Aerial view of the district of Plateau in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

ILO Regional Office for Africa

The ILO Regional Office for Africa is based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Aerial view of the district of Plateau in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire © Basile Zoma / UN Photo

The first office of the ILO in Africa was established in 1959. In 1965 the ILO was the first UN agency to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Organization for African Unity (OAU), now called the African Union.

Today, the ILO Regional Office for Africa coordinates the activities of the ILO's thirteen Decent Work Teams and Country Offices in the region with the primary goal of promoting decent work and social justice among its 54 Member States on the continent.

Regional Director for Africa

  • Photo of Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa
    Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa
    ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa

Contact the ILO Regional Office for Africa

Plateau, CCIA Building 
Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire
01 BP 3960 Abidjan 01

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