The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports the implementation of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention (1972) on the African continent.

The AWHF strives towards the effective conservation and protection of Africa's natural and cultural heritage. AWHF's mission is to build the required capacity for increasing the number of African sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Through effective investmnet and sustainable management, Africa's World Heritage Sites will be catalysts in transforming Africa's image and means to stimulate socio-economic growth and infrastructure development for the benefit of Africa's people.

Category II Centre under the auspices of UNESCO. AWHF works with a mandate from the African States Parties to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention and the African Union and implements programmes on the whole African Continent.

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