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Conversations on African Philanthropy – Agrarian Community and Civil Society in Zimbabwe
Tendai Murisa is the Founder and Executive Director of the SIVIO Institute. He is a development practitioner, researcher, and advocate for pro-poor development across Africa. In this conversation with Prof Moyo, Tendai reflects on the lessons and growth gained over the last few years, touching on points such as Listen to the podcast:
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UbuntuGiving Podcast: Cross-Cultural Comparisons – Inurere Series
Cross-Cultural Comparisons: How African Practices Compare and Connect with Global Giving Traditions. About This Episode: In this insightful episode, Bidemi and Tendai explore how African giving traditions compare and connect with global philanthropic practices. They discuss the profound impact these traditions have on communities and how they can be integrated into modern philanthropic frameworks. Tendai
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AfricaGiving-More Than Just an App!
Introduction In 2023 we launched what was perhaps one of our biggest initiatives in the African philanthropy landscape; a platform for giving which we called AfricaGiving. Prior to this, we were mostly known for our work on community foundations in Zimbabwe, some studies on high-net-worth giving and our online Ease of Doing Philanthropy Index which
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‘Philanthropy and Higher Education’ Webinar With Lilly School Of Philanthropy
We have just participated in a webinar hosted by The University of Indiana Lilly School of Philanthropy. Our Executive Director (Tendai Murisa) joined the panel to discuss “Higher Education and Philanthropy in Sub-saharan Africa.” His talk centered around the role of high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) and the impact they have had in promoting education especially higher
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Fundraising Lessons: The Africa Giving Journey
Mid-April I was tasked with running the 100 for US$100 Africa Giving fundraising campaign. My responsibilities were to get 100 people to give 100 dollars or more to any non-profit listed on our Africa Giving platform. The goal was to raise US$ 10,000 and end the campaign with a beautiful dinner to celebrate African Philanthropy.…
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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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SIVIO Connect Magazine – Issue 1
Welcome to our special issue on African Philanthropy. The work in the Centre for Philanthropy and Communities seeks to address increasing poverty and inequality, limited coherence of policies across the philanthropy sector, and the challenge of increased dependency on external resources with limited leveraging of local resources. We have done this by leveraging technology and…
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Capitalk100.4FM #SheDiaries – Nontsikelelo Nzula
Original Post by Capitalk100.4FM: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/XD8KEGuBkmBm3BrM/?mibextid=WC7FNe Nontsikelelo Nzula had an opportunity to sit down with Nyasha Mandimutsira from CapitalkFM to share about her journey as a Community Development Professional. She also took this opportunity to share about Africa Giving and the Hundred for US$100 Campaign. Watch the full interview on Facebook
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The First Ever Community Foundations of Zimbabwe Convening: Our pledged support for community philanthropy.
The Big Bet on Engaged Communities At the beginning of this year, we coined our activities around “The Big Bet” where we went back to the drawing board and reactivated our sense of community participation in development and democratic processes. The Big Bet casts the spotlight on communities and what they do for each other
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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