AssetsAfrica

A Global Assets Project Initiative
AssetsAfrica is a demonstration and research initiative designed to test asset building innovations in Africa. No continent is in greater need of asset accumulation—at all levels—than the African continent. The focus of AssetsAfrica is asset-building among impoverished households and communities. AssetsAfrica currently has a pilot project in Uganda. This project, which will run for five years, has just completed the first round of asset building and purchasing. Participants include men and women from a wide range of ages, educational backgrounds, professions and geographical locations. Some common assets obtained by the participants include motorcycles, bicycles, goats, chickens, oxen and land. The project uses an asset-building model that is modified to be socially, culturally, and economically relevant to the African context. The hope of this pilot project is to expand asset building techniques into other African countries and improve the economic livelihoods of participants

AssetsAfrica Homepage
Asset Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward Sustainable Economic Development for Rural Farmers