Mission: To maximize the contribution to the sustainable development of African and Turkish nations in social, cultural, and economic fields through synergistic partnerships focused on social and environmental impact that we will create between African and Turkish entrepreneurs, academics, and civil society organizations. Our Vision: To become the world's most powerful and beneficial global impact investment company.
Vision: To become the world's most powerful and beneficial global impact investment company.
Our Milestones
- FEBRUARY 15, 1999: WE MET WITH KOFFI ANNAN AND LAID THE FOUNDATION OF OUR MISSION TO BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN TURKISH AND AFRICAN NATIONS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UN VISION.
- MARCH 17, 1999: WE MET WITH NELSON MANDELA AND DETERMINED THE MAIN OUTLINES OF OUR MISSION TO BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN TURKISH AND AFRICAN NATIONS.
- MAY 17, 1999: WE OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED OUR NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION IN MAURITUS WITH OUR MISSION TO BE A SOCIO-CULTURAL MISSION BETWEEN TURKISH AND AFRICAN NATIONS.
- JULY 18, 1998: REPUBLIC OF TURKEY BY MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ISMAIL CEM AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE INVITATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AFRICA OPENING ACTION PLAN, WE SUBMITTED UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REPORTS ON AFRICA, TOTALING OVER 20,000 PAGES, TO TURKISH STATES UNTIL 2004.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2000: TOGETHER WITH KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL AND IMMUNETECH DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, WE LAUNCHED A PROGRAM TO COMBAT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2001: WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE MILLENNIUM AFRICA RESCUE AND OMEGA PLAN, WE INITIATED PROJECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, NIGERIA, WE WERE APPOINTED AS ADVISORS TO THE NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE (NAI), ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ALGERIA, EGYPT, AND SENEGAL, WHICH WILL LATER BE CALLED NEPAD.
- AUGUST 11, 2002: WE OPENED A FREE CLINIC FOR ORPHANED HIV+ CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES CONTROL PROGRAM THAT WE CONDUCTED TOGETHER WITH KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL AND IMMUNETECH DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS.
- APRIL 4, 2005: WE WERE A VOLUNTEER REPORTER FOR THE AFRICA OUTFLOW ACTION PLAN, WHICH WAS DECLARED THE YEAR OF AFRICA. WHEN WE SHIFTED TO A POLITICAL PATH, WE REVISED OUR MISSION FROM A SOCIO-CULTURAL MISSION BETWEEN TURKISH AND AFRICAN NATIONS TO A SOCIO-ECONOMIC MISSION.
- MAY 6, 2005: EVEN THOUGH THE VISION OF THE AFRICA OPENING ACTION PLAN WAS CHANGED AT THE REQUEST OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, KEMAL UNAKITAN, WE STARTED LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF THE AFRICAN-TURKISH TRADE BRIDGES THAT WE INCLUDED IN IT.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008: WE CONCLUDED THE INITIAL AGREEMENT WE MADE REGARDING THE AFRICA-TURKISH TRADE BRIDGE FAIR ORGANIZATIONS. CONTRARY TO THE PRESSURE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TO JOIN THE CONFEDERATION OF TURKISH INDUSTRIALISTS (TUSKON) AND WORK UNDER THEIR COMMAND, WE REFUSED TO ACCEPT OUR NEW MISSION AS SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROJECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF LOW-CARBON ECONOMY METHODOLOGIES.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2009: WE BECAME THE FIRST GLOBAL AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION TO EXCEED THE TEN THOUSAND MEMBER MARK.
- OCTOBER 20, 2010: WE ESTABLISHED THE THRACE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
- OCTOBER 29 2010: We officially established our Benefit-Corporal structure, a joint impact investment with the supporting and founding companies of the Africa-Turkish Foundation, and became a member of the Global Impact Investors Network.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2010: With the principle that clean electricity is a priority for the sustainable development of Africa, we launched our €5 billion investment program called SEFA (Solar Electricity for Africa) and signed MOUs with 18 African countries.
- February 1, 2011: We became the Institutional Advisor of the Kenya Carbon Emissions Exchange. WE STARTED AND CARRIED OUT OUR FIRST VERSIONS AND CERS PROPOSALS.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011: WE PARTICIPATED IN THE 17TH CLIMATE CHANGE COP MEETINGS HELD IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, AS DELEGATES AND INTRODUCED OUR SEFA PROJECT TO ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
- JANUARY 2, 2012: WE WERE REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORK AS CHIEF ADVISOR.
- JANUARY 11, 2012: WE OFFICIALLY COMMITTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR COUNTRY OFFICES.
- 16 FEBRUARY 2013: WE RECEIVED THE STATUS OF LEAD ADVISOR DEVELOPER FOR IMPACT INVESTING STANDARDS OF THE GLOBAL IMPACT INVESTORS NETWORK (GIIN)
- JANUARY 31, 2015: WE WERE INCLUDED IN THE AFRICAN UNION AGENDA 63 MASTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT GROUP.