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This is our round-up of philanthropy news around the world featured in the June 2023 issue of Alliance: Arab region Region rallies behind earthquake response UAE Ramadan giving raises $19m for meals Alliance regional representative …
DAFs: Be careful what you wish for
The traditional foundation model – which assumes different forms and styles around the world – still lies at the heart of institutional philanthropy. But in recent years, the old model of charitable foundations has been …
Peer Dialogue: The total portfolio approach to philanthropy
The family office is not a new concept and has a well-established place in philanthropy. Over the past 10 years, one family office, RS Group in Hong Kong, has been pioneering new ways to look …
A pan-African and feminist transformation
A gathering in Naivasha, Kenya, may prove a landmark for African philanthropy The world is shifting in worrying ways that demand radically different actions to counter them. But it is also shifting in inspiring ways, …
Going the last mile of giving
Giving money is one thing, getting it to where it needs to go is another. That’s where philanthropy depends on banking infrastructure In much of the world, it feels like payments reach their intended recipient …
Afropact podcast launches to cover pan-African impact
Afropact, a podcast to cover pan-African impact and showcase African solutions to African problems, was launched recently by the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance CEO Frank Aswani. According to Aswani, the podcast will seek to ‘change …
Ten reasons to reform international development
1. Like tourism, International Development is heavily Eurocentric. It started off on the wrong note – advancing white supremacy, white saviourism, racism and domination over the global south. Today there are multiple unresolved and ongoing …
Heeding the call: Advancing adolescent mental health in South Africa
The mental health of young people is in crisis around the world. It was dire before COVID, which only exacerbated the situation–straining and severing connections to school, community, and health systems, dimming economic prospects, and …
Solutions in Africa must be home-grown: Reporting from the Trialogue Business in Society Conference
For the past four years, the Trialogue Business in Society Conference has been held in South Africa (2023, 2022 and 2021 in-person and hybrid; 2020 virtual; and 2019 in-person) showcasing important developments across the corporate …
Gbenga Oyebode on new directions for the African Philanthropy Forum
In April, the African Philanthropy Forum (APF) held its board strategy session at the Legatum Institute in London. Charles Keidan caught up with APFs new chair, corporate lawyer and philanthropist, Gbenga Oyebode, about the aims …
