Africa

The global education funder Aga Khan Foundation has launched The Learning Hub – a free online platform aimed at strengthening practitioners and empowering communities. According to the Aga Khan Foundation, The Learning Hub captures its …

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has added four new members to its board of trustees. The news follows several months of uncertainty about what the Foundation’s future would look like following Bill and Melinda’s …

The Legal Empowerment Fund, supported by foundations such as Mott and Hewlett, has launched its inaugural open call for proposals. The Fund is a 10-year, multimillion-dollar effort at the Fund for Global Human Rights to …

GiveDirectly, which provides cash transfer services to people living in poverty, saw the number of individuals giving in cryptocurrency increase by 60 times between 2020 and 2021, with countries in Africa the biggest beneficiaries of …

With a vision of securing a vibrant, climate-resilient Africa, the African Climate Foundation (ACF) is part of a relatively new ecosystem of locally-led climate-change organisations in the global south. This ecosystem is designed to enable …

Even donors that identify as women’s rights or feminist funders aren’t resourcing incarcerated women and girls. That is one of the bleak findings of Forgotten by Funders, a report from the movement-building platform Women Beyond …

‍Tsitsi and Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa discuss how systems thinking with a gender lens can transform philanthropy in Africa. “We need many more women with power, authority and influence — presidents, prime ministers, CEOs — they will be the key …

The African Visionary Fund is welcoming more high impact partners to their portfolio with a new $1.5 million commitment to support nine organisations over three years. This announcement comes after the Fund’s February 2020 announcement, …