Your social and ethical audit partner in Africa

Partner Africa assists companies with adherence to the highest standards of Business and Human Rights principles. On the ground auditing followed by our advisory services help clients become compliant with ethical international trade principles.

This is what we do

Responsible Business Training

Our human rights consultants are experts in their field and provides human rights training and ethical audit training to workers, businesses, and government officials.

Social and Ethical Audits

Our skilled auditing teams can be deployed all over Africa. We can assist you to identify and correct social, environment and governance shortcomings in your supply chain.

Compliance Advisory

Consult with our advisory team to provide you with actionable strategies to address root causes of shortcomings identified in an audit of your supply chain.

Further compliance assistance

With our project management services we can oversee your social compliance programmes to ensure your operations respect people and the environment.

We are passionate about improving the lives of vulnerable workers and producers engaged in international supply chains in Africa.

Businesses with supply chains in Africa can trust us to ensure that they are compliant with not only local and international laws, but also that they follow social and ethical best practices. Our auditing and advisory services draw on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and positively engage with companies, government and civil societies to respect, protect and remediate human rights across the continent.

Family-run farm or multi-national company?

Whether you’re a small-scale farmer or multi-national company, we’re able to develop innovative, tailored solutions to drive the responsible running of your business.

Our impacts

Looking back at 2023:

Every year we work with our partners and clients to actively champion responsible business practices that foster positive change and further the rights and well-being of all vulnerable workers in industries across the continent.

Read our annual report ➞

We conducted

892

audits

countries

We directly engaged

137 241

workers

industries

And indirectly engaged

19 789

workers

CASE STUDY

A Rainforest Alliance sustainable agriculture project: capacity building and market access through sustainable interventions.

CASE STUDY

Transformative enhancement of human rights due diligence processes in supply chain management at Global Pacific.

CASE STUDY

Partner Africa developed a programme to raise industry wide labour standards in Ethiopian floriculture.

Our clients

We’re proud to be trusted by some of the world’s most famous brands and their suppliers.

Our clients are scattered across the globe and are invested in ensuring ethical business practices and excellent worker conditions in their African supply chains.

Our clients span a wide range of industries

Including agri-business, agriculture, apparel, beverages, energy, extractives, fisheries, manufacturing and tourism.

Are you ready for your business to be run more responsibly?

Achieve your responsible business goals

Fueled by our wealth of industry knowledge and many years of experience, we carefully guide you to holistically assess and navigate your human rights risks. In doing so, we aim to enhance your business practices to align with your responsible business goals.

Meet our experts

Our team is passionate about promoting responsible business in Africa, and we pride ourselves on having the skills to do so. Together, we’ve made meaningful strides in the ethical transformation of businesses across the continent.