Disability News & Opportunities Across Africa. Covering jobs, grants, advocacy, inclusion, health, education, and programs for persons with disabilities across all 54 African nations.
A landmark disability rights policy workshop hosted by the Gauteng Provincial Government in February 2026 ended with a powerful call: South Africa needs a legally enforceable National Disability Act. Here’s what happened and why it matters.
Introduction Today, 21 March 2026, South Africa marks Human Rights Day — a day to reflect on the rights enshrined in the Constitution and to take honest stock of where those rights remain out of reach. This year, the South African Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH) and Cape Mental Health are shining a powerful spotlight…
Across Africa, support systems for children with special needs are often fragmented, inconsistent, and difficult to scale. But a new generation of founders is working to change that. One of them is Nnanweobi Ikechukwu Augustine, founder of Trarrk alongside Boluwatife Oladejo (CTO) and Aisha Sule (Therapist) – A team building a data-driven system to transform…
A milestone announcement landed in Africa’s disability innovation space this week. The Assistive Technologies for Disability Trust (AT4D), a Kenya-based nonprofit and the continent’s leading assistive technology accelerator, has partnered with the Judith Neilson Foundation to launch the Momentous Pilot Fund — Africa’s first dedicated early-stage investment initiative for assistive technology startups. The fund offers…
In Africa, opportunities for people with disabilities exist but they are often difficult to find. From grants and scholarships to policy updates and training programs, critical information is scattered across platforms, making access a challenge for those who need it most. To address this, Nnanweobi Ikechukwu Augustine launched AblePath Africa; a platform focused on making…
For hundreds of thousands of South Africans living with disabilities, the monthly payment from the South African Social Security Agency is not just financial assistance, it is a lifeline. The SASSA Disability Grant provides the primary source of income for people who cannot work due to a medically confirmed disability, helping them cover food, transport,…
Tanzania, with a population of over 60 million people across the mainland and Zanzibar, is East Africa’s most geographically expansive country. Its disability community is represented primarily by the Tanzania Federation of Disabled People’s Organisations, known as SHIVYAWATU, which coordinates advocacy and policy engagement across the country’s diverse regions and its unique mainland-island political structure….
Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country, home to over 120 million people. With an estimated disability prevalence of around six percent, that translates to more than seven million Ethiopians living with disabilities — a population larger than the entire population of many African countries. The scale of the inclusion challenge in Ethiopia is enormous….
Uganda occupies a unique position in the African disability rights landscape. Its 1995 Constitution explicitly recognises the rights of persons with disabilities including reserved parliamentary seats for disability representatives making it one of the most formally inclusive constitutional frameworks on the continent. Uganda was also one of the early ratifying states of the African Disability…
Ghana has one of the most established legal frameworks for disability rights in West Africa. The Persons with Disability Act 715, passed in 2006, was one of the first comprehensive national disability laws on the continent. It predates the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Ghana ratified in 2012. In legal…
