AFC Aims and Objectives ​

The aim of African Farmers’ Cooperative is to serve as an enabling institution, a critical continental trading infrastructure, and a positive catalyst that can support the sustainable, socio-economic development of African farmers by linking farmers and their communities to relevant local, district, regional, national, Africa-continental, and global markets.

AFC Vision Statement

Conscious wealth creation and ethical wealth distribution through social entrepreneurship, sustainable community spirit, and fair-trading.

AFC Mission Statement

An Africa-continental nation free of impoverished farmers by 2050.

AFC Values

  • Mutual respect for farmers, consumers, staff, and volunteers
  • Eco-sustainability and awareness of the need to benefit from our environment today and protecting it for future generations
  • Fairness and equity
  • Mutual benefits: We only invest in mutually beneficial economic activities which bring value to our farmers, consumers, workers, and other stake holders.
  • Mutual value: Everybody in our business community is a valued person, irrespective of how much or little they contribute and irrespective of how important they are in the society, how rich or poor they are, or whether they are men or women farmers. Every farmer is valuable to the AFC development community
  • Fair contribution, fair rewards. Farmers receive benefits from the AFC based on the value of their trade with the co-op. No one is superior in the cooperative model of trading

Executive Summary of African Farmers’ Cooperative Continental Nation Sustainable Community Business Development Plan 

African Farmers’ Co-operative is a strategic umbrella trading company set up to trade fairly and connect African farmers to their local, national, Africa-continental, and global consumer markets.  

Our creative development strategy is to build critical trading infrastructure and the enabling platforms to support African farmers at every stage of production, processing, manufacturing, and distribution.  

Our development goal is to add value to farmers’ products and enable them to earn better incomes through the following strategic steps: 

  • Superior production techniques through research and innovation
  • Better access to farm equipment/inputs through collective interest bargains and bulk purchasing agreements with tractor manufacturers and other farm equipment global suppliers
  • Advanced storage facilities
  • Expanded distribution network
  • Higher value addition through improved processing and packaging and local manufacturing
  • Reliable linkage to local, national, Africa continental nation, and global markets through AFC umbrella community interest company

Founded by Chief Suleman Chebe, the author of African Dreams, AFC’s business model is different from conventional private companies in terms of the way we generate and distribute wealth/company profits as follows: 

  • 1. 50% of net profits are redistributed to the registered farmers (members). The 50% allocation to the farmers will be also divided into two, one half distributed to the farmers as direct income from their trade and the other half will be used to develop local amenities for the farmers’ communities based on what the local farmers believe is their collective development priority
  • 2. 25% of profits of the AFC are distributed to company founders/company owners
  • 3. 25% of our profits are redistributed to company investor shareholders.

Our Founders’ Story ​

Our Founder is Suleman Chebe (Cheef Chebe), a multi-talented African/Ghanaian creative living in Scotland with an outstanding vision for Africa.
“The first time I conceived the full vision of an African Farmers Co-operative was in 2008. By then, I was in Ghana trying to write my first book: The vision of an AFC hit me like a magic wave on one full moon night at the seaside town of Kokrobitey in the outskirts of Ghana’s capital city, Accra. That night, I sat by the sea with an empty stomach, in deep meditation, wondering what one could do wisely to not only become rich but also make society richer. It was at this point that I saw the vision of an African Farmers Cooperative, trading as a fair, honest, credible, competent, and highly innovative continental nation community interest company.”
Cheef Chebe is not only an author but also a talented musician and founder of the Glasgow African Balafon Orchestra (GABO). He is a fantastic drummer, distinguished balafonist, social entrepreneur, thinker, gifted storyteller, and a dedicated pan-African Community Development Practitioner/Visionary.

More information about Cheef Chebe: https://cheefchebe.com/Home