The philanthropy in Africa is taking a center stage and role for the first time in its history. Its role is majorly in questions of development and sustainability. It is also informing policy processes at a national level. It was in 2015 that the African Union launched the African Union foundation to mobilize the voluntary contributions in support of the Union’s agenda.

Philanthropy should firstly engage governments strategically and maintain the independence of action and approaches. Secondly, it should identify the areas of collaboration, which include clear-cut demarcation of political activities and developmental efforts. And thirdly, it should support the civil society and use its influence to push governments and others for reforms.

Also, SADC is developing a framework to include philanthropic activities in the integration agenda also. Similar is the case with Rwanda, where the government is trying to engage philanthropy in implementing Vision 2020.

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