Africa’s New Philanthropists
They represent a new wave of Africa’s wealthy families who see philanthropy not just as an essential way to give back, but also a way to maintain their family legacies.
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They represent a new wave of Africa’s wealthy families who see philanthropy not just as an essential way to give back, but also a way to maintain their family legacies.
Continue readingIt’s easier to find stories about corruption in African government or of African leaders engaging in atrocious acts against the people they are supposed to serve.
Continue readingIn this march to strengthen democracy and governance we also need to close the gap between young people and their leaders. Africa’s greatest resource is the energy and talents of its youth. The young generation is becoming the overwhelming majority, the one that is going to vote… or not. We must not let it lose faith in “democracy.” We need to find ways of listening to our young people, our citizens’ majority. It is their potential, after all, which will decide our continent’s future. Let’s not waste it.
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