About Us

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) is a pan-African trade union organisation created in November 2007 following the merger of two former African trade union organisations, namely ICFTU-Afro and DOAWTU.

ITUC-Africa has 17 million declared members and 101 affiliated trade union centres in 51 African countries. The headquarters of ITUC-Africa is now in Lome, Togo.

The name of ITUC-Africa’s President is Mody Guiro. The name of the General Secretary is Kwasi Adu-Amankwah.

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Aims & Objectives

Our Aims and Objectives as ITUC-Africa are :

• Strives for full productive and decent employment, elimination of discrimination based on race, sex, nationality or creed
• Fights for improvement of working and living conditions, introduction, maintenance and extension of social security for all and raising workers living standards.
• Maintains and develops strong, independent, democratic, powerful and effective international, national, sub-regional, regional, continental organizations of free trade unions.
• Seeks the universal recognition and application of trade union rights.
• Furthers the establishment, maintenance and development of trade union organizations.
• Strengthens international trade union solidarity giving assistance to oppression, repression victims and other sufferers due to natural and industrial disasters
• Coordinates defence of free trade unions against any campaign destroying rights through infiltration and subjugation of labour organizations by totalitarian or other anti labour forces.
• Assists war and subjugation victims through speedy rebuilding of economies.
• Develops resources of countries to promote economic, social and cultural progress.
• Protects, maintains and expands free labour and eliminates forced labour.

Vision & Mission

Vision of ITUC-Africa
The vision of ITUC-Africa is to achieve a united, democratic and independent regional trade union organization that works for the welfare of all African workers, in a world where everyone can realize their full potentials under conditions of freedom, equality and social justice.

Mission of ITUC-Africa
To attain the above vision, ITUC-Africa has set itself a mission to strengthen the trade unions in Africa and provide a common voice for all African workers to realise a healthy and safe working environment and a decent life for all by fighting all forms of exploitation and discrimination, defending human and trade union rights, promoting social justice, peace, democracy and vigorously pursuing the preservation of the environment.

Elected officials & Staff

President
M. Mody GUIRO President of ITUC-Africa (General Secretary of CNTS, Sénégal)
Deputy president
Mme Martha MOLEMA Deputy president of ITUC-Africa (BFTU Botswana)
Vice-Presidents
M. Noel CHADARE Vice-President Western Africa (COSI, Bénin)	Mme Marie Hélène AKIRA, Vice-President Central Africa (COSYLAC, Congo Brazza)	M. Kassahun FOLLO Vice-President Eastern Africa (CETU, Ethiopie)	Mme Souad CHARIT Vice-President Northern Africa (UGTA, Algeria)	Mme Martha MOLEMA Vice-Président Southern Africa (BFTU, Botswana)
Presidents of Committees
Mme Gladys BRANCHE President of Women’s Committee (SLLC, Sierra Leone)	Ms. Ruth Khakame President of Youth’s Committee (COTU-K, Kenya)
Auditeurs
Mme Freda OOSTHUIZEN Internal Auditor	M. Anselme Coovi AMOUSSOU Internal Auditor	M. Monaem AMIRA Sub Internal Auditor
General Secretary
M. Kwasi ADU-Amankwah General Secretary of ITUC-Africa
Deputy General Secretary
M. Joel ODIGIE Deputy General Secretary of ITUC-Africa
Staff
Mlle Rhoda BOATENG Coordinator of the Department of Climate Change, ALREI	M. Etsri HOMEVOH Programme Coordinator, ALREI	M. Alex NKOSI Coordinator of the department of Human & Trade Union Rights, Migration, Peace and Security	M. Kouglo LAWSON-BODY Coordinator of the Department of Economic and Social Policy>	Mme Adjele MENSAH-d’ALMEIDA Journalist / Youth Coordinator
Mme Ghislaine SAIZONOU BROOHM Coordinator of the Department of Equality and Social Protection	M. Joseph TOE Organizing Program Coordinator	M. Sylvain KIZA Head of Nairobi Liaison Office	M. Houndjo AMEGNAGLO Chief of Finance and Accounting	M. Guy HUNT IT and Systems Manager
Mme Edith EKOUE KOVI KOUMAKO Administration Manager	Mme Victoire CISSE-LOLO Administrative Secretary	M. Kodjo BOTOKRO Accountant	Mlle Enyonam AMEKOTOU Cashier	M. Koffi GANYO In charge of Logistics

Constitution

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) acknowledges the accomplishment of generations of working women and men who through their trade union struggle have fought for the cause of social justice, political emancipation from colonial rule and apartheid, democracy and peace in Africa. It pledges to carry forward their struggle for a world in which the dignity and rights of all human beings is assured, and each is able to pursue their well-being and to realise their potential in conditions of freedom and equality.

The ITUC-Africa recognises the urgent need to transform social, economic and political structures and relations, which stand as obstacles to that vision. It assumes the task of combating poverty, hunger, exploitation, oppression, and inequality through regional and international solidarity actions for the attainment of just and equitable patterns of trade and wealth sharing required by the conditions of the globalised economy, and for its democratic governance in the interests of labour, which its holds superior to those of capital. As such, the ITUC-Africa shall function in a robust manner as a countervailing force in the global economy, committed to eradicating the imbalances in the global trade order and the unfair neo-liberal trade policies, especially the heavy agricultural subsidies and the various impediment to market access for agricultural products. It shall strive to secure a fair terms of trade, equitable distribution of wealth and income within and between countries, protection of the environment, universal access to public goods and services, comprehensive social protection, life-long learning and decent work opportunities for all. It shall further commit itself to securing comprehensive and equitable economic and social development for workers throughout the African region and beyond, in particular where poverty and exploitation are pervasive.

The ITUC-Africa shall promote trade union unity among democratic and independent trade unions in Africa and shall ensure effective representation to working people, wherever they work and in whatever conditions throughout the African region. Its rules shall guarantee internal democracy, full participation of member organisation, and that the composition of its governing bodies and representation respects its diversity.

The ITUC-Africa convinced of the universal, inalienable and indivisible nature of human rights

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