Nigeria Ranks 1st in Global Generosity – World Giving Report 2025 (Nigeria Chapter Launch)

  African Philanthropy Forum (APF), in partnership with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), has launched the Nigeria chapter of the World Giving Report 2025. This new report highlights Nigeria’s standout performance in global philanthropy, based on a global survey spanning 101 countries. Nigeria emerges as a world leader in charitable giving by several key measures. […]

The Role of African Philanthropy in Responding to Covid-19

A new report from Dalberg Advisors and the African Philanthropy Forum sheds light on how philanthropy in Africa is changing in response to Covid-19 and what steps are needed to drive a more effective response.  Philanthropists focused on Africa have stepped up their support for the people and communities most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic […]

Disparities in Funding for African NGOs

Friendship Bench, a mental health services provider in Zimbabwe, could bring community health workers to more African countries if it were able to overcome funding disparities from philanthropic sources. (Photo: Constantine Juta) Through our work together, APF and Bridgespan have sought to better understand the nuances within the African philanthropic ecosystem, surface the barriers facing […]

The Role of African Philanthropy in Responding to Covid-19

A new report from Dalberg Advisors and the African Philanthropy Forum sheds light on how philanthropy in Africa is changing in response to Covid-19 and what steps are needed to drive a more effective response.  Philanthropists focused on Africa have stepped up their support for the people and communities most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic […]