Meet Promote Africa
Promote Africa is an international nonprofit run entirely by volunteers whose goal is to empower communities
by providing seed capital for health, education and community development projects. We make grants to the best project ideas we can
find via The BIG Competition. We also take projects into our own hands, such as a social business in African art and helping
distribute virtual textbooks through the Global Text Project.
Art Social Business
We market Namibian Oshiwa wooden frames, ostrich eggshell jewelry, and gorgeous PVC bracelets made from salvaged and recycled plastic--all on behalf of disadvantaged artisan cooperatives.
This is a non-profit social business endeavor with many positive impacts on people and their environment, where the profits are put back into the pockets artisans and projects which improve their community.
Virtual Textbook Distribution
We assist the Global Text Project expand their extensive collection of 55 textbooks stored online
-- distributing to make them easily accessible even to those without internet. We also strive to improve its relevance for the developing world
by adding new textbooks on critical topics such as agriculture, health, energy, finance, and innovation.
