alliance: Alliance coordinating large-scale landscape restoration across Africa and globally (including the Restore Africa programme). Directly comparable as a multi-country, grant-funded restoration coordination mechanism with shared partners like AUDA-NEPAD.
• Bonn Challenge: Global umbrella initiative for forest landscape restoration of which AFR100 is the African regional platform. Both pursue multi-country, pledge-based hectare restoration under shared methodology and are explicitly linked in AFR100's mandate.
• UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: UN-led 2021–2030 effort to prevent, halt, and reverse ecosystem degradation globally. Operates at the same pledge-based, multi-country restoration model and shares target years and partners (FAO, UNCCD) with AFR100.
• 1t.org: World Economic Forum platform to conserve, restore, and grow one trillion trees by 2030. Comparable in scope (global, multi-stakeholder, pledge-driven) and overlaps with AFR100 country-level tree-growing restoration efforts.

Broad incumbents

• Bezos Earth Fund: $10B philanthropic vehicle with a $1B restoration commitment by 2030 of which AFR100 is a priority beneficiary. Comparable as a top-tier capital source shaping the African restoration landscape and a potential partner or competitor for restoration funding.
• World Resources Institute (WRI) — Global Restoration Initiative: WRI is both AFR100's core technical partner and the operator of the broader Global Restoration Initiative. Highly comparable as an institutional convener and producer of restoration monitoring methodology, with global rather than Africa-only scope.
• CIFOR-ICRAF: CGIAR centers providing research and technical support on agroforestry and forest landscape restoration. A direct technical peer and active AFR100 partner, comparable in producing restoration evidence, tools, and policy guidance for African contexts.

Emerging players

• Plant with Purpose: US-based non-profit implementing agroforestry and reforestation in AFR100 member states (e.g., DRC, Tanzania). Comparable as an on-the-ground restoration enterprise within the AFR100 portfolio and a potential beneficiary/scale test case for TerraFund financing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/afr100_official

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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