Governance

AM is an African continental body that has been set up to monitor and advocate for development funding, commitment and delivery for greater results at the grassroots. As the head office in Cape Town South Africa, the African Monitor has been registered as a Trust under South African Trust law. The organization has applied for registration as a not-for-profit organization under the Department of Social Development in South Africa and will be applying for tax exemption status in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America in year one.

Founder and Chair of the Board

The African Monitor was founded by the Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane after extensive consultation within Africa and beyond, among faith communities and wider civil society, NGOs, governments and international agencies, think tanks, academia, and the private sector. In these consulations, he received overwhelming support for the African Monitor, with the recognition that there was no existing pan-African network that can provide such a catalyst across the sub-Saharan region, and taking a perspective across aid, trade, development and financial flows.