Governance standards and management practices are not the exclusive domain of the private sector; although a not-for-profit organization, Africa Harvest places a high premium on doing everything to secure and retain the trust of its different stakeholders.  The foundation’s Board of Directors deliberately represent gender, geographic and expertise diversity.  One of the Board’s primary goals is to safeguard and strengthen the good reputation Africa Harvest has built over the years.  This is based on the realisation that institutional reputation is the cornerstone of acquiring and retaining the resources necessary to achieve Africa Harvest’s vision and mission.

The Board provide leadership through the adoption of corporate governance policy guidelines, approval of non-audit services by auditors, establishment and enforcement of an institution-wide whistle-blower procedures and robust, process-based self-assessment systems.  In particular, the Board has “set the tone at the top” concerning the continuous improvement of financial processes and controls.  As a standard Africa Harvest financial reporting includes audited financial statements, disclosure of critical accounting policies and estimates and disclosure of off-balance sheet and contingency liabilities.