The African Early Childhood Network (AfECN) is a registered non-profit, established in 2015 to serve as a platform to champion excellence and collaboration in protecting children's rights, influence policy and practice, strengthen partnerships, and share experiences and knowledge in ECD on the African continent. The network is comprised of organisations from civil society, academia, government, and the private sector at national and regional levels.

Our Vision

All young children in Africa are safe, healthy, happy and achieving their full potential

Our Programmes

The African Early Childhood Network works through five core programmes to guide collaborative partnership efforts towards the achievement of improved child outcomes for all children in Sub Saharan Africa:

Programs Overview

Advocacy

Strengthened Partnership

Knowledge Generation and Dissemination

Improved Practice

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Country Profiles

Overview of the state of early childhood development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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CHILDCARE CAMPAIGN: CALL FOR MEDIA CHAMPIONS

The role of media and communications champions is to spearhead and coordinate publicity campaigns at national and regional levels to inform policy, activities, and programmes on early childhood development broadly but with specific focus on childcare.