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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ! Registration for our virtual learning session on localized fundraising is closing soon. If you havenโ€™t signed up yet, this is your final window to join a space designed for bold, practical learning and real transformation. ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž

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In this morningโ€™s โ€œ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž & ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ session, our CEO Evans Okinyi laid out a compelling case for a seismic shift in how Africa thinks about ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ. ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ

In this morningโ€™s โ€œ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž &amp; ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ session, our CEO <a href="/washevans/">Evans Okinyi</a> laid out a compelling case for a seismic shift in how Africa thinks about ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ.

๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ
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With a commitment to ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ, weโ€™re disrupting how development is ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ in Uganda. Not in silos. Not in hierarchies. But through people-powered, trust-driven alignment that forces

With a commitment to ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ, weโ€™re disrupting how development is ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ in Uganda. Not in silos. Not in hierarchies. But through people-powered, trust-driven alignment that forces
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๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. โœจ The world is accelerating faster than the systems built to hold it. ๐€๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง, ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. This is the time for bold architecture: ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค

๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. โœจ

The world is accelerating faster than the systems built to hold it. ๐€๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง, ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. This is the time for bold architecture: ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค
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โฐAfrican Philanthropy Trivia! โ‰๏ธWhich North African country has a long-standing tradition of religious giving through zakat and waqf? โœ…Answer: Egypt! โ„น๏ธ Follow us for more trivia, insights, and celebrations of Africaโ€™s powerful giving traditions. #africanphilanthropy

โฐAfrican Philanthropy Trivia!
 
โ‰๏ธWhich North African country has a long-standing tradition of religious giving through zakat and waqf?
 
โœ…Answer:
Egypt!
 
โ„น๏ธ Follow us for more trivia, insights, and celebrations of Africaโ€™s powerful giving traditions.
 
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They ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ the unseen. They ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐๐ž what systems disguise. They ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž the fault lines โ€” and ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ the sparks. They ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ the sector to its word, then ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง whispers into global discourse.๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Yes โ€” ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š

They ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ the unseen.
They ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐๐ž what systems disguise.
They ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž the fault lines โ€” and ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ the sparks.
They ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ the sector to its word, then ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง whispers into global discourse.๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ

Yes โ€” ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š
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#WordToGiveBy โ‰๏ธWhatโ€™s your giving word today? ๐Ÿซธ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿซท๐ŸพPresence Giving starts when you truly show up. Be fully where your feet are. ๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸพChoose one. Live it. Give it. #AfricanPhilanthropy #Giving #Philanthropy #PhilanthropyForumUganda

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โ‰๏ธWhatโ€™s your giving word today?
๐Ÿซธ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿซท๐ŸพPresence
 
Giving starts when you truly show up. Be fully where your feet are.

๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸพChoose one. Live it. Give it.

#AfricanPhilanthropy #Giving #Philanthropy #PhilanthropyForumUganda
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For years, they have ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ with integrity. They have ๐๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ, not the urgent. They have told Africaโ€™s story as it is: ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ.๐ŸŒŸ Africa Solutions Media Hub

For years, they have ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ with integrity.
They have ๐๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ, not the urgent. They have told Africaโ€™s story as it is: ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ.๐ŸŒŸ

<a href="/africsolutions/">Africa Solutions Media Hub</a>
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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 ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง

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 ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง
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๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ for the public good. ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ in the lead. ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ as a development metric. ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ as infrastructure. Philanthropy ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ. Bridges between humanitarian aid & ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ.

๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ for the public good. ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ in the lead. ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ as a development metric. ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ as infrastructure. Philanthropy ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ. Bridges between humanitarian aid &amp; ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ.
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As pressure mounts on us to do more with less, the conversation around sustainable financing is an existential priority. Philanthropy is being called to move beyond project-based giving and explore adaptive, community-rooted capital strategies that hold over time. This

As pressure mounts on us to do more with less, the conversation around sustainable financing is an existential priority. Philanthropy is being called to move beyond project-based giving and explore adaptive, community-rooted capital strategies that hold over time. This
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๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  became synonymous with impact, but only what was easily measurable. ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ investments turned into one-year grants chasing quarterly outcomes. ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ flowed โ€” but followed compliance, not coherence; deliverables, not dignity.

๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  became synonymous with impact, but only what was easily measurable. ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ investments turned into one-year grants chasing quarterly outcomes. ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ flowed โ€” but followed compliance, not coherence; deliverables, not dignity.
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๐–๐žโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž. ๐Ÿ“Œ Africa doesnโ€™t suffer from a capital deficit โ€” it suffers from a recognition deficit. Billions flow annually through community-based systems: ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐’๐€๐‚๐‚๐Ž๐ฌ,

๐–๐žโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž. ๐Ÿ“Œ

Africa doesnโ€™t suffer from a capital deficit โ€” it suffers from a recognition deficit. Billions flow annually through community-based systems: ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐’๐€๐‚๐‚๐Ž๐ฌ,
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Get to know the #EAPhilanthropyNetwork (EAPN) Conference 2025 key speakers. The conference is scheduled for June 11- 13 in Kigali, Rwanda. africasolutionsmediahub.org/2025/05/14/2-oโ€ฆ

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๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐“๐š๐ฑ ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?๐ŸŒŸ Do you know what it now takes to qualify โ€” and what could quietly disqualify you? Is your governance

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐“๐š๐ฑ ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?๐ŸŒŸ

Do you know what it now takes to qualify โ€” and what could quietly disqualify you? Is your governance
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๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž? Not to fix them โ€” but to outgrow them.๐Ÿ’ซ William Asiko, ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š at The Rockefeller Foundation, steps into the 9th East Africa Philanthropy Conference not to call for better

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž?
Not to fix them โ€” but to outgrow them.๐Ÿ’ซ

<a href="/WilliamAsiko/">William Asiko</a>, ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š at <a href="/RockefellerFdn/">The Rockefeller Foundation</a>, steps into the 9th East Africa Philanthropy Conference not to call for better
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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/penโ€ฆ

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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/janโ€ฆ

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Get to know the #EAPhilanthropyNetwork (EAPN) Conference 2025 key speakers. The conference is scheduled for June 11- 13 in Kigali, Rwanda. africasolutionsmediahub.org/2025/05/31/ricโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿšซ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐’๐“๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐๐Ž๐– ๐‚๐‹๐Ž๐’๐„๐ƒ๐Ÿšซ We would have loved to welcome more voices into the room, but the gates are now officially shut. To those already confirmed: We canโ€™t wait to welcome you to three days of bold thinking, collective redesign, and catalytic

๐Ÿšซ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐’๐“๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐๐Ž๐– ๐‚๐‹๐Ž๐’๐„๐ƒ๐Ÿšซ

We would have loved to welcome more voices into the room, but the gates are now officially shut.

To those already confirmed: We canโ€™t wait to welcome you to three days of bold thinking, collective redesign, and catalytic