Denmark has a broad and significant engagement in Africa which includes development cooperation as well as political, economic and security relations with African countries and regional organizations. Read more about the Danish government's strategy for a strengthened Danish engagement with African countries here.
Denmark has been involved in development cooperation with African countries for more than 50 years. Denmark is one of the few countries in the world that meets the UN target with the aim of contributing 0.7 percent of GNI to development assistance.
The strategy for Denmark’s development cooperation ‘A Changing World - Partnerships in Development’ sets the direction for the Danish development activities. The strategy was adopted in July 2025 by a broad political majority in the Danish Parliament. Read more about the strategy here.
Danish development cooperation is carried out with our African partner countries, multilateral organizations as well as the EU and other EU member states.
Our bilateral partnerships with African countries can be found here.
Read more about the results of the development cooperation here.
In addition to our bilateral and multilateral development cooperation, Denmark have strategic partnerships with Danish civil society organizations. Read more about this here.
