Antidius Raphael works with communities in the Kilombero landscape to manage natural resources and water ecosystems.

Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its biodiversity African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) works in Africa’s most biodiverse regions, conserving endangered wildlife and essential ecosystems. Some of…

ACV fellows Jonathan Odongo, Grace Linti, Peter Ndung’u, and Martha Mutiso with poacher-turned-safari guide Moses Kinyaika (second from right) What do a porter in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and a safari guide in the Maasai Mara in Kenya have in…

African Conservation Voices fellow Samuel Thuku Kamau produced a film about a scientist helping conserve vultures in the Maasai Mara Lemein Par is the only raptor biologist in Kenya’s Maasai Mara landscape. The film “Saving the Vultures: One Man’s…

African Wildlife Foundation's Ariel Gakunga oversees the African Conservation Voices program and Media Labs Ariel Gakunga, Manager, Field Communications, Storytelling, and Production at African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), oversees the organization’s…

At COP19 in Panama City, Parties endorsed efforts to involve IPLCs in CITES decision making processes. A working group will be engaged through the secretariat The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (or…

2022 Charles R. Wall Young African Policy Fellow Agyei Ransford works with communities in Ghana to mitigate climate change impacts As world leaders, climate change experts, and various organizations convene in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the 27th UN…

2022 Charles R. Wall Young African Policy Fellow Belayneh Abebe is an AWF ecologist in the Simien Mountains landscape Comprising environmental policy experts, youth networks, and grassroots conservation groups, African Wildlife Foundation’s…

African Conservation Voices fellows filming in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park The responsibility of the storyteller is to relay the full picture. When it comes to conservation, the full picture encompasses the complex interplay between natural…

AWF CEO Kaddu Sebunya with Charles Wall Young African Policy Fellows at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment in Dakar, Senegal Knowledge Vingi spearheads transformational conservation projects and programs working with young people…

International Dog Day allows us to honor our trusted canines, whether they are beloved pets or endangered wildlife like the African wild dog. This year, African Wildlife Foundation celebrates the work of our specialized trained sniffer dogs and…

Derrick Mugisha was a youth participant at the inaugural Africa Protected Areas Congress in July 2022 and contributed to panel discussions Derrick Mugisha is one of 50 youth participants sponsored by African Wildlife Foundation to attend the…

Eugene Mutangana, the Rwandan Development Board's Conservation Management Expert, is a co-chair of the Africa Protected Area Directors forum Before Eugene Mutangana joined the Rwandan Development Board as the head of conservation, he was the chief…

African Wildlife Foundation CEO Kaddu Sebunya delivered a keynote address on conservation finance at the Commonwealth Business Forum In his keynote address on nature-based solutions and private finance in conservation at the Commonwealth Business…

The Africa Protected Areas Congress brings together African leaders and biodiversity protection networks to reassess the value of Africa's natural ecosystems As African Wildlife Foundation’s Vice President, Global Leadership, Frederick Kwame Kumah…

African Wildlife Foundation hosted a youth advocacy summit in May 2019 In a joint celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity and Africa Day 2022, African Wildlife Foundation salutes young conservationists taking charge of biodiversity…

Fiona Tande, judge of the 2022 Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards, reflects on her filmmaking journey and how African storytellers can shift the conservation narrative. Between organizing the first-ever wildlife conservation film…

Committed to the recovery of the endangered mountain gorilla, AWF invites partnerships for the strategic expansion of Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park Intensive conservation efforts over the last few decades saved the mountain gorilla from…

African Wildlife Foundation Country Director, Kenya Nancy Githaiga Tasked with fetching water every morning as a young girl, African Wildlife Foundation’s Nancy Githaiga learnt that water access shapes women’s lives as providers of sustenance.…

AWF commemorates World Wildlife Day with the launch of the second annual Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards and a new strategy to save Kenya's southern white rhinos There are more than 8,000 critically endangered plant and animal…