The Foundation has been active in a range of roles in various countries across the continent, including in Ghana, Zambia, Kenya, Zanzibar, Malawi, Lesotho, Somaliland, Sudan, Rwanda, Mozambique, Mali, Eswatini, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Ethiopia.

Countries visited in the past include: Vietnam (2007, 2009, 2011), Singapore (2008 and 2009), Cambodia (2011), Panama (2009), Colombia (2009 and 2014), Costa Rica (2009), El Salvador (2009) and Morocco (2008 and 2019) and Poland (2023).

[3] The Foundation publishes op-ed articles and discussion papers on matters related to growth and security and hosts election monitoring missions in Africa.

Other members of the Board include Jonathan Oppenheimer, the Foundation's Director, Dr Greg Mills, Deputy Chair to Commission to the African Union Erastus Mwencha, Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn, Former President of Liberia and Nobel Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Professor INCAE Alberto Trejos, Former Minister of the Economy in Argentina Alfonso de Prat Gay, Counsellor to H.M. King Mohammed VI in Morocco André Azoulay, Greek Politician and Public Figure Anna Diamantopoulou, Member of the Presidential Council on Minority Rights in Singapore Barry Desker, Former President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma, Former Ambassador of Colombia to the United States Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno, Managing Partner of the Africa Legal Network Karim Anjarwalla, Former President of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe, Former Deputy Minister of Finance in South Africa Mcebisi Jonas, Former Chief of Defence in the United Kingdom Nick Carter, Former United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers, Former Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom Rory Stewart and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to South Africa Torben Brylle.

Attended by a mix of policy-makers, analysts, academia, civil and military personnel, media and businesspeople, the Tswalu Dialogues remains an annual event.