Africa

The African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation is set to formally begin work this January, in what is shaping is up to be a year of new institutions and philanthropic endeavours tackling public health across the continent. …

The Climate Gender Equity Fund (CGEF) has announced its first grants focused on Africa, a year after it first launched.  The public-private partnership, focused on gender equity in climate finance, has publicised its first cohort …

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 …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small and growing businesses (SGBs) are essential to global commerce and have the potential to be instrumental in achieving the ambitious UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In emerging markets, …

The 2023 Ghana philanthropy conference in Accra called for the inclusion of a framework to help promote philanthropy’s role in sustainable development within the West African nation.   The two-day conference, taking place between November 21-22, …

African leaders, alongside global philanthropists and the UAE, pledged a combined sum of $777.2 million in a bid to help tackle neglected tropical diseases rising as a result of the climate crisis.  The commitment was …

In our dedication to shifting power within ‘global development’, we have often reflected that one of the most overlooked but most influential aspects of any power structure is the language and terminology that we use …

As the world transitions to renewable energy, the landscape is changing fast for the 65 million people who work in fossil fuels and the communities relying on them for income. The millions of workers in …