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Impact investment in 2024: A world where no one is left behind?
The year 2023 saw a big drop in venture capital flowing into impact start-ups. More resources are needed to address growing and severe social and environmental challenges, says Roberta Bosurgi, CEO of Impact Europe. Here, …
Patience: The Missing Piece of Your Fundraising Strategy
The frequency of disasters – from floods, to earthquakes, hurricanes and war – is borderline desensitizing. There’s one thing, however, that never fails to fill me with hope: no matter where tragedy strikes, people and …
How small grants can empower local communities to tackle air pollution
Everyone deserves to have access to clean air. And yet, 99 percent of the world’s population still breathe air that is harmful and dirty. In the UK alone, it causes approximately 40,000 early deaths each …
Asia Philanthropy Congress 2023
The second Asia Philanthropy Congress in Tokyo explored the current state of diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) in Asia, the benefits of advancing DEI, and the role of the philanthropic sector in this process. The …
Time to ‘Talk the Walk’ on DEI in Asia
The Asia Philanthropy Congress 2023, held in Tokyo and Kyoto this month, marked its second year as a platform dedicated to fostering cross-sectoral collaboration to address social issues in the region. Organized by the Nippon …
The Economist’s philanthrocapitalism is still the predominant narrative
Earlier this month, the publication which spawned and celebrated the birth of philanthrocapitalism in the heady days of 2006 has just renounced it eighteen years later. What took them so long? The crossing of the …
Trust is the key to shifting the power
I got an opportunity to attend the #ShiftThePower Summit held in Bogota, Colombia in December 2023. This blog highlights the most interesting experiences during and beyond the summit that helped me gain diverse perspectives, especially …
Power does not shift easily
The call to shift power and change how INGOs operate is at least a generation old. Yet little progress has been made. There will be many reasons for this but perhaps the simplest explanation is …
‘The #ShiftThePower agenda is a liberation agenda’ – Interview with Dzikamai Bere, ZimRights
I was filled with excitement when I crossed paths with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) at the #ShiftThePower Summit in Bogota, Colombia. As someone who had transitioned from the mainstream media industry to the …
International philanthropy needs a strategy for human rights, well-being, justice, and peace
Recently, I had the great privilege to attend Shift the Power Global Summit in Bogota Colombia as a travel grant recipient. As I sit in the comfort of home reflecting on the whirlwind experience of …
