Africa

Ghana’s agricultural and emerging digital sectors face significant forced labor risks, particularly in cocoa production and content moderation services.

We partner with major global brands to strengthen human rights due diligence with their supply chain partners in Ghana, including supplier training and capacity building for stronger risk identification and management. Since 2019, Verité has partnered with governments, businesses, civil society, and labor unions to strengthen collaborative efforts against forced labor and human trafficking.

Côte d’Ivoire’s agricultural economy faces persistent labor rights challenges, including child labor and forced labor risks in key export crops.

Verité provides comprehensive human rights due diligence services, including workplace assessments, supplier training and capacity building, and grievance mechanism design. Through partnerships with government, businesses, civil society, and labor unions, we drive policy influence and regional change through cross-border collaboration.

Gaps in legal protections and law enforcement result in prevalent child labor risks in Nigeria’s export supply chains, while children migrating from neighboring West African countries are vulnerable to trafficking in the granite and gold mining sectors.

Verité conducts targeted workplace assessments and research to identify and address labor risks, providing evidence-based insights to support improved working conditions and stronger protections for workers in Nigeria’s key export industries.

Cameroon’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors face widespread labor risks, including child labor, forced labor, and inadequate safety protections.

Verité builds local capacity to combat forced labor and human trafficking through specialized training for field officers and sustainability professionals. Our capacity-building programs equip businesses with the knowledge and tools needed to identify, prevent, and respond to labor violations in their operations.

Kenya’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors face labor rights challenges, including child labor, unsafe working conditions, and inadequate worker protections across key export industries.

Our Kenya work focuses on supply chain transparency through comprehensive workplace assessments that identify labor risks and help companies develop targeted worker protection strategies. We also have deep experience in ethical recruitment processes to prevent trafficking and exploitation of Kenyan workers migrating to Gulf Council Countries.

Malawi’s agricultural sector faces significant child labor risks, particularly in tobacco farming where children are exposed to hazardous working conditions.

Our work in Malawi includes providing comprehensive human rights due diligence consulting on addressing child labor risks throughout agricultural supply chains. Our approach focuses on remediation strategies that protect children while addressing and preventing child labor risks.