About Us

What We Do

Our focus is on providing support for marginalised women, youth and emerging entrepreneurs towards becoming active economic citizens while preserving their natural and cultural heritage. We do this through replicating various components of our award-winning Sustainable Development Model, which is built on four key pillars, i.e.

  • Tourism Development

  • Hand-Craft Development

  • Youth Education

  • Research and Advisory Services

We believe in – and work through - genuine partnerships. Together with our partners, we help communities find their own assets and ignite their own potential to run thriving enterprises, become well-educated, confident and skilled and craft their own futures towards participating equally in a democratic society.

Who We Are

Established in 2004, Africa!Ignite is a non-profit rural development agency. Most of Africa!Ignite’s beneficiaries are based in deep rural and marginalized peri-urban, largely tribal areas, which are plagued by endemic poverty, high unemployment and associated socio-economic challenges.  While our work was initially focussed in Kwa-Zulu Natal, we have over the years increasingly worked across the whole of South Africa, having delivered project in all provinces with current work focussed in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Kenya.  

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Awards

IEP2 Best Project amongst Developing Countries (applied under partners Zutari) for the Wild Coast Project
Top Exporter – Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chambers – GEAP and GIZ Export promotion 2023
WOWZULU wins Silver Award for Cultural Experiences at World Travel Market Africa, 2019
WOWZULU launched as best-case community tourism model for South Africa
Runner-up in Durban Chamber of Commerce / Transnet KZN Exporter of the year awards in 2019
Winner of Durban Chamber of Commerce / Transnet KZN Exporter of the year awards in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016
Finalist in ONE Africa Award 2015
Winner of Gold Global Best Award in the Youth Employability Skills for Africa category, International Partnership Network (IPN)
Ready to join hands in shaping brighter futures for rural South African communities?
Africa!Ignite invites you to connect with us today. Together, we can make a real difference by empowering marginalized individuals, fostering sustainable development, and amplifying voices often unheard. Reach out to us now and be a part of the journey towards a more equitable and prosperous tomorrow.
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