Pan-African Workers' Congress

The Pan-African Workers' Congress was an international confederation of trade unions.

The organisation was founded in 1956, to bring together the African affiliates of the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU). It was initially known as the African Confederation of Believing Workers, then in 1959 became the Pan-African Union of Believing Workers. It was initially based in Brazzaville, then later moved its headquarters to Banjul. By 1966, it had fourteen affiliates, which claimed a total of 187,894 members. The federation was led by president David Soumah, and general secretary Gilbert Pongault.

In April 1973, the federation merged with the All-African Trade Union Federation and the African Trade Union Confederation, to form the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity.

In 1993, the IFCTU's successor, the World Confederation of Labour, established the Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Unions as new confederation of its African affiliates.

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