Author Archive:

Ndana Bofu-Tawamba

Conference reports Ndana Bofu-Tawamba and Ebrima Sall 25 September 2023

Get set for WINGS 2023: Nairobi

We are living in catastrophic times where situations are complex, and things cannot continue as they are. Beyond the crises, what new horizons can we create for our world? How can we reimagine philanthropy as …

Conference reports Tendisai Chigwedere, Ndana Bofu-Tawamba and Ebrima Sall 31 January 2023

Re-Imagining Pan-African and Feminist Philanthropies Indaba 2023 kicks off in Naivasha, Kenya

The world is on fire. There is no more denying what we are seeing and what we are experiencing. Whether we are reeling from the impact of the climate crisis in Brazil, or the compounded …

Opinion Ndana Bofu-Tawamba, Virisila Buadramo, Terry de Vries, Shalini Eddens, Kate Kroeger, Sofía Marcía, Lorena Medina and Vinita Sahasranaman 13 December 2022

Reflections on a journey of sharing power

Over the last several weeks, we have been reflecting on how we practice feminist principles of philanthropy in each of the Urgent Action Sister Funds, from how we work to build a culture of sharing …

Opinion Ndana Bofu-Tawamba 20 October 2022

Effective crisis response takes more than money

Globally, we are facing multiple and compounding crises. Whether it is the devastating impacts of climate change, a seemingly never-ending pandemic, or armed conflicts from Ethiopia to Ukraine, it can feel like the crises never …

Opinion Ndana Bofu-Tawamba, Jean Kemitare and Mmabatho Motsamai 19 August 2022

A radical shift in gender-equity funding is long overdue

We are nearing a year since unprecedented financial commitments toward gender equality were made at the Generation Equality Forum (GEF). The 5-year commitments are aimed at realising a complete change in the landscape of gender …

Opinion 1 Halima Mahomed and Ndana Bofu-Tawamba 9 August 2022

Centring pan-African philanthropies amid the shifting global socio-political and economic order

There is no question that we are living in unprecedented times. The past three years, marked by the onset of Covid-19, were an era on its own. While a global challenge, the notion of the …

Opinion Ndana Bofu-Tawamba, Virisila Buadramo, Vinita Sahasranaman, Lorena Medina, Terry de Vries, Laura Carvajal and Kate Kroeger 10 December 2021

Transforming philanthropy with feminist principles

We are living through transformative times. As the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate crisis accentuate systemic economic, racial, and global inequalities, as human rights and democracies are under siege, and as social movements call attention …

Special feature 3 Ise Bosch and Ndana Bofu-Tawamba 3 December 2019

Philanthropy is a feminist issue

If humanity is to progress philanthropic resources need to support women’s voices, choices, participation, education, livelihoods and more In May 1983, the New York Times published an article entitled, ‘Feminist Philanthropy Comes Into Its Own’, …

Special feature Ndana Bofu-Tawamba 3 September 2019

How to create gender justice in Africa

Building movements is the key to supporting women’s rights across the continent and giving power to community activists Founded in 2001, Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a pan-African and feminist fund which uses a rapid-response …