The Second Africa Childcare Forum (ACFMombasa2026) is a continental and global co-learning platform designed to accelerate the development of quality, affordable, and inclusive childcare systems across Africa. Acknowledging that childcare systems on the continent are still evolving, the Forum creates an honest and action-oriented space where policymakers, caregivers, practitioners, and partners can share lived experience, emerging evidence, and practical solutions—highlighting both progress and persistent gaps. By centering communities, informal care workers, and local leadership, ACFMombasa2026 advances childcare as essential social infrastructure and a shared societal responsibility.

Under the theme Uniting for Care: Africa’s Call to the World, the Forum invites global actors to engage with Africa as co-builders rather than observers. Africa’s efforts to design childcare systems amid informality, rapid urbanization, climate stress, and humanitarian crises offer valuable lessons for countries worldwide facing their own care deficits. ACFMombasa2026 is a space for mutual learning—where African experiences inform global thinking, and global solidarity helps accelerate Africa’s childcare journey.