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Trusts and Foundations in East Africa learning and working together to promote philanthropy. Formerly known as East Africa Association of Grantmakers
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๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ! Registration for our virtual learning session on localized fundraising is closing soon. If you havenโt signed up yet, this is your final window to join a space designed for bold, practical learning and real transformation. ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐

In this morningโs โ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ & ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ โ session, our CEO Evans Okinyi laid out a compelling case for a seismic shift in how Africa thinks about ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ


With a commitment to ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ, weโre disrupting how development is ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ in Uganda. Not in silos. Not in hierarchies. But through people-powered, trust-driven alignment that forces


๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. โจ The world is accelerating faster than the systems built to hold it. ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง, ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐. This is the time for bold architecture: ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค



They ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ the unseen. They ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ what systems disguise. They ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ the fault lines โ and ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ the sparks. They ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ the sector to its word, then ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง whispers into global discourse.๐ฐ๐๏ธ Yes โ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐



For years, they have ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ with integrity. They have ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ, not the urgent. They have told Africaโs story as it is: ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ.๐ Africa Solutions Media Hub


He has intervened where development risked becoming rhetoric, grounding it in systems that endure beyond cycles and slogans. He has challenged the gravitational pull of external prescription โ insisting on ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง


๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ for the public good. ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ in the lead. ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ as a development metric. ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ as infrastructure. Philanthropy ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ. Bridges between humanitarian aid & ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ.



๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ became synonymous with impact, but only what was easily measurable. ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ investments turned into one-year grants chasing quarterly outcomes. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ flowed โ but followed compliance, not coherence; deliverables, not dignity.


๐๐โ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐. ๐ Africa doesnโt suffer from a capital deficit โ it suffers from a recognition deficit. Billions flow annually through community-based systems: ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ,


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๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?๐ Do you know what it now takes to qualify โ and what could quietly disqualify you? Is your governance


๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐? Not to fix them โ but to outgrow them.๐ซ William Asiko, ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ at The Rockefeller Foundation, steps into the 9th East Africa Philanthropy Conference not to call for better


Get to know the #EAPhilanthropyNetwork (EAPN) Conference 2025 key speakers. The conference is scheduled for June 11- 13 in Kigali, Rwanda. africasolutionsmediahub.org/2025/05/28/penโฆ

Get to know the #EAPhilanthropyNetwork (EAPN) Conference 2025 key speakers. The conference is scheduled for June 11- 13 in Kigali, Rwanda. africasolutionsmediahub.org/2025/05/29/janโฆ

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๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ We would have loved to welcome more voices into the room, but the gates are now officially shut. To those already confirmed: We canโt wait to welcome you to three days of bold thinking, collective redesign, and catalytic
