Championing the accelerated delivery of a people-centred action focused sustainable development agenda in Africa.
Mission
To be an independent catalyst for monitoring development commitments, delivery and impact on the grassroots; and to bring strong additional African voices to the development agenda.
Vision
An African continent rapidly achieving its development potential, whose people live in dignity, in a just society where basic needs are met, human rights are upheld, and good governance entrenched.
Our Story
African Monitor (AM) was founded in 2006, by Archbishop Njongo Ndungane, as an independent Pan African continental body to monitor development commitments, delivery as well as the impact on grassroots communities. AM is registered as a not-for-profit organisation (NPO) in South Africa with PBO Status, and works towards bringing strong additional African voices to the development agenda, by making sure that citizens have the capacity, platforms and opportunity to participate in decision-making processes.
Development initiatives in Africa tend to be top-down in conception, with grassroots communities treated as passive recipients in their interventions. This has led to a mismatch between development interventions and grassroots needs, reducing the impact of such interventions and threatening their long-term sustainability. African Monitor champions accelerated delivery of a people-centred, action-focused sustainable development agenda in Africa.
Launch of the People’s Report at the Open SDGs Club Symposium
African Monitor and the South African CSOs Working Group on SDGs (SAWG- SDGs), in collaboration with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and civil society organisations across South Africa, officially launched the People’s Report during the Open SDGs Club Symposium held in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province on 12–13 December 2024.
