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A recent feature from the University of St. Thomas spotlights the inspiring partnership between Dr. Manjeet Rege and Books For Africa Board Member Jote Taddese, demonstrating how education can transform lives across continents. The article highlights their shared commitment to expanding access to knowledge through technology, artificial intelligence, and books. While Dr. Rege is helping prepare the next generation of AI and software leaders at the University of St. Thomas, Jote Taddese continues to champion global literacy initiatives through Books For Africa and community-led projects that deliver educational resources to schools and libraries throughout Ethiopia.

Her Excellency Constância Adelina Gaspar, the African Union’s representative to the United States, will be the featured speaker at the annual fundraising breakfast and luncheon hosted by Books For Africa next week in Roseville.

Little Free Library and Books For Africa, nonprofits based in St. Paul, are collaborating with students and faculty at San José State University in California to send 50,000 children’s books to the Kenyan National Library Service and to Little Free Libraries throughout the country.

Books For Africa is excited to announce an ongoing partnership with the African Union that will deliver tens of thousands of books to the AU Library in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia! The agreement, announced Friday, September 28th at the Books For Africa 30th Anniversary Gala, will deliver an initial shipment of 22,000 books on mathematics, science, law, health and other subjects, to coincide with the next AU Summit in Addis Ababa in January 2019!

Books For Africa has received Charity Navigator’s 4-star rating for the seventh consecutive year, the highest possible rating. Charity Navigator is the country’s premiere charity evaluator and rates charities on sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. BFA is also proud to be listed as one of the 10 best humanitarian relief organizations based on our 4-star rating and the impact or our programs!

A piece of Midwestern literary culture now resides in one of the world’s oldest libraries in Alexandria, Egypt, thanks to a joint effort by nonprofits Books For Africa, Little Free Library, Minnesota Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Minnesota Book Awards program.