Amref Health Africa

This grant to Amref Health Africa will provide flexible support for the Advocacy Accelerator (AAC), a pan-African platform that stimulates locally driven advocacy by engaging advocates, technical assistance providers, and donors. The AAC aims for a strengthened advocacy ecosystem with better coordination among country-based advocates capable of implementing effective advocacy strategies leading to change in government policies and development practice. During the grant period, the AAC will bolster its internal operations as it transitions to an independent organization and continues to consolidate its activities to support African health and development advocates to achieve greater impact. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)

This grant will provide flexible support for the continued growth of the Advocacy Accelerator, an African-led sharing and learning platform that offers innovative capacity strengthening approaches to increase the impact of local advocacy in Africa. The Advocacy Accelerator aims to respond to the needs of advocacy communities with platforms that facilitate the sharing of knowledge and evidence. During the grant period, the Advocacy Accelerator will provide interactive and accessible training content and workshops to reproductive health advocates; deepen its knowledge management practice; and design evaluation and learning systems to document its impact and value add in the African health and development advocacy ecosystem.