Established in 2006 by Erna Grasz, a corporate executive of Silicon Valley, Emmy Moshi, a Tanzanian businesswoman residing in Kilimanjaro and Hellen Nkuraiya, a school principal and respected member of the Kenyan Maasai tribe, The Asante Africa Foundation is a non-profit, non-government association that aims to provide every African child with direct access to high quality education, regardless of his or her socioeconomic background.

Believing that education empowers people to make informed and sound decisions, transform dreams to reality, uplift their families’ condition and facilitate the process for their communities to become self-sustaining, the foundation prides itself with 18 partnerships with schools in 22 Tanzanian and Kenyan villages. Nearly 500 teachers and 30,000 students have benefited from the scholarships provided by Asante, and more than 50 infrastructure projects were accomplished to date including schools, dormitories, water tanks and latrines.

The success and continued growth of the Asante African Foundation is primarily attributed to its reliance on local expertise and knowledge to develop innovative and sustainable solutions that are viable and maintainable in the cultures and communities it works with.