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The Big Issues and What to Do About Them

Alliance magazine, April 2008. Jeanne Elone, a program associate at TrustAfrica, is one of seven young leaders in the philanthropic sector who are featured in an article in Alliance magazine....

Migration and Development Conference Organized by TrustAfrica, the IOM and the UN’s African Institute for Development and Planning (IDEP)

“WEST AFRICA: Bad economic policies driving migration” IRIN News, March 21, 2008 IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks), an independent news service produced by the United Nations, reports on a three-day...

Third Workshop on Meeting the Challenge of Religion and Pluralism in Africa

 Date: July 10–12, 2007  Location: Dakar, Senegal Our third workshop, held July 10–12 in Dakar, focused on meeting the challenge of religion and pluralism in Africa. Specifically, participants reflected on...

‘Let’s work together’: Pan African Parliament and civil society should cast aside their differences and play an overseeing role

Mail & Guardian (South Africa) May 11–17, 2007 By Percy Zvomuya Civil society organisations and the Pan African Parliament (PAP) should realise that they “are not in contradiction” and that...

$30 Million Commitment from Ford Foundation Helps Africa Launch Think-Tank

South African Press Association Released on 7 June 2006 Dakar — An independent project that aims to give Africans a greater say in their own development was launched on Tuesday...

Funding Social Justice

Interview with Betty Murungi, Alliance magazine, June 2005. Urgent Action Fund–Africa was established in Kenya in August 2001. The basic aim: to support the work of women in Africa through...

African Regional Philanthropy: Time to Take Off?

By Akwasi Aidoo, Alliance magazine, December 2004. Why do people give to others? I believe there are two primary conditions that impel philanthropy: a moral concern to help and the...