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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …