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Ivory Coast government teams up with Israeli firm to fund dedicated heart surgery hub
Ivory Coast’s government has teamed up with Israeli-owned consultancy firm Mitrelli Group to fund and develop heart surgery healthcare in the West African nation, with a new $4.7 million initiative over the next five years. …
Senegal to host conferences dedicated to “new era” of African philanthropy
Senegal is set to host two philanthropy conferences. The 4th African Philanthropy Conference (2nd-4th August) and 2nd African Philanthropy Academic Conference (July 31 to August 1) are scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal’s …
What does it truly take for funders to nurture equitable systems change?
In mission-driven circles, systems-change work – which is focused on the root causes of problems – is sometimes treated like an unattainable dream. But it doesn’t have to be. In studying successful equitable social-change efforts …
We must be continuously strengthening the ecosystem of African philanthropy: Jackie Asiimwe, CivSource Africa
Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10 part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations and the benefits they bring to the sector. This …
The struggle for abortion justice and decolonisation of our bodies
The struggle for reproductive justice has been at the forefront of much activism recently – especially in the year after the U.S. Supreme Court decision restricted abortion rights in America. Yet this struggle is not …
Decolonizing knowledge in philanthropy: what does it mean?
Why should funders adopt decolonising frameworks and practices? Obsolete strategies to Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) have worked to erase the voice of girls, women, Indigenous people, LGBTQI+ (and other marginalised groups) from the …
Pan-African and Feminist Philanthropies Initiative launches with goal to raise $1bn in 10 years
TrustAfrica and Urgent Action Fund-Africa, together with Coalition for Dialogue on Africa, have partnered to launch the Pan-African and Feminist Philanthropies Initiative. The Initiative aims to mobilise massive new resources for pan-African and feminist philanthropic …
Fund it like you mean it: Resourcing African movements for success and sustainability
Africa and its ‘family values’… The state of LGBTIQ movements in Africa for the past year or so has been hanging by a thread… a wet rayon thread. From Ghana’s Promotion of proper human sexual rights …
Infrastructure is invisible, but critical for systems change: Rose Maruru, EPIC-Africa
Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10 part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations and the benefits they bring to the sector. Over …
