About us

The Global Development Foundation (GDF) is a transformative initiative dedicated to driving sustainable development through education, technology transfer, and innovative industrial practices. Our mission is to empower communities worldwide by fostering partnerships that bridge education, green energy, and global economic opportunities.

At the forefront of our work is a commitment to advancing greener industrial development. We aim to establish a high-level paradigm for hydrogen fuel cell production, revolutionizing the energy landscape with innovative, practical solutions. By integrating state-of-the-art technologies and sustainable business models, we provide the foundation for a cleaner, more equitable future.

One of our flagship concepts is led by Corventures Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries, Corventures Energy Development LLC. This initiative introduces the Standardized and Integrated AgriVoltaic Solar Farm Development System, designed to integrate solar energy production with education and agriculture modernization. This system prioritizes engaging primary and secondary school programs and supports modern colleges and universities worldwide, creating practical learning opportunities in both developed and developing nations.

Through partnerships with Medoune Et Aissa Groupe Scholaire (MAGS) and Baye Cheikh College and University (BCCU), we are catalyzing enduring change in African Union (AU) member countries. These institutions broker alliances, embed innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence, and promote access to education and green energy, fostering sustainable development across the continent due to its growing importance.

Our goals include:

  1. Expanding access to model schools, colleges, and universities to improve education quality and promote literacy for all students.

  2. Driving technology transfer and ICT adoption to enhance learning and development.

  3. Establishing tutoring and mentoring networks through real-time and distance education for classroom and field applications.

  4. Encouraging parental involvement to support school modernization and student success.

  5. Promoting citizen participation in local, national, and global governance for sustainable democracies.

  6. Facilitating partnerships between developing and developed nations to share knowledge and resources.

  7. Collaborating with the private sector to strengthen human capacity and institutional development.

GDF envisions a world where people, education, technology, and green industries work hand in hand to create sustainable growth, improve lives, and address global challenges like climate change and socio-economic inequality. Together, we are building a future that empowers people, communities and protects the planet.

About Cheikh Omar Diouf and GDF

My name is Cheikh Omar Diouf, and I serve as the President, CEO, and founder of the Global Development Foundation (GDF). With a special mission centered on education, agriculture modernization and green industrial and socio-economic development, GDF leverages industry experience to create global market value and competitive opportunities while addressing environmental challenges climate change and socio-economic development based on donors combined capabilities.

At GDF, we firmly believe that green industrial development must operate as a globalized game plan rooted in democratic principles that unite the global community. Through GDF, we embrace the spirit of development, globalization, and diversity to address the unique challenges faced by the African Union (AU), member states promoting innovation, unity, peace, and prosperity.

Our Vision and Approach

GDF, through its board of directors appointed the committee on alternatives and strategies to tacking environmental challenges and climate change and use of technologies, human and financial resources to advancing projects and programs across diverse sectors, including education, healthcare, agriculture, energy, telecommunications, and transport. These efforts aim to support the complex subjects of Green Education Curriculum Development (GECD), research, development and demonstration (RD&D) as a way to address concerns around green technologies transfer, education and training and to manage risks associated with the myths around domestic hydrogen fuel cells production using solar energy in a manner that is affordable and environmentally friendly for hydrogen fuel cell power plant, fuel cells vehicles, hydrogen storage, transportation and fueling stations.

The global community stands ready to support green education, industrial development, and socio-economic growth knowing that there are consequences to not addressing climate change globally. GDF sadness at majority polluting countries, companies and global leaders is tempered by the achievement of few taking the lead. However, the success of GDF depends on collaboration—among donors, leaders, and stakeholders—all working hand in hand and contributing their expertise. Our commitment is unwavering: GECD leads GDF close to pressing climate change and environmental challenges issues such as extreme poverty, high carbon emission, vulnerability, worth air quality, less agricultural productivity, vulnerability to energy disruptions, corruption, and the weakening of national security, judicial systems, and law enforcement accountability.

We know that democracy, as the voice of the people, plays a key role in combating injustice, environmental challenges, and climate change. Our past successes, such as delivering the largest humanitarian health relief mission from the United States to Africa in 1996, highlight what is possible when the right leaders—political, cultural, and religious—unite to meet the needs of the people.

Green Education and Industrial Development

Today, our focus shifts toward tackling environmental challenges through green education, green industries, and socio-economic infrastructure development. Our vision aligns with the future plans of Baye Cheikh College and University (BCCU) and Medoune Et Aissa Groupe Scholaire (MAGS), which prioritize green education-driven private sector initiatives to achieve green development goals.

GDF will devote significant time, energy, and financial resources to assisting partners in improving education, health and advancing green industrial development. Our activities emphasize the connection between technology transfer, education training and high-level education, research, and development while addressing the ongoing need for financial support.

Challenges and Opportunities

Despite the private sector's willingness to partner with governments to address environmental, educational, and security challenges, barriers such as bureaucracy, corruption, and inadequate policies often hinder progress. Many governments struggle to protect public education or fulfill commitments to human, natural resources trafficking, anti-terrorism, border control, and counter-narcotics enforcement.

Corventures Holdings, in collaboration with GDF, works to bridge these gaps through technology transfer and market-driven solutions. Initiatives like CorEnergies’ Standardized and Integrated AgriVoltaic Solar Farms to meet global market demands for green energy resources while building the needed infrastructure promote safety, security, and grassroots socio-economic development by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI, software, logistics, and centralized command and control systems to protect these advancements.

Our Commitment

GDF programs identify innovative technologies, products, services and models to leverage Green Education Curriculum (GECD), reduce extreme poverty, sustain socio-economic development growth through collaboration engaging donors to identify opportunities that address humanitarian needs and inspiring the global communities for expansion. By fostering partnerships between governments, the private sector, and international donors, GDF mobilizes human resources and financial resources to support its extraordinary humanitarian mission.

Together, we aim to connect market and the people of the world by addressing environmental challenges, promoting green education, and building green socio-economic infrastructure that ensures a sustainable future for all.