WE ARE
AFRICA's
GRASSROOTS
CATALYSTS
Your privileged partner to enabling sustainable steps at grassroots level
> towards the “Africa We Want” !
conflict resolution
emerging rural Africa
heritage
reForestation
urban regeneration
education
affordable housing
healthcare
greentech - startups
renewable energy
water & sanitation
transportation
renewable energy
agriculture
micro-finance & entrepreneurship
investment & legal frameworks
community development
natural resources
FOCUS
areas
Rural Africa the biggest "villagities"
more than 1 billion Africans are expected to live in Cities. We identify the possibilities and unlock the opportunities to promote Rural Africa as an alternative yet quality lifestyle!
URban reGENeration (URGEN)
urban decay in cities is a core issue across the continent. We develop strategies to create the required balance to limit urban sprawls and rural exodus.
Affordable & Social Housing
It is more than a challenge to deliver about 600,000,000 units over the next 30 years (by horizon 2050). It is estimated that if the countdown starts now, there is a daily need of around 50,000 units. We gear our expertise to make small yet concrete steps to respond to the fundamental need for decent shelter for all Africans.
Education / Healthcare / Community Service
Innovative education for the upcoming 1.2 Billion Africans over the coming 3 decades shall be the key to success for the "Africa We Want". We focus on the need to encourage alternative learning skills hence empowering each and every child and adult to overcome their own contextual issues. Healthcare and community services supplement
Renewable Energy / Electrification / Water / Sanitation
Access to a clean source of energy, potable water, and water sanitation remains the key to successfully address the challenges of Cities and Rural Africa. We gear our solutions to contextually come forward the most durable outcomes.
Sustainable Agriculture & reForestation
The prevalence of undernourishment appears to have risen over recent years. Severe food insecurity because of their inability to access food has risen in the region. Deforestation, adverse climatic conditions, and conflict are key contributors to this issue. We adopt an integrated approach to fight hunger hence addressing challenges of
Business Development / Investment / Micro-finance / entrepreneurship / Startups
encouraging entrepreneurship & startups for the world's fastest-growing continent is Key. We facilitate access to finance on a case to case basis by bridging the relevant stakeholders together. Through the network, we can also provide legal assistance to set frameworks for project implementations.
Transportation & teleCommunication
Road networks, Railways, Airport Facilities, Drone-Ports, Satellites, AI are the key tools to unlocking physically the potential for sustainable growth across the continent.
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VISION
your needs
VISION NETWORK AFRICA (VNA) is a platform that was set up in 2013 in line with UN SDGs to address the human, economic, environmental and technological development at grassroots across Africa on a pro-bono.
VNA regroups stakeholders from various fields across the continent and today represents a network of professionals in urban regeneration, rural development, affordable housing, education, healthcare, renewable energy, water & sanitation, sustainable agriculture, reforestation, micro-business entrepreneurship (startups) and transportation & telecommunication in the 5 geographic regions of the African Union and further connects the African Diaspora.
VNA bridges the experts with one another and responds to each challenge we identify in a contextual manner and with an integrated approach
Founded and led by Vinesh Chintaram, a professional architect and urban planner (trained in France and Germany), an agile thinker & strategic planner, as well as an agile development expert, the challenges are addressed "space-wise" within a given geographic context and beyond while integrating all the key data that are available and/or can be gathers to come forward with sustainable actions. (read more >)
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your needs
to reality
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45, Saint Georges Street
Port Louis, 11324
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HAPPENING IN AFRICA
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