The Free Africa Foundation

The Free Africa Foundation is an advocacy organisation on African policy with close ties to conservative U.S. think tanks and foundations.


 * George B.N. Ayittey, Ph.D. - President, The Free Africa Foundation

Advisory Board
Accessed June 2009:


 * Bruce Bartlett - Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis
 * Larry Diamond - Senior Research Fellow, The Hoover Institution
 * John Fund - Editorial Page, The Wall Street Journal
 * Sir James R. Mancham - Former President, Seychelles Islands
 * Makaziwe Mandela - Witswatersrand University,
 * Audna L. Nicholson - Washington, DC 20008
 * Zwalekhe Sisulu - Former Editor, The Sowetan
 * Mezgebou G. Amlak - Atlanta, GA 30355

Former Board of Advisers

 * Bruce Barlett, National Center For Policy Analysis
 * James U. Blanchard III CEO, Jefferson Financial
 * Reverend Francis Chicane President, South African Council of Churches
 * Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution
 * Audna England, Carnegie Council on Ethics and Int'l Affairs
 * Makaziwe Mandela, The African Academy of Sciences Nairobi (Kenya)
 * Zwalekhe Sisulu, Editor, The Sowetan (South Africa)
 * Jude Wanniski CEO, Polyconomics

Senior Fellows (2001)
Mr. John Orleans-Lindsay and Ambassador Imru Zelleke.

Donors and Sponsors
Accessed June 2009:


 * Peter Ackerman - Rockport Capital, Inc
 * Mary Kaplan - The Kaplan Fund
 * Stephen Agyepong
 * Michael L. Keiser - Chicago, IL (USA)
 * Kofi Baidoo - Bellevue, WA (USA)
 * David B. Kennedy - Earhart Foundation
 * Ed Crane - Cato Institute, - Washington DC (USA)
 * Bluette Kirchhoff
 * The Gilder Foundation
 * Labi Koi-Larbi - Washington, DC (USA)
 * Matt Essieh - EAI Information Systems
 * Willie Lamousie-Smith - Columbia, MD (USA)
 * Theodore J. Forstmann - New York, NY (USA)
 * Steve Lesnik - Northbrook, IL (USA)
 * Robert Fox - RAF Industries Inc.
 * Robert M. Lovell - CEO - First Quadrant Corp
 * Richard Gilder - Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co
 * Alan Luxenberg - Foreign Policy Research Institute
 * Cliff Gosney, Jr. - Port Orange, FL (USA)
 * David Malpass - Sr. Managing Director, Bear Stearns
 * Baunita Greer - Cromwell, Miller & Greer, Inc
 * James Piereson - Exec. Director, John M. Olin Foundation
 * Philip Harvey - DKT International
 * Harry Scharlach - Hoopeston, IL (USA)
 * Blair Hunter - Cortez, FL 34215 (USA)

Former Funding
The FAF website lists donors and sponsors as including:
 * Ed Crane the President of the Cato Institute
 * The Gilder Foundation
 * Mary Kaplan from The Kaplan Fund
 * David B. Kennedy from the Earhart Foundation
 * James Piereson the Executive Director of the John M. Olin Foundation

Contact information
The Free Africa Foundation 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 419 Washington DC, 20006 - USA Phone: (202) 296-7081 E-mail: info AT freeafrica.org Web: http://www.freeafrica.org

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