English as first foreign language initiative

We do not teach English nor provide funding.

We are militating for the right of the African countries to speak English ! Our cause is meant to help African countries develop themselves and get out of isolation.

For countries, Speaking English has become a necessary requirement for development and international communication.

A number of countries in Africa are among the last countries in the world that don’t speak English.

The “English as first foreign language initiative” is a citizen initiative meant to militate for the use of the English language as first foreign language in those countries.

The goal of this initiative is to gather enough support for these countries to allow them to use the English language as first foreign language in schools, universities, administrations, businesses and media. That is why we have online petitions that you can sign. You can also invite your friends to sign it. Institutional reforms are crucial for the African countries. Without them there would not be any real progress.

The motives for this initiative are several. First, as English has become the global language, more and more people are using it, so as, today, most of the global scientific publications, business knowledge, business exchanges, global institutions, media and communications are in English. However the use of the English language has unfortunately remained limited in numerous developing countries which are today isolated from the rest of the world because they don’t speak English.

The use of the English language in these countries would open for them the possibility to :

· Have access to the greatest choice of affordable and most recent scientific and technological publications, best suited to their needs (70% of the scientific publications are in English)

· Have access to the latest developments in business and business knowledge in a global economy based on knowledge and innovation

· Help train more skilled workforce and create more efficient businesses meaning more jobs and less poverty

· Have access to the experiences of other emerging economies like India or Brazil, best suited to the problems of developing countries

· Have access to more markets and opportunities from all over the world both for exports and imports enhancing considerably their economical condition

· Have access to more media and different perspectives and opinions about the news as well as communicating their own positions as well as promote their countries and widely broadcast their news

· Attract far more foreign investments and make it possible for business men from all over the world to invest, work and live in those countries

· Promote their culture and have access to all the other cultures of the world

· Be more independent as they build more even and diversified international relations

Besides, the use of the English language gives the people of the world the possibility to know each other and communicate together promoting open mindedness, cultural exchange and world peace.

Making the world come together as one