Executive summary: AWL reports substantial 2025 growth across Africa—combining corporate, policy, research, and media work—while noting operational challenges, and outlines expansion-focused plans and a funding gap for 2026.
Key points:
AWL expanded into South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco, hired staff, and supported cage-free systems covering ~38,160 hens, while securing eight commitments in Ghana and two in Morocco (~4,831 hens annually in Ghana).
AWL co-developed Ghana’s first national poultry welfare standards (GS 1404:2026), inspection manual, and egg labelling amendment, which could affect millions of hens if implemented and are already influencing corporate negotiations.
AWL ran a mass media campaign generating ~14.1 million impressions and conducted producer engagement, farm visits, and four cross-country research studies, while noting limits in evaluation data, timelines, and funding.
AWL’s policy and corporate work achieved engagement with some government bodies and companies but faced challenges including stalled corporate follow-through, disease-related disruptions, financial frictions, and internal operational gaps.
AWL spent ~$233k in 2025, reduced staff from 7.5 to 5.5 FTE, and plans in 2026 to scale hiring, secure six new commitments, expand policy and research, and close a ~$20,000 funding gap.
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Executive summary: AWL reports substantial 2025 growth across Africa—combining corporate, policy, research, and media work—while noting operational challenges, and outlines expansion-focused plans and a funding gap for 2026.
Key points:
AWL expanded into South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco, hired staff, and supported cage-free systems covering ~38,160 hens, while securing eight commitments in Ghana and two in Morocco (~4,831 hens annually in Ghana).
AWL co-developed Ghana’s first national poultry welfare standards (GS 1404:2026), inspection manual, and egg labelling amendment, which could affect millions of hens if implemented and are already influencing corporate negotiations.
AWL ran a mass media campaign generating ~14.1 million impressions and conducted producer engagement, farm visits, and four cross-country research studies, while noting limits in evaluation data, timelines, and funding.
AWL’s policy and corporate work achieved engagement with some government bodies and companies but faced challenges including stalled corporate follow-through, disease-related disruptions, financial frictions, and internal operational gaps.
AWL spent ~$233k in 2025, reduced staff from 7.5 to 5.5 FTE, and plans in 2026 to scale hiring, secure six new commitments, expand policy and research, and close a ~$20,000 funding gap.
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