"[1] The founder and current director of AWT is Goretti Kyomuhendo, an internationally recognized novelist with a distinguished career as the first Programmers Coordinator for FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers' Association.

[2] African Writers Trust is governed by its advisory board, currently (as of 2017) composed of Zakes Mda, Susan Nalugwa Kiguli, Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Helon Habila, Leila Aboulela, Mildred Barya, and Aminatta Forna.

[9] The 2017 conference, on the theme "Contemporary Publishing Trends in Africa",[10] featured a keynote address by Bibi Bakare-Yusuf of Cassava Republic Press,[11] and a poetry performance by British-Ethiopian poet Lemn Sissay.

[15] In regard largely to the same, Advisory Board member Mildred Barya has written a personal reflection published in Pambazuka News on the growing pains of AWT, the challenges of finding funding and support, and her assessment of what the organization can contribute.

[16] In a 22 May 2011 interview with Caine Prize nominee Beatrice Lamwaka for AfroLit, current Director Goretti Kyomuhendo offered her own assessment of progress-to-date and future expectations for AWT: "Its mission is to build and sustain a strong supportive network for African writers in Africa and in the Diaspora.