The KBF family supports numerous projects in Africa. As a priority, our support is directed to local civil society, individuals as well as organisations, and to social businesses.
Below are some inspiring stories from our Prize winners and grantees.
2020
In Africa, over 40% of the population are unable to prove their identity, which means they are unable to access essential services such as health care and education. The UIAfrica Fund aims to tackle this problem by boosting the civil registration of births.
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2020
Fewer than one in five Congolese have access to the Internet, barely more than 19% of the population. It is an abysmal digital divide that Jean-Louis Mbaka and his colleagues at Kinshasa Digital intend to reduce considerably.
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2020
Dr Ernest Ahounou had planned to complete a ‘simple’ internship in resuscitation in intensive care at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc in Brussels. But COVID-19 turned both his plans and his internship upside down.
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2020
Stephen Griffith and his wife Christine Dickey have a longstanding interest in education. After a trip to Liberia the couple decided to start an early childhood education center in the country.
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2020
How to break the cycle of poverty and hopelessness? The FXB Association has developed an approach that combines empowerment, guidance and material support and has been applying this FXB Village-method in 10 countries.
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2019
Belvas has specialised in organic chocolate, setting up a number of projects in Peru and Côte d’Ivoire to improve living conditions for the cocoa farmers.
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