Rwanda · Health
7% → 80%+
Health insurance coverage since 2003, with over 58,000 community health workers elected by their own villages.
What One Africa aims to do
End poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness and crime. Open every door to every African.
- End poverty, hunger, disease and homelessness
- Clean towns and proper rubbish and waste disposal
- Sustainable power for every home, business, school and university
- Growing food right where we live
- Work and a mentor for every young African
- Scouting and developing Africa's future sporting giants
- Self-discipline and a passionate work ethic in all of African life
- A thousand new leaders ready for every one we lose
- Care and education from birth to grave
- Find and nurture our geniuses from an early age
- Equal seats for women on every governing body
- Rewards for educating girls, from infancy to university
- A safety task force so that fear is eliminated
- Second chances that lead former offenders to success
- Roads and railways from one end of Africa to the other
- Visa-free travel so every African knows Africa
- The return of our diaspora, including non-Africans with a deep-rooted love for Africa
- To our brothers and sisters of the Caribbean: “Come back home to Africa”
- No more japa: homing packages for our nurses, doctors and medical innovators. Let's make Africa healthy again
- An end to wars between African nations
- An inter-African defence force, with satellite and cyber defences
- A peace think tank for good relations with all our neighbours
- Our mineral wealth kept working for Africans first
- Government run by Africans, for all Africans
- Religious freedom and tolerance, rooted in faith in a God of love
- Green building that protects our wildlife
- Leap-frogging to technology built for Africa
- Freedom from harmful outside interference
- The return of our stolen treasures, housed in great African museums
The model
Five layers, twenty-eight points
Like a house, the model is built from the ground up. The foundations come first, because nothing built on weak ground can last. Each layer supports the next.
Layer 1Foundations
5 points
- 1Government by Africans, for all AfricansFair elections, independent courts, term limits, zero corruption.
- 2Unity of purposeA single African market, common standards and an African investment bank.
- 3Peace and security for all AfricansNo more civil wars, bandits, kidnappings or killing in God's name; a peace court, an inter-African defence force, satellite and cyber defences, and a peace think tank.
- 4Our resources, our wealthMinerals owned and processed in Africa, for Africans first.
- 5Fair taxationStop illicit money flows and recover stolen funds.
Layer 2Basic needs
5 points
- 6No hungerModern farming, food reserves, growing food right where we live, and no terminator seeds, ever.
- 7No homelessnessAffordable housing at scale and secure land titles.
- 8Clean water and sanitationSafe water, toilets and sewage systems for all.
- 9Waste and rubbish disposalA continent-wide ban on plastic bags, plastic bottles and other single-use items, deposit-and-return for every can, no dumping of radioactive or toxic waste, and collection and recycling everywhere.
- 10No diseaseFree primary care, community health workers, African-made medicines, and mental health and wellbeing.
Layer 3Opportunity and work
5 points
- 11Work for everyone, especially youthApprenticeships, start-up funds, and self-discipline and a passionate work ethic in every sector.
- 12An end to povertyFair wages, banking for all and a safety net.
- 13Care and education from birth to graveFree schooling, nurturing gifted children, care in old age.
- 14Women and girls as equal partnersEqual seats on governing bodies and rewards for girls' education.
- 15Leap-frogging with technologySkip outdated stages, refuse harmful innovations, build what suits Africa.
Layer 4Building the continent
6 points
- 16Roads and transportTrans-African highways, railways, affordable flights, simple borders.
- 17Power for every homeA right, not a privilege: solar, silent solar generators, mini wind turbines, biogas and more.
- 18Green infrastructureDevelopment that protects forests, rivers and nature.
- 19Wildlife and natural diversityParks, corridors, anti-poaching and community benefits.
- 20Climate resilienceDrought planning, flood defences and land restoration.
- 21Inter-African travel and tourismVisa-free travel and one African passport.
Layer 5People power
7 points
- 22Return of our diaspora and medicsNo more japa: a homing package for every returning medic, comparable to pay abroad.
- 23Pride in being AfricanOur true history taught from childhood, a second or third African language for every young person, pride in African cloth and design, healthy natural hair, our stolen treasures returned, great museums across Africa.
- 24Citizen ownershipCommunity councils, volunteering and open information.
- 25Mentors and a thousand new leadersFor every leader we lose, a thousand ready to fill the gap.
- 26Safe communities and second chancesA safety task force, fair justice and rehabilitation.
- 27Faith, tolerance and religious freedomFreedom of worship for all and faith in a God of love that unites us.
- 28Africa's sporting giantsScout, train and keep our sporting talent, so it uplifts Africa first.
Proof that it can be done
Every goal has already been reached somewhere in Africa
The model is built on real African achievements. If it can be done in one country, it can be done in every country.
Botswana · Good government
12 km
of paved road at independence in 1966. Diamond wealth, well governed, then paid for free schooling, clinics and hospitals.
Kenya · Ending poverty
194,000
households lifted out of poverty by M-Pesa mobile money, with women gaining the most.
Morocco · Transport
2 h 10 min
from Tangier to Casablanca on Al Boraq, Africa's first high-speed railway, down from about 4 h 45 min.
Uganda · Second chances
57% → 13%
share of former prisoners who reoffend, 1986 to 2024, according to Uganda's justice sector, after training in prisons.
Cabo Verde · Disease
Malaria-free
certified by the World Health Organization in January 2024.
The books
One Africa, in three editions
Each edition sets out the full model with real African success stories and practical steps for citizens, leaders and the diaspora. Print and ebook editions are coming soon from One Africa Press.
The Booklet
70 pages
A short, clear guide to the whole model. Ideal to hand out at meetings, churches, mosques and schools.
Coming soonThe Book
130 pages
One chapter for each of the 28 points, with a success story and practical steps in every chapter.
Coming soonThe Complete Edition
212 pages
Adds visions of Africa in 2050, obstacles and how to pay for each step, letters to Africa's youth, diaspora and leaders, and a guide to starting a One Africa group.
Coming soonA call to funders and resource partners
Plans do not change lives on their own. Resources do.
One Africa welcomes partners who share the vision: people and organisations ready to give money, skills, equipment, land, networks or time.
Who we are calling on
- African governments and public bodies
- African philanthropists and foundations
- African banks, pension and sovereign funds
- Businesses large and small
- The diaspora: Africans abroad, people of African descent, and friends of Africa everywhere
- Faith groups, community organisations and universities
- International partners working on fair terms
- Individuals everywhere
What partners can support
- Youth mentorship and apprenticeships
- Rewards and scholarships for girls' education
- Talent programmes for gifted young Africans
- Community health workers and clinics
- Farming co-operatives, clean water and recycling
- Rehabilitation for prisoners and former offenders
- Community safety programmes
- Solar power, roads and tree planting
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Get in touch
Partner, invest, volunteer or start a One Africa group
Whether you want to fund a programme, mentor a young person, share the books or simply learn more, Abiola would love to hear from you.
One Africa: A Model for Lasting Change is the vision of Abiola Ogunjoke Fabusiwa.