INNOVATIVE PARADIGMS FOR
AFRICA-EUROPE RELATIONS
INNOVATIVE PARADIGMS FOR
AFRICA-EUROPE RELATIONS
INNOVATIVE PARADIGMS FOR
AFRICA-EUROPE RELATIONS
Within the framework of UN Agendas 2030 – AU 2063 and inclusive socio-economic development goals, Fondazione Aurora supports young Africans in consolidating entrepreneurship initiatives with significant social impact in their communities.
OUR APPROACH
We are a non-profit organisation committed to scaling up of African social impact enterprises with innovative capabilities and territorial relationships. We work through applied research in order to improve products and services, provide technical assistance and operational funds for capital endowment. We also establish strategic partnerships to bring African business initiatives into the global value chain.
OUR APPROACH
We are a non-profit organisation committed to scaling up of African social impact enterprises with innovative capabilities and territorial relationships. We work through applied research in order to improve products and services, provide technical assistance and operational funds for capital endowment. We also establish strategic partnerships to bring African business initiatives into the global value chain.
INITIATIVES
We proactively work to strengthen a virtuous circle of community development and growth by supporting young African and diaspora entrepreneurs, through partnership networks. The Foundation’s initiatives aim to overcome difficulties in accessing the market, with a problem-solving approach, in compliance with the ownership, for local development and systemic change
WHERE WE WORK
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SUPPORT TO BURKA YADOT COFFEE FARMERS
This initiative of entrepreneurial consolidation is part of the AICS/UNIDO Programme on the coffee supply chain as an element of socio-economic development, at the end of an approved five-year project. The partners requested Fondazione Aurora to support the Burka Yadot Farmers Cooperative Union in order to maintain the level 2 quality of Harenna coffee, promote the access to the market and obtain multi-year buyers for their coffee.
NANOAIR TECH SARL
Fondazione Aurora promoted the consolidation of NanoAir Tech, a Senegalese remote irrigation company, supporting the improvement of the technical skills of workers and the promotion of national, regional and international market outlets.
EUR-AFRICAN ALLIANCE FOR ADULT EDUCATION
In collaboration with the Community of Sant’Egidio, Fondazione Aurora supported the Higher education course in Integration and Health Promotion, created in partnership with the “Dante Alighieri” University for Foreigners in Reggio Calabria and the integration of the diaspora in Italy.
The Foundation contributed to the realisation of the course, the translation of the lessons, and the elaboration of subtitles in English and Portuguese, employing members of the Mozambican and English-speaking African diaspora in Italy and thus enabling their employment as translators of e-learning lessons.
Support to textile cooperatives (CAFTIS)
Fondazione Aurora works with Federcasse to promote the scaling-up of the Centre Artisanal de Formation en Tissage – CAFTIS, a company engaged in the production of traditional clothes and fabrics in Dapaong, capital of Savanes Region and headquarters of the prefecture of Tone. The cooperative brings together more than 900 producers, about 80% of whom are women, and organises the training of young apprentices, enabling them to acquire the Certificat de Fin d’Apprentissage.
Mécanisme Incitatif de Financement Agricole (MIFA)
Fondazione Aurora is participating in the memorandum of understanding with MIFA (Mécanisme Incitatif de Financement Agricole), a body of the Ministry of Agriculture in Togo, together with Federcasse, Coopermondo, and the “Pool BCC per il Togo”. The partnership is aimed at the elaboration and implementation of a project to support the cooperatives system in Togo, which promotes the consolidation of territorial organisations, the strengthening of production structures, and the improvement of access to the national and international market.
BANFORA WATER PROGRAMME
In collaboration with Movimento Shalom and OCADES Banfora, the Banfora Water Programme intends to facilitate the scaling-up of PUITS DE JACOB, a drilling company in Banfora, Burkina Faso.
OBJECTIVES
The drilling company is made up of 5 young Burkinabes and will contribute, by 2030, to:
> Increase the universal access to drinking water by drilling at least 16 wells per year;
> Improve the quality of drinking water;
> Increase the access to sanitary facilities;
> Increase the company turnover, promote new employment opportunities and improve the socio-economic conditions of the community.
ACHIEVEMENTS
→ Increased access to drinking water
→ Local ownership
→ Structuring of the entreprise
> Regular technical assistance for programming, business planning, definition of governance and organisation chart, market analysis
> Acquisition of local skills: 2 trainings implemented on-site: drilling techniques, construction sites-school, works management and supervision courses, machinery use and maintenance, accounting
> Provision of equipment: disbursement of operational funds for the purchase of machinery
> Professional exchanges and mentoring: specialised technical support
> Analysis of the needs for well renovation: locationing of the drillings and identification of disused structures for maintenance
> Company support: a high-level Burkinabe consultant in charge of defining baselines, checking the regularity of company documents, researching clients and call for tenders, proposing market entry strategies
→ Employment growth
> 5 young Burkinabes employed and planning for further recruitment
→ Strategic partnerships
> Agreements with OCADES, Movimento Shalom, with private companies and other organisations, also at international level
> Agreement with the Ministry of Water for the provision of services
Project partner
Support to Agricultural Cooperatives in Togo (COTPAT)
Within the framework of its partnership with Federcasse, Fondazione Aurora has launched a programme to support the Cooperative des transformateurs des produits agricoles au Togo (COTPAT), a grouping of 39 cooperatives processing agricultural products distributed throughout the Togolese national territory. COTPAT involves 676 agri-food producers and 125 processors of agricultural products.
In collaboration with Federcasse, Coopermondo/Confcooperative and the “Italian pool of BCCs for Togo”, Fondazione Aurora is participating in the project “Développer et intégrer les chaines de valeur dans l’agriculture togolaise par l’instrument des coopératives“, which involves supporting the activities of MIFA (Mécanisme Incitatif de Financement Agricole Fondé sur le partage des risques), a Togolese government agency committed to supporting cooperatives in the agricultural sector.
DAGORETTI FASHION & DESIGN CENTRE
From threats come opportunities: this is what happened with the conversion of production at the Dagoretti Fashion & Design Centre during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, in collaboration with Amref Health Africa. The textile centre, which used to produce clothes in wax, has started to produce personal protective equipment for healthcare workers and the local population.

Project partner

DAGORETTI FILM CENTRE
Dagoretti Film Centre is an enterprise created within the context of the training and film production centre “Dagoretti Child Development Centre”, active since 2000 in Nairobi and managed by Amref Health Africa. In collaboration with Amref, Fondazione Aurora accompanies the audiovisual enterprise in the employment of young scriptwriters, technicians, actors and directors in the production of films, short films and music videos in the country’s fast-growing film industry. Through a participatory approach, the company contributes to bring out voices and stories from local contexts that are otherwise undervalued.
AREAS
The main areas of intervention have been identified on the basis of potential synergies between young African entrepreneurs and the Foundation.





PERSPECTIVES
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