The ABDF Ltd is a wholly Afrikan owned limited company with a mission to activate and develop the economic prosperity of the Afrikan (Black) community in accordance with the guiding ancient Afrikan principles of MA’AT, which are:

TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE, HARMONY, BALANCE, (GOOD) ORDER and PROPRIETY.

The ABDF has been in existence for over 10 years (founded November 1996) – initially as an unincorporated association and since 2001 as a limited company. It has over one hundred members, has invested in property, established a company in Ghana involved in the manufacture of building blocks and road haulage, invested in an Afrikan owned business, and has built strong links with similar organisations.

• To increase financial literacy in the Afrikan community.
• To participate in investment opportunities e.g. property and new and existing businesses.
• To build trust amongst Afrikan people.
• To support local Afrikan owned businesses.
• To bring together Afrikan businesses and business associations and networks, locally, nationally and internationally.

The ABDF Ltd bases its conduct on the ancient Afrikan principles of MA’AT. MA’AT is associated with the seven cardinal virtues, the keys to human perfectability: Truth, Righteousness, Justice, Propriety, Balance, Harmony and Order.

The symbolic representation of MA’AT as a human figure with outstretched hands and wings is the prototype of the image of the angel found in the world’s major western religions. The ostrich feather and the balance are also symbols of MA’AT and the precepts she represents.

In practical terms this means that:

• Each member (shareholder) has the right to exercise a vote in respect of the company’s affairs that require a decision by the shareholders and each vote shall carry equal weight.
• No shareholder will acquire greater rights than any other shareholder by virtue only of their shareholding in the company.
• The company will seek to invest ethically and will be ethically minded in its dealings with businesses, organisations and the environment.