Africa

Wealthy Africans should do much more to solve the continent’s problems as inequality continues to grow There seems to be no limit to the growth of inequality in the world in general, and in Africa …

A dedicated group of philanthropy practitioners born in the same year as Alliance was launched share their hopes for a better world An anniversary issue of Alliance magazine would not be complete without hearing the …

In the early 1900s in a series of letters back and forth, U.S. educator and activist Nannie Helen Burroughs and social worker Jane Edna Hunter stood in awe of the obstacles they had overcome to fund, either …

Are funders really prepared to put in the work to shift the balance of power when it comes to their giving on the continent? I am not totally convinced. Over the years, people have reached …

African NGOs are being underfunded by African and non-African philanthropists alike in comparison to organizations headquartered outside the continent, according to a recent report from the African Philanthropy Forum and The Bridgespan Group. The research, which delves into the driving factors …

The Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED), a pan-African movement revolutionizing how girls’ education is delivered, has won the Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has announced. The prize, which includes $2.5 million in …

In recent years, Africa has had to deal with the effects of the pandemic, growing inequality, and the threat of climate change. In addition, individual African countries have faced their own challenges. How has African …

This article is part of a series of articles about Community Led Philanthropy, co-hosted by GlobalGiving. The conversation explores the ways philanthropy can support community-led change.  Many of us representing local organisations in the Global …