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Colleen du Toit

Conference reports Colleen du Toit 17 July 2013

Emerging Societies-Emerging Philanthropies International Forum: The wide road forward

This was my very first visit to Russia so the combination of the excitement of new places and my expectations regarding the meeting itself meant that I arrived at the conference venue in Peterhof, Russia …

Conference Report Colleen du Toit 1 December 2012

African Grantmakers Network Assembly: What’s new? Now? Different?

At the outset let me say that these blogging notes are my own impressions of key themes emerging from a fantastically rich African Grantmakers Network Assembly experience. I am not aspiring to cover the entire …

Conference reports Colleen du Toit 6 November 2012

African Grantmakers Network Assembly: What’s new? Now? Different?

At the outset let me say that these blogging notes are my own impressions of key themes emerging from a fantastically rich African Grantmakers Network Assembly experience. I am not aspiring to cover the entire …

Conference reports Colleen du Toit 1 November 2012

AGN Assembly Day One (part 2): whose role to bring about change?

Day one of the Second Biennial African Grantmakers Network Assembly, held 29 October to 2 November in Johannesburg, South Africa: the overriding mood of the After Tea Armchair Session on Growing African Philanthropy, facilitated by …

Conference reports 1 Colleen du Toit 1 November 2012

AGN Assembly Day One: Graça Machel sets out agenda

The opening plenary session set a challenging tone for the Second Biennial African Grantmakers Network Assembly, held 29 October to 2 November in Johannesburg, South Africa. An innovation in the opening session was a ‘Why …

Conference Report Colleen du Toit 1 December 2008 For Subscribers

CAF Southern Africa conference

Event CAF Southern Africa conference: Innovating for Sustainability – ‘Africans Investing in Africa’ Date 17-18 September Venue Johannesburg, South Africa In mid-September 2008, CAF Southern Africa, a member of the CAF International network, hosted its …