Africa Advocacy Foundation

What Africa Advocacy Foundation does

Africa Advocacy Foundation (AAF) is a UK-registered charity established in 1996 that delivers health, HIV, sexual and reproductive health, and violence prevention services to Black African and Caribbean communities in the UK and, more recently, continental Europe. The organisation operates from a headquarters and community centre in Catford, London, with additional offices in Beckenham, Amsterdam, and Brussels, and a regional subsidiary in Kenya. Its beneficiary base spans migrants, refugees, women and girls affected by FGM, survivors of domestic violence, and people living with HIV, with all services delivered free of charge.

AAF's product portfolio is a coordinated suite of programmes rather than a single platform. HIV-related offerings include community-based rapid testing, the PrEP & Prejudice campaign, the CASH-Southwark programme, Fast Track Cities Initiative screening, and a peer support network. Broader health programmes include the AFYA eHealth App for digital care access, the Let's Talk About Blood Pressure hypertension initiative, the Are Your Kidneys OK? kidney health programme, and the Find Your Four total-wellbeing campaign. Violence prevention and women's services include the Hidden Voices Project, the Nuru VAWG Project, and the SHERO initiative. The organisation also runs the Positive Health monthly broadcast series, the Youth4Life Club, and the Storytellers creative programme, and contributes to European policy platforms (Mi-Health Europe, Nobody Left Outside).

AAF is funded primarily through grants and commissioning contracts from UK government bodies (Lambeth Council, Southwark Council, South East London ICB), trusts and foundations (Comic Relief, National Lottery Community Fund, City Bridge Foundation), the European Commission (EU4Health), and pharmaceutical companies (Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare, Merck Sharpe & Dohme). All services are free at the point of delivery to beneficiaries. The organisation is governed by a Board of Trustees chaired by Sukainah Jauhar and led operationally by Chief Executive Agnes Baziwe and Programmes Director Denis Onyango.

Name

Africa Advocacy Foundation

Legal name

Africa Advocacy Foundation

Website

https://africadvocacy.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Africa Advocacy Foundation is a UK-registered charity founded in 1996 that delivers HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health, chronic disease awareness, and violence prevention services to Black African and Caribbean communities in the UK and Europe through community-led outreach and a diversified suite of grant-funded programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health and Social Support Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Individual and Family Services (6241), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD), Global Health Advocacy, Policy & Rights Organizations (HLAJAKAO), Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Community health services
• HIV prevention programs
• Sexual health services
• Violence prevention support
• Migrant health advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grants and Donations: Africa Advocacy Foundation is a registered charity funded by grants from government bodies, trusts, foundations, and corporate donors. Revenue comes from institutional funders including Comic Relief, National Lottery Community Fund, City Bridge Foundation, European Commission EU4Health, Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare, Merck Sharpe & Dohme, and various UK government bodies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Africa Advocacy Foundation is a registered charity that delivers free, community-led health, HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health, violence prevention, and migrant support services primarily to Black African and Caribbean diaspora communities in the UK and Europe. Its portfolio includes HIV testing and PrEP uptake programmes (CASH-Southwark, PrEP & Prejudice), counselling and peer support for people living with HIV, FGM and domestic violence survivor services (Hidden Voices Project, Nuru VAWG Project), hypertension and chronic kidney disease awareness initiatives, youth engagement, European migrant health advocacy, and the AFYA eHealth App for digital patient-centred healthcare access.

Product overview

Africa Advocacy Foundation (AAF) is a community-led charitable organization established in 1996 that provides a diverse portfolio of health and social support programs primarily serving Black African and Caribbean communities in the UK and Europe. The organization operates not as a single product platform but as a coordinated suite of initiatives spanning HIV prevention and testing (including PrEP & Prejudice, CASH-Southwark, Fast Track Cities Initiative, and National HIV Testing Week), violence prevention services (VAWG, Hidden Voices Project, Nuru VAWG Project), digital health solutions (AFYA eHealth App), youth engagement (Youth4Life Club), kidney health (Are Your Kidneys OK?), hypertension awareness (Let's Talk About Blood Pressure), and policy/advocacy work (Mi-Health Europe, Nobody Left Outside). AAF also produces content through its Positive Health broadcast series and Africa Advocacy Storytellers creative program. The organization receives funding from bodies including the National Lottery Community Fund, Comic Relief, Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare, and various UK government and EU sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CASH - Community Axis for Sexual Health: A service engaging Black communities in HIV awareness, prevention, testing and treatment in Southwark.
• PrEP & Prejudice
• Hidden Voices Project
• Mi-Health Europe
• Mi-Care Training Programme
• Positive Health
• SHERO - Sexual Health Empowerment & Reproductive Outreach

Products and services

• AFYA eHealth App Digital health application aimed at revolutionising access to healthcare for underserved communities and providing patient-centred solutions for people living with long-term conditions such as HIV.
• CASH - Southwark (Community Axis for Sexual Health) Programme engaging Black communities in HIV awareness, prevention, testing and treatment through point-of-care testing and outreach events in Southwark.
• Fast Track Cities Initiative Initiative providing HIV screening for homeless shelters, vulnerable refugees, migrants and displaced individuals, with early diagnosis focus in Black African communities and rapid testing in southeast London.
• Hidden Voices Project Culturally, language and faith appropriate support services for Black African migrant women and girls in London who are undocumented, on spousal visas or have no recourse to public funds and are at risk of or experiencing domestic violence and abuse. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
• Youth4Life Club Platform for young people addressing issues including sexual and reproductive health and rights, mental health, mentorship, volunteering, careers, advocacy and independent living skills.
• Mi-Health Europe European collaborative strengthening capacity of migrant communities to engage with health services and influence healthcare policy through capacity building, resource database and community of practice.
• Mi-Care Training Programme Annual training programme enhancing capacity of migrant communities in Europe to participate fully in healthcare policy and practice, creating a platform for engagement with key stakeholders.
• SHERO - Sexual Health Empowerment & Reproductive Outreach

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40 volunteers support activities annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• King's College London (KCL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2025Partnership for Hypertension Awareness Project in Lewisham. KCL partners with AAF to co-create culturally relevant resources addressing hypertension symptoms, prevention, treatment, and self-management practices.
• South East London Integrated Care Board (ICB)coreOthers · 11 February 2025Commissioned AAF to implement Hypertension Awareness Project in Lewisham borough to enhance awareness, education, and early detection of hypertension within local communities.
• National AIDS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 November 2023Collaboration through the Unheard Voices project, an initiative seeking to improve health and wellbeing of Black communities in the UK affected by HIV by ending structural inequalities and enabling community participation in decision-making.
• One Voice NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 November 2023One Voice Network is an independent collective of Black-led community organisations. AAF participates as one of twelve London-based organisations working to support Black people living with HIV through grassroots work.
• Lewisham and Greenwich NHS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for rapid HIV testing service delivery. Testing is confidential and delivered in partnership with the NHS trust.
• HIV Prevention EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAF is a Local Activation Partner delivering community engagement outreach information sessions, distributing free condoms, and carrying out rapid HIV testing as part of the national 'It Starts With Me' campaign.
• Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative for Black African and Caribbean women's sexual and reproductive health through the SHERO programme, commissioned by Lambeth Council.
• Lambeth CouncilcoreOthersCommissioned the SHERO initiative for advancing sexual and reproductive health for Black women in Lambeth. Also commissions the Hidden Voices Project.
• Southwark CouncilcoreOthersCommissioned the CASH (Community Axis for Sexual Health) programme for engaging Black communities in HIV awareness, prevention, testing and treatment in Southwark.
• The Nobody Left Outside (NLO) PlatformminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean collaborative representing underserved communities including migrants, sex workers, homeless, PWID, prisoners, and LGBTQI people. Working on innovative policy responses and health service redesign.
• Fast Track Cities InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership working to achieve zero HIV infection and stigma in London by 2030. AAF leads HIV screening initiatives for homeless shelters, refugees, migrants, and is developing educational materials and faith-based testing networks.
• Mi-Health EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolicy and advocacy collaborative strengthening capacity of European migrant communities to engage with services and influence healthcare policy through capacity building, resource database, and community of practice.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Spectra (London): Spectra is a London-based charity delivering sexual health, HIV and mental health services for marginalised communities including migrants, sex workers and LGBTQI people. It overlaps with AAF on HIV prevention, migrant health and Nobody Left Outside platform activities.
• Doctors of the World UK: Doctors of the World UK provides healthcare advocacy and direct clinical services for excluded people including migrants, asylum seekers and those with no recourse to public funds. It overlaps significantly with AAF's migrant-health work in London and on European policy.

Broad incumbents

• Refuge: Refuge is the UK's largest domestic violence charity, operating national helplines and refuges. It overlaps with AAF on VAWG support but serves a much broader beneficiary base and operates at national scale, making it a broad incumbent for AAF's VAWG and Hidden Voices work.
• Terrence Higgins Trust: THT is the UK's largest HIV and sexual health charity, running HIV Prevention England (of which AAF is a Local Activation Partner). It overlaps with AAF on HIV testing, PrEP and community engagement but operates nationally and across many populations, making it a broader incumbent rather than a direct peer.

Direct peers

• NAZ Project London: NAZ is a London-based sexual health charity supporting Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, including migrants and refugees. It delivers HIV prevention, testing and support services with a culturally-specific lens almost identical to AAF's, directly competing for the same commissioners and beneficiaries.
• Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN): CAHN is a Black-led health charity focused on Caribbean and African communities in the UK. It co-delivers the SHERO programme with AAF and shares the same beneficiary base, mission and London commissioner footprint, making it a near-direct peer.
• Positively UK: Positively UK is a London-based charity supporting people living with HIV, with a strong focus on Black African and other migrant communities. It provides peer support and advocacy similar to AAF's HIV support services, and operates in the same funder and policy ecosystem.
• National AIDS Trust: National AIDS Trust is a UK HIV policy and advocacy charity that partners with AAF on the Unheard Voices project. It works on HIV-related health inequalities affecting Black communities and shares the same target populations and policy-advocacy orientation.
• Forward UK (Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development): Forward UK is a Black-led charity tackling gender-based violence, FGM and reproductive health inequalities in African communities. It is a direct peer to AAF's Nuru VAWG Project, Hidden Voices Project and SHERO initiative, serving highly overlapping beneficiary populations.
• One Voice Network: One Voice Network is a coalition of twelve London-based Black-led organisations supporting Black people living with HIV, of which AAF is a member. The network as a whole is a direct peer in terms of mission, target population and advocacy positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/africadvocacy
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/AafOrgafricaadvocacyfoundation
• Facebookfacebook.com/AfricaAdvocacyFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/africa-advocacy-foundation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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