The Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Unions (DOAWTU) was a regional organisation of the World Confederation of Labour (WCL).
The WCL's first regional organisation in Africa was the Pan-African Workers' Congress, founded in 1956, which merged into the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity in 1973.
The DOAWTU was founded in 1993, with headquarters in Lome. By 2005, it had a membership of 35 unions in 29 countries, and supported eight industrial federations. In 2007, the federation merged with the ICFTU African Regional Organisation, forming the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation.
The eight Pan-African industrial federations were: