Membership

The African Union of the Blind, AFUB’s work cuts across the whole of the African continent. Currently we have national organizations of and for the blind and partially sighted persons from 53 African countries and we run programs in all these countries indiscriminately. The membership is currently organized into five regions.

Membership list

Central Africa with 10 countries

Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, and Sao Tome & Principe

East Africa with 12 countries

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

North Africa with 6 countries

Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia

Southern Africa with 10 countries

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

West Africa with 15 countries

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo Each region has a regional assembly that meets at least six months before the union’s general assembly. Part of its agenda is to elect a regional chair who will later be a member of the AFUB board of Officers.

YOUTH COMMITTEE

No.

Region

Country

Name

Address

1.

West Africa

Ghana

Ms. Nina Efedi Okoroafor

ninaokoroafor@gmail.com

2.

Northern Africa

Morocco

Mr. Bouchaib Gharib

bouchaib.gharib@gmail.com