Woke up to this message from a beloved friend. This is such an important book. Nigerian parents, read this book and make sure your children read it too, especially of they're leaving 🇳🇬 for the global North. It'll tell them all the things you don't have the words for.

Congratulations to the exceptional Dr Sada Mire (whom I'm lucky to call a dear friend) for receiving the National Geographic Society Wayfinder Award and joining the newest cohort of National Geographic Explorers! So proud of you and so well deserved! 🙌

There's lot of accelerator templates out there, but what really works in today's fundraising environment? 🤔 For female founders the only essential playbook is our 8 week accelerator program! Gain years' worth of know-how in weeks!💥 Learn more here - bit.ly/3PPq1kF

Focusing on the whispers of hope- Jews in Israel and outside attending protests for Gaza & calling for a ceasefire. Muslims condemning antisemitism & decrying the Hamas attacks. As the hatred & fear grow on both sides & as we continue to draw attention to the humanitarian

Over 9,000 (two-thirds women & children) have been killed in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza so far. My heart is aching and raging. Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer you must act now to STOP this massacre of innocent Palestinians. We demand a #CeasefireNOW! More: map.org.uk/CeasefireNOW

What is the difference between #InvestmentVCs and #InvestmentAngels ?💡 Marla Shapiro, HERmesa covered the latter, talking our founders through the Angel #Investment view! These sessions are exclusive to our Investment Readiness Accelerator ➡️ Apply now! bit.ly/45XIB02

28 years ago today, my father Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues were murdered for protesting against oil spills in the Niger Delta. We will never forget. ❤️ #ogoni9 #kensarowiwa #Nigeria

📣Calling all #CivilSociety advocates in the #Commonwealth! Don't miss this event on 21 November to discuss how we can build momentum for change on our shared global challenges and shape the agenda for leaders at #CHOGM2024🌍Sign up Commonwealth Foundation: bit.ly/peoples-voice

Congrats to Zeinab Badawi on the upcoming launch of this important new book! 🎉👏🏾 #AfricanHistory

Co-designed with the Walworth community and backed by Impact on Urban Health Wellcome, the Giving Lab is a community-led fund, giving agency to those who've traditionally been the furthest away from shaping the funding landscape. #CommunityFunding tsip.co.uk/the-giving-lab

We're delighted to present 'The Beginning' by Sunaina Ruth Priti Mudaliar. This is the first-ever video poem published on adda. It was selected from our call for poetry and spoken word. addastories.org/the-beginning/

A pleasure to serve on the board of The Social Innovation Partnership 🙏🏿

Come and join the new Advocay & Creative (Commonwealth Foundation Creatives) team I’m leading Commonwealth Foundation! We’re currently recruiting for an Advocacy Senior Programme Officer. More info below ⬇️

Hi Neha Dixit, I hope this finds you well! We sent you an invitation to speak at an upcoming Commonwealth Foundation event and wanted to follow up. Would you be able to DM me please? Thank you!

📣 MEET THE 2024 SHORTLIST! 👋 We are delighted to present the 2024 #CWprize shortlist! The 23 writers have been selected by an international judging panel from 7,359 entries in a record-breaking year. Congratulations to you all! Read more 👇 commonwealthfoundation.com/short-story-pr…

I am really pleased that my book An African History of Africa has hit the number one spot in the Sunday Times bestsellers list for hardback non-fiction.

1/9. 📰NEW BLOG: Continuing our series on #Wellbeing Erin Roberts (@Rininreallife.bluesky.social) draws on insights from co-author Sheila Ruiz of Commonwealth Foundation, a certified #Embodiment coach who teaches us how to integrate #Embodiment into the everyday. ✨ 🔗Read the blog here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/pages/learning…

I feel so grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this blog on #embodiment as part of the #wellbeing series spearheaded by Erin Roberts (@Rininreallife.bluesky.social) of Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC). Thank you for the invitation and your kindness. I appreciate you and the vital work you and your super team do!✨

Tomorrow, Wednesday, 26 June, at 1pm BST, we'll be revealing this year's overall winner for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize #CWPrize! You can sign up to tune into to the award ceremony via the link below⬇️