The Africa Philanthropy Network (Formerly The African Grantmakers Network)

The African Philanthropy Network (Formerly the African Grantmakers Network) is a continent-wide network of emerging and established African philanthropy organizations. Our mission is to be a platform that promotes an African voice and agenda for philanthropy. We strive to adopt and scale up effective giving strategies for our members to enhance the standards of philanthropy on the Continent for increased impact. We believe the origin and basis for finding the ‘voice’ of African philanthropy is an improved environment for local philanthropy across African states, and a strong influence on Pan African and country level policy improvements on giving. By knowing what others are doing, our work provides a basis for collaborating to map private and public giving in Africa; understanding how these resources are allocated; creating a unified knowledge platform that targets giving to high-impact development needs and promotes sustainable investments. We achieve our Mission by: - Creating and curating African inspired content that informs our members about developments in the Sector. - Coordinating demand-driven peer learning opportunities for our members to share unique indigenous approaches on philanthropy and best practices across the Continent. - Creating an enabling environment for policy change by forming strategic partnerships with change actors and leaders to develop practical actions for governments that support the spirit of giving and sharing. - Strengthening systems within philanthropy institutions for more efficient governance and management of resources. - Convening Annual Assemblies whose outcomes influence the design and development of our programmes. The Assemblies bring together our African and non-African members to discuss emerging trends and issues in Africa's Philanthropy landscape. Visit www.africaphilanthropy.org to find out more about our work.