The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) is a pan-African trade union organisation created in November 2007 following the merger of two former African trade union organisations, namely ICFTU-Afro and DOAWTU.
ITUC-Africa has 16 million declared members and 103 affiliated trade union centres in 51 African countries. The headquarters of ITUC-Africa is now in Lome, Togo.
The name of ITUC-Africa’s President is Mody Guiro. The name of the General Secretary is Kwasi Adu-Amankwah.
Aims and Objectives as ITUC-Africa are :
Mission of ITUC-Africa
To attain the above vision, ITUC-Africa has set itself a mission to strengthen the trade unions in Africa and provide a common voice for all
African workers to realise a healthy and safe working environment and a decent life for all by fighting all forms of exploitation and discrimination, defending human and trade union rights, promoting social justice, peace,
democracy and vigorously pursuing the preservation of the environment.