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Radha Goenka on her strategic approach to elevate and scale impact in overlooked sectors
India, with its ambitious goals for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, presents a picture of both immense potential and a pressing challenge. The estimated funding gap looms large as India continues to fall short of NITI Aayog’s estimated spending (13 percent of GDP) needed to meet the 17 UN SDG commitments. However, within this challenge lies a unique opportunity – a chance to redefine India’s capacity for impact and unlock a new …
International Women’s Day: ‘If you care about social impact, you should not be ignoring African women’
At the age of 29, Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes founded one of the few women-owned investment companies in Africa. With women in Africa recieving only a tiny amount of investment money, yet outperforming men on stock exchanges, she believes it’s her divine mission to flow capital to marginalised women entrepreneurs, who in turn uplift their communities. For International Women’s Day, Alliance speaks to Rhodes ahead of her second fund raise. Since the age of 18, investment manager Adesuwa …
Community Foundations of Canada on innovation and experimentation
At PEX Forum 2024, community members hosted intimate group conversations to uncover the uncertainties and dilemmas that sit with them and their communities, encouraging divergence and exploration. One of these discussions was led by Michelle Baldwin and Tim Draimin of Community Foundations of Canada on secondary operating systems for innovation. The terms ‘secondary operating system’ comes from John Kotter’s dual operating systems concept, which proposes a network-like structure operating in parallel with the traditional hierarchical structure. …
Born an Optimist
In this exclusive interview, comedian Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, makes the case for rooting out corruption and paying his opportunities forward by investing in education. You grew up in apartheid South Africa — a system that robbed Black people of any opportunity to follow their dreams unless those dreams were down a mine shaft. How do you think about systems change in your own philanthropy? When looking at issues or problems we sometimes think about …
‘As we fight to end poverty, we also fight to rebuild our African narratives’ – Interview with Coumba Toure
In Africa, storytelling is deeply ingrained in our culture and holds immense value. It has always been a vital part …
New funds announced at sold-out GSG Global Impact Summit
New Spanish impact funds are expected to be announced today at the Global Steering Group’s (GSG) Global Impact Summit 2023 …
Interview: Kore Global’s Emily Boost on learning how to learn
Learning and evaluation in the philanthropy space can be a hotly contested issue. Oftentimes, the ‘impact’ funders request to see …
Darren Walker and Monica Aleman: we thread the needle as far as we can
Charles Keidan catches up with Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation and Monica Aleman, its International Program Director, Gender, …
Business of Philanthropy: HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah
In a recent episode of the Business of Philanthropy, Badr Jafar, Emirati philanthropist and Founding Patron of the Centre for …
Doug Miller and Naina Subberwal Batra on IVPC’s future
It’s been a long trek since Doug Miller and four others set up the EVPA and it has taken in …
Contributing to SDG7 and learning from each other: IKEA Foundation and Energising Development
Cross-sectoral partnerships are becoming more important in international development cooperation. With their financial independence and thematic expertise, private foundations and …
Interview: Philanthropy Together’s Tyeshia Wilson says ‘take action now’
Tyeshia Wilson is the Director of Engagement at Philanthropy Together and a Founding Member of HERitage Giving Fund in Houston, …
Interview: Indonesia’s YCAB Foundation on impact and the future of Asian giving
The YCAB Foundation has been a critical part of the philanthropy and social investment landscape in Indonesia for the last …