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Re-Imagining Pan-African and Feminist Philanthropies
Building it to last
A powerful new vision of philanthropy on the African continent took hold at the Indaba hosted by TrustAfrica and Urgent Action Fund–Africa in Naivasha, Kenya earlier this year. We re-imagined modes of philanthropy that are …
What’s my purpose in philanthropy? I discovered it in Africa
Twenty years ago, I was an International Human Rights Law LLM Exchange Student at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. One night I went to the weekly session of a psychic at …
Reimagining Pan-African and Feminist Philanthropies: Envisioning abundance
Genuine shifts of power within philanthropy can and will happen if the field reflects the diversities of the societies in which it operates, as well as the people and communities it serves. A crucial part …
Pan-African and feminist: the movement set to sweep philanthropy off its feet
At a remarkable gathering in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, 100 African feminists, women’s funds and philanthropists gathered last month for an Indaba. Two hours’ drive from the capital Nairobi, the Indaba – a Zulu term for …
Reimagining Pan-African and feminist philanthropies: A vision for abundance
I was excited when the Urgent Action Fund and Trust Africa invited me to be part of a panel to anchor a conversation on this topic at a recent Indaba in Naivasha. My excitement was …
The world at a turning point. Will philanthropy rise to the task of the moment?
The world today stands on the edge of a precipice – faced with a confluence of severe crises including deepening poverty and inequality, a looming ecological disaster, heightened risk of nuclear warfare, recurring natural disasters …
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 …
