We support the development of nuanced and contemporary stories that shift stereotypical and harmful narratives within and about Africa. Through research, grant-making and advocacy we aim to build the field of narrative change-makers by supporting storytellers, investing in media platforms and driving disruption campaigns.

A grant making nonprofit organization supporting local, national and regional NPOs working to address challenges and associated vulnerabilities across the African Continent aimed at building sustainable communities and to provide innovative solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges.

Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropy South Africa, works to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem through grant making and incubation of targeted social ventures. With the establishment of Allan & Gill Gray Foundation in 2015, the philanthropic activities pursued under the banner of Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies now have global reach.

The Dangote Foundation is dedicated to adding value to people’s lives across Africa by facilitating health, education and empowerment initiatives.

through a strong network of partners including local and global NGOs, communities, people with lived experience, policy makers and co-funders. Porticus works together to identify solutions to social and environmental challenges that can benefit generations to come.

The African Philanthropy Forum is a strong and vibrant community of partners who through their strategic giving, investments and influence, foster shared prosperity on the African continent.

UAF work to support African Womn's Human Rights Defenders, their organisations, collectives and movements to take actions that sustain their work and themselves before, during and after urgent situations.

Higherlife Foundation is a social impact organization that invests in human capital to build thriving individuals, communities and sustainable livelihoods. Founded by Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa in 1996. Contemporary Africans moving the African continent forward through opportunities.

established as a project under the Office of the First Lady, to mobilize resources desperately needed in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This initiative primarily focused on providing a holistic approach for dignifed lives of families, including women deliberately infected with HIV/AIDS during the Genocide against the Tutsi. New fields of activity include programmes in health, education, youth and economic empowerment.

At the African Visionary Fund, the mission is to drive more funding to African visionaries to accelerate their impact by partnering with communities to build accessible health infrastructure, inclusive education systems, strong local economies, and equitable societies

The first specialised centre in Africa dedicated to advancing social innovation and entrepreneurship - The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT Graduate School of Business is a globally ranked centre of excellence dedicated to advancing social innovation and entrepreneurship

How do systems-change approaches address the root causes of deeply entrenched societal problems rather than the symptoms only? What are examples of systems-change strategies led by social entrepreneurs in Africa? What are key learnings for key stakeholders to scale social innovation on the continent?

Essays and viewpoints from Africans in positions of trust and responsibility in multilateral and regional organizations, policymakers, finance ministers, central bank governors, private sector leaders, heads of foundations and civil society organizations, youths, and scholars from think tanks and academia, among others.

APF developed the African Philanthropists’ Toolkit which equips African philanthropists with the information, knowledge and skills required to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, impact and scale of their interventions.

The article concludes that stepping outside of the ‘ordered’ epistemological parameters of the existing prevention ‘messaging’ mind-set towards a more systemic approach that emphasises agency, structure and social practices as a contribution to ‘ending AIDS by 2030’ is worthy of further attention if communities are to engage more adaptively with the dynamic HIV landscape in South Africa.

The Cynefin framework and Cognitive Edge approach to knowledge management make use of an interesting intermingling of cross- disciplinary concepts - drawing from philosophy, organisational management, physics, cognitive-science and anthropology. Cynefin’s focus on utilising community knowledge as a means of drawing on the natural scions and the humanities to inform practice - and as a method towards building resilience of systems, in an increasingly complex world.

This critical and creative engagement with the methodology of Theory U through the philosophy of Ubuntu highlights an aspect of awareness-based systems change that feels especially relevant in a post-pandemic, and arguably more globally conscious, world. Ubuntu.lab are living examples of a methodology that is contextualised and deeply embedded in place, thus avoiding an unwitting repetition of past colonial patterns.