ANAFA is a Senegalese NGO that works in the domain of basic education on the national and sub-regional level.

Created March 2nd, 1990, as part of the process put in movement in 1987 with the first general assembly of the African Association for Literacy and Adult Education (AALAE), ANAFA was founded in hopes of reducing the lag of francophone African countries behind African anglophone countries in terms of informal education.

In line with the ethical principles of all non-governmental organizations, ANAFA is a voluntary association with a non-lucrative purpose. Since its beginnings, ANAFA has succeeded in piloting a large number of education projects across the Senegalese territory. In this way, ANAFA has been able both to consolidate its expertise in the domain of adult education and to build a substantial base of human capital.

Since the beginning of the Alf@net initiative in 1997, ANAFA has taken on a more alternative and innovative approach to adult education, making Senegalese national languages top priority in its efforts. Between 2000 and 2004, thanks to funding from Oxfam Great Britain, ANAFA began a three-year phase during which the Alf@net Project underwent substantial expansion. Alf@net adopted educational innovations such as a Batik program, in which traditional dyeing techniques were combined with literacy training.

In 2005, ANAFA took things a step further, integrating national languages and information and communication technologies (ICT) via the localization (translation) of open source softwares such as Mozilla Firefox, Abiword and others into the Wolof language.

Today, ANAFA continues to position itself as a reference for alternative education in West Africa.