Partner With ADUD

Partner With ADUD

Combine complementary strengths around a defined purpose, scope, and result.

ADUD welcomes partnerships with nonprofits, community organizations, governments, diplomatic missions, universities, businesses, foundations, exchange organizations, media, faith institutions, and African partners.

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Partnership models

Multiple ways to build together

Program partner

Co-design, host, refer, recruit, deliver, evaluate, or scale an approved program or initiative.

Exchange partner

Community hosting, local programming, speakers, site visits, professional meetings, culture, or participant support.

Resource partner

Provide expertise, technology, data, venue, supplies, professional services, training, communications, or access.

Funding partner

Grant, sponsorship, donation, underwriting, challenge match, in-kind support, or mission-aligned contract.

Partnership discipline

Shared expectations before public announcements

  • Purpose, scope, roles, and decision authority
  • Budget, funding, in-kind value, and financial controls
  • Participants, geography, schedule, and deliverables
  • Brand, communications, privacy, safeguarding, and data
  • Risk, insurance, legal, and compliance responsibilities
  • Measurement, documentation, reporting, and learning
  • Dispute, change, termination, and closeout terms
  • Public claims and use of names, logos, and images

Together as One

Start a partnership conversation

Share the problem, opportunity, proposed role, geography, participants, timing, resources, and desired result.