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Embracing Pause for Insightful Futures: A report back from the latest convening.
From the 24th to 26th of June 2024, the Ford Foundation’s Southern Africa office held its first partners meeting since the Covid-19 pandemic. The convening’s theme was Embracing Pause for Insightful Futures. The event was attended by at least 200 participants from the partner organisations in the region. SIVIO Institute was among the partner organisations that attended the meeting with the Executive Director, Dr Murisa, sitting on a panel on the first day’s session. The panel discussed the coalition and…
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Global Fellowship-Advancing Inclusive Democracies
The challenges faced by citizens in an attempt to achieve inclusive democracy are not only experienced on the African continent but they are collective challenges experience worldwide. Our Programs Manager, a 2023 Charles F. Kettering Global Fellow, was part of a week-long meeting (17-21 June) with members of the 2023 Global Fellowships Cohort on Advancing Inclusive Democracies.…
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South Africa elections: the one day for citizens to hold power?
Yesterday the eyes of the continent and the world were on South Africa as citizens went out to cast their votes in the most highly contested elections in the country’s 30 years of democracy. One reporter on the national broadcaster alluded that 29 May 2024 is the one day when citizens would hold “power” because…
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A Night of Fundraising
“Africa’s time, to gather African resources” is the theme that underpinned our Hundred for US$100 Africa Giving campaign. The campaign was focused on identifying 100 individuals and companies that would give US$100 each in support of any of the 108 organisations listed on the Africa Giving platform. To bring the campaign to a close, a…
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What is philanthropy?
When asked who a philanthropist is, most people will name high-net-worth individuals such as Bill and Melinda Gates, Strive Masiyiwa, Aliko Dangote, Patrice Motsepe, Mackenzie Scott or Mo Ibrahim. Often the term philanthropy is associated with the giving of large amounts of money. This is certainly one part of it, but we want to explore…
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Community Foundations in Zimbabwe Collaboration
You will never walk alone! That is the commitment that 27 community foundations from across Zimbabwe affirmed made today. These foundations are vastly different with different membership bases (some had 20 members, others had 2000), different focus areas (land ownership, women empowerment, digital inclusion, inclusion for those with disabilities or those with HIV and AIDS,…
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Opportunities for youth in the mining sector – Parliamentary Youth Caucus
Today SIVIO Institute was part of a delegation (together with Green Governance Zimbabwe Trust and Zimbabwe Youth Council, Zimbabwe Artisanal Miners Federation, and the Youth Mining Federation) that met with the Parliamentary Youth Caucus to discuss opportunities for youth in the mining sector. We made a shared on the importance of data for advocacy drawing…
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Launch of the Financial Inclusion Index
Today on the 14th of May we launched the second iteration of the financial inclusion index which expands to now compare the levels of financial inclusion of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The launch included insights from the researchers Belinda Chaora, Andrew Chisopo and Jackline Gachiri as well…
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The Social Entrepreneurship Lab Has a Finalist!
In 2023 SIVIO Institute launched the Social Entrepreneurship Lab. The ‘lab’ was designed to practically walk startup founders or individuals with impactful ideas from ideation to a business establishment. The participants were chosen from across the country, to either crystallize their ideas or help them create systems leading to the establishment of a business that…
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Report Publication- Digital Financial Inclusion of MSMEs In Zambia
As part of our financial Inclusion series, we have a report on Zambia which is now published. This report series is part of a three country study conducted in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia in the last quarter of 2023, assessing the level of digital financial inclusion of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The Malawi…
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