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Lobby organisation

Africa Platform

NGO or non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Kenya · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, Africa Platform appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Patriots for Europe.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“State society relations. Working to rebuild the social contract in emerging economies. Africa Platform is an Africawide Platform working with societies, governments and businesses across 27 countries to rebuild the Social contract and re-establish the society as the source of state legitimacy and the final authority to whom all development actors-businesses, development partners-are accountable.”

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“As part of his work at Africa Platform. ACP focuses on four aspects of the Social contract-Connecting Societies, Connecting Societies with their Governments, Connecting Societies with Businesses and Connecting Societies with International Development Actors. We also engage in Global Spaces whose policies affect Africa including,European Union’s Global Gateway (Steering Committee of Civil Society Advisory Board), C20, the civil society engagement for G7 and G20,UNDP Regional Program Advisory Board, World Economic Forum and the United Nations […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Patriots for Europe133%
Renew Europe133%
The Left133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025). All meetings were in one calendar year.

2025
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Hilde Vautmans
1 meeting · Renew
Marc Botenga
1 meeting · The Left
Thierry Mariani
1 meeting · PfE

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 Mar 2025Thierry MarianiGlobal Gateway
19 Mar 2025Hilde VautmansThe situation in DRC
19 Mar 2025Marc BotengaEU-Africa relations

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