CTCA was established in July 2011 by WHO, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).  The Centre is mandated to provide technical and institutional support to governments in Africa in the areas of policy formulation, legislation and enforcement of tobacco control, as well as building and sustaining institutional capacity for tobacco control. This is done through offering technical, institutional and cross sector support for tobacco control at national and regional levels.

Vision: To be a sustainable, leading centre of excellence in empowering and facilitating tobacco control to achieve a tobacco-free Africa. I

Mission: To pool evidence, build partnerships, mobilize resources, build capacity, and create tools to advance tobacco control in Africa. The ultimate aim is to reduce the consumption of tobacco by supporting governments in implementing evidence-based tobacco control strategies in Africa.

The ultimate aim is to reduce the consumption of tobacco by supporting governments in implementing evidence-based tobacco control strategies in Africa.