Africa APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 12/01/2026

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Fostering mutually beneficial partnerships between African nations and the UK, actively challenging negative stereotypes about Africa, and amplifying the voices of African diasporas within the UK.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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4 Current APPG Officers
Chi Onwurah Portrait
Chi Onwurah
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Joined: 31st July 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Engineering , Jazz
9 APPG Memberships
Commonwealth , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , Environment , Football Supporters , Hadrian's Wall , Infrastructure , Internet, Communications and Technology , Manufacturing , United Nations Global Goals
Lord Oates Portrait
Lord Oates
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016
1 APPG Officer Position
Global Health and Security
15 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , CAFOD , Carers , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , India , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Micromobility , Nutrition for Development , Race and Community , Refugees , Republic of Korea , Sepsis , Tidy Britain , United Nations Global Goals
Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Worcestershire
Joined: 9th October 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Central Asia , Eating Disorders , Nigeria , Responsible Business
11 APPG Memberships
Autism , British Council and Soft Power , Classics , Climate Change , Defibrillators , Financial Education for Young People , Future of Financial Services , Global Education , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , United Nations Global Goals , Women in Parliament
Kate Osamor Portrait
Kate Osamor
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Joined: 2nd June 2021
4 APPG Officer Positions
Global Tuberculosis , Haiti , Nigeria , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System
15 APPG Memberships
Afghan Women and Girls , Baby Loss , Beauty and Wellbeing , CAFOD , Cyprus , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Global Education , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Healthcare Workers , Immigration Detention , International Students , London , Mutuals , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy , United Nations Global Goals
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dame Chi Onwurah MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7114.

Email: chi.onwurah.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Rita Davids

Email: rita.davids@outlook.com

Secretariat:

Rita Davids acts as the group's secretariat.

Group's Website:

https://royalafricansociety.org/whatwedo/policy/appga

Benefits in Kind
Date
12 Sep 2024
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 12/09/2024 To : 11/09/2025
Value
£37,501
Date
12 Sep 2024
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From: 12/09/2024 To: 11/09/2025
Value
£37,501
Date
8 Jan 2024
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/01/2024 To : 07/01/2025
Value
£39,001
Date
8 Jan 2023
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/01/2023 To : 07/01/2024
Value
£39,001
Date
8 Jan 2022
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/01/2022 To : 07/01/2023
Value
£31,501
Date
8 Jan 2021
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/01/2021 To : 07/01/2022
Value
£31,501
Date
8 Jan 2020
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 08/01/2020 To : 07/01/2021
Value
£24,001
Date
5 Jul 2019
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/07/2019 To : 04/07/2020
Value
£24,001
Date
5 Jul 2018
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 05/07/2018 To : 04/07/2019
Value
£24,001
Date
1 Jan 2018
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2018 To : 31/12/2018
Value
£16,501
Date
1 Jan 2017
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
Value
£16,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£31,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Royal African Society
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£30,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Africa APPG

Former APPG Officers
Chi Onwurah Portrait
Chi Onwurah
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 18th June 2025
2 APPG Officer Positions
Engineering , Jazz

No other APPG Memberships

Theo Clarke Portrait
Theo Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Taiwo Owatemi Portrait
Taiwo Owatemi
Vice Chair
Labour - Coventry North West
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Popat Portrait
Lord Popat
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Uddin Portrait
Baroness Uddin
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Commonwealth , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Women and Work

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Northover Portrait
Baroness Northover
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Critical Minerals , Indonesia

No other APPG Memberships

Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale Portrait
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding , United Nations Global Goals , Women, Peace and Security

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 24th January 2024
6 APPG Officer Positions
Boxing , Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race Equality in Education , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Brown of Silvertown Portrait
Baroness Brown of Silvertown
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Disability , Equitable Governance

No other APPG Memberships

Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Worcestershire
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 24th January 2024
4 APPG Officer Positions
Central Asia , Eating Disorders , Nigeria , Responsible Business

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Boateng Portrait
Lord Boateng
Honorary President
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 24th January 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Black Health , Ghana

No other APPG Memberships

Gary Sambrook Portrait
Gary Sambrook
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Birmingham, Northfield
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 5th April 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Damien Moore Portrait
Damien Moore
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Southport
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 30th November 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord St John of Bletso Portrait
Lord St John of Bletso
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 9th February 2022
1 APPG Officer Position
South Africa

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Chidgey Portrait
Lord Chidgey
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Purvis of Tweed Portrait
Lord Purvis of Tweed
Vie Chair (Northern Africa)
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Pauline Latham Portrait
Pauline Latham
Vice Chair (Eastern Africa)
Conservative - Former Member for Mid Derbyshire
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Jeremy Lefroy Portrait
Jeremy Lefroy
Vice Chair (Eastern Africa)
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Steel of Aikwood Portrait
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Honorary President
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Pauline Latham Portrait
Pauline Latham
Vice-Chair (East Africa)
Conservative - Former Member for Mid Derbyshire
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anne McLaughlin Portrait
Anne McLaughlin
Vice-Chair (West Africa)
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North East
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Portrait
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
Honorary Vice-President
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Lea of Crondall Portrait
Lord Lea of Crondall
Honorary Vice-President
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Portrait
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
Honorary Vice-President
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships