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AWDF launches Women Changing Africa endowment campaign
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), the first Africa-wide grantmaking organization for African women, launched a U$15 million endowment campaign, Women Changing Africa, in Johannesburg in November, the first in a series of events to …
Ackerman family receive inaugural Inyathelo award
The Ackerman family of South Africa were among those honoured in the inaugural 2007 Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards in the category of Family Philanthropy. The awards are made by Inyathelo: South African Institute for Advancement, and …
Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group meeting
Event Funding Impact Conference: Partnerships, Networks and Collaborations – A learning opportunity Date 4-6 February Venue Johannesburg, South Africa Organizer Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group AGAG (the Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group) is one of those entities …
Doing ourselves out of a job?
I remember talking to the Women’s Institute in Youlgreave, a tiny English village, on a cold, wet night in October 1990 about Village Aid, a new NGO I had established to work in The Gambia. …
CSI company launches toolkit for South African business
South African organization CSI Solutions has published a Corporate Social Investment (CSI) Toolkit to address the practical needs of businesses already involved in CSI or wanting to begin. The focus is mainly on South Africa, …
Eradicate Poverty through Business
MyC4 is a new web platform that enables people to contribute to the eradication of poverty in Africa by investing in African businesses. The idea is simple, say the founders, Mads Kjær and Tim Vang, …
Introducing ‘The State of Philanthropy in Africa’ series
Although Africans are philanthropic in all aspects of their lives, a clear and precise definition of philanthropy in Africa has yet to emerge. Africans are born into philanthropy, they live through it, and even burial …
GEXSI launches Africa Bottom of the Pyramid Fund
Africa now has – albeit unevenly distributed – an emerging vibrant, high-potential social entrepreneurship sector. If it is to succeed, access to training, business planning, mentoring, marketing and start-up capital are all essential. The Global …
AGRA – a blunt philanthropic arrow
It is a common saying that when a man has a hammer in his hand every problem appears to be a nail. It takes a wise man to know that a hammer is just one …
Voices from the South
In February 2006, a total of 40 participants comprising members of the EFC-COF Joint Working Group, foundations, grantees and partners from throughout Africa came together in Cape Town to discuss the draft principles proposed by …
