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Now free to read – Interview – Theo Sowa
From the September 2013 issue of Alliance magazine. ‘We all have power, different types of power. When we don’t acknowledge that power, it’s easier for others to step all over us.’ As both grantmaker and …
AGN invites nominations for 2014 African Philanthropy Awards
The African Grantmakers Network invites the public to nominate individuals and organizations for the 2014 African Philanthropy Awards at the AGN Assembly in Accra, Ghana in November 2014. Every two years the AGN holds its …
Woods, trees and the rise of African philanthropy
In the early 1990s, I spent a year living and working in Uganda. One day I was with some friends driving back from a trip to one of the beautiful game parks there. It was …
Accountability in a changing world: reflections from the AGN Assembly
The prominent role large foundations are increasingly playing, along with various high-profile initiatives encouraging giving, have drawn public interest to philanthropy more than ever. This renewed attention has brought with it new responsibilities, just as …
African philanthropy on the move: celebrating the AGN Assembly
Over the last several months, I have had the pleasure of being part of the organizing team for the Second Biennial African Grantmakers Network (AGN) Assembly – What’s New? What’s Now? What’s Next: Growing African …
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 …
‘It’s our turn to eat’: reflections from the AGN
The opening plenary of day two of the African Grantmakers Network Assembly, held 29 October to 2 November in Johannesburg, South Africa, focused on youth – or, more specifically, on the relationship between elders and …
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 …
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 …
African Grantmakers Network launched in Accra on 15 July
After years of careful planning, preparations, consultations and meetings, the African Grantmakers Network (AGN) was launched in Accra, Ghana at a meeting convened by the African Women’s Development Fund, TrustAfrica and the Kenya Community Development …
