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Making social enterprises financially stable is not easy, but it’s worth it
While assisting the Global Social Entrepreneurship course of the Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS) last year, I had the great opportunity to meet inspiring social entrepreneurs from around the world. One of them is Bernard …
African Development Bank approves $1 million grant to stem Ebola transmission in Uganda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released a $1 million grant to help tackle an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda. The grant to support Uganda’s National Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) Preparedness and Response …
Paxful announces a third school in Kenya to be #BuiltWithBitcoin
Paxful, a global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace announced that they will be building a third school in its 100-school initiative to bring quality education centres to emerging countries throughout Africa. Paxful’s #BuiltWithBitcoin initiative began in 2017 to promote philanthropy …
Tony Elumelu dedicates philanthropy award to young African Entrepreneurs
Tony O. Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa Group, received the All Africa Business Leaders’ Awards (AABLA) this month in Johannesburg. In the acceptance …
ABC Fund makes first investment, backing cocoa cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has made its first investment in a cocoa cooperative based in Côte d’Ivoire – Socak Katana. This investment will help the cocoa farmers secure market access and revenue. The …
African and Jewish philanthropy merge to deepen the practice of giving among the youth
There are several African terms that embody the spirit of philanthropy. The South African term Ubuntu has come to mean many things but essentially translates to ‘I am because of you’. The Swahili term Harambee …
Tony Elumelu Foundation open 2020 applications for entrepreneurship programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on 1 January, 2020. The programme is open to entrepreneurs from across Africa, either with new startup …
Africa Funding Landscape compiles report of giving trends in Africa
The Africa Funding Landscape, a group of funders focused on Africa, conducted a report aimed at studying the what, how and why of current funding targeting in Africa. The report is based on a survey …
Reinventing the HIV Organising: Lessons from ICASA 2019
From 2-7 December 2019, the largest regional HIV conference took place in Kigali, Rwanda. The country that once witnessed the genocide of the Tutsi minority and civil war from the early to mid-90s opened its …
#ShiftThePower: A movement not an industry
In a recent publication “Systems to #ShiftThePower” Barry Knight bluntly states: “There are three characteristic behaviours in philanthropy and the development industry that impair progress in achieving the world we want. These are: egos, silos and logos. All three …
