Who we are
The African Network for Social and Solidarity Economy (ANSSE) is a non-profitmaking association. It was created in 2010 at the initiative of 25 civil society organisations from various African countries. It brings together 22 country networks that are active in the field of sustainable and inclusive development.
News from Africa and Middle East—
How SSE initiatives contribute to achieving the SDGs in the post-Covid context
MESSAGE FROM OUR JOINT COORDINATION RIPESS participated in the RIO+20 meeting in 2012 when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) process was launched. From 2012 to 2015, we advocated for the inclusion of Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) in the SDGs by showing how SSE can provide an inclusive way forward towards their implementation. The SDGs themselves, adopted in September [...]
RAESS organises a workshop on post-Covid resilience.
A positive person is one who fell down, got up, moved, healed his wounds, smiled at life and said: I am still here. It was this optimism that excited the participants of the pilot workshop on post-COVID resilience of SSE enterprises that are members of RAESS, with the support of the Advocacy for the Promotion of SSE as a Strategy [...]
RIPESS calls for local governments to establish SSE as the development model in GSEF 2021
RIPESS and its continental SSE network members, in cooperation with the most relevant SSE organisations and International organisations, were actively involved and fully mobilised for the Global Social Economy Forum 2021, which took place on site in Mexico and online from the 4th to the 8th of October. In addition to participating in the opening and other plenary activities, we collaborated and brought [...]





