More than 3,000 African-led organizations completed applications in African Collaborative's Open Application System. The data is clear: the ecosystem is rich, the leaders are ready, and the gap is resources, not capacity. Chamrid Kpadonou, Senior Manager of Grantmaking Systems, shares what the platform was built to do, what the applications revealed about the African-led ecosystem, and what funders need to be willing to learn and unlearn.

Our team joined the Issroff Family Foundation Convening in Nairobi, Kenya. In this reflection, Doris Kamathi and Julie Khamati share what the convening reinforced about open call grantmaking and organizational development and why investing in the strength of organizations, not just their programs, is what sustains impact over the long term.