Third World Network(TWN-Africa) was established in 1994 under Ghanaian law as a non-profit company limited by guarantee. It is the autonomous Africa section of Third World Network (TWN), an independent non-profit coalition of organizations and individuals engaged in advocacy on issues related to development, environment and North-South affairs.It carries out research and advocacy on issues of social and economic policy. It seeks a greater articulation of the needs and rights of the peoples of the South, especially marginalized social groups, a fair distribution of the world's resources and forms of development which are ecologically sustainable and fulfill human needs.

The Cotonou Agreement
TWN Africa participates in ACP-NGO forum, thus promoting stronger civil society advocacy and Africa's developmental alternative in the global trade and investment regime

TWN Objectives
Research and Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world's resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil human needs.

Achievements:

• Gained recognition in Africa among civil society groups, and governmental and inter-governmental institutions as bringing an additional angle to analyses of Africa's development needs, and advocacy for improvement of conditions of its people;
• Firmly established as critical link among African advocacy groups in areas of trade and investment, mining and issues of gender equity, through establishment and co-ordination continent wide policy networks.
• Strong intermediating role and mutually reinforcing linkage, at levels of both substance and process, between diverse organisations and actors: including, on the one hand, including community based organisations, advocacy organisations around the world; and on the other hand, official policy institutions, research organisations, and international institutions.

Website: www.twnafrica.org