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Written By Sibabalwe Mona

Note: This post was published before our 2025 rebrand. We are now called African Collaborative.

African Visionary Fund was mentioned in a powerful opinion piece, It’s Time to Reimagine Foreign Aid, by Farah Stockman in The New York Times. The article highlights the urgent need to shift foreign aid towards locally led solutions and sustainable impact:

“Private donors will need to think differently, too. They should realize that they have the greatest impact when they empower local leaders, as funds like NEAR and the African Visionary Fund aim to do.”

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