Hard hitting new research co-commissioned by Vodacom, Safaricom and Vodafone Foundation suggests that the sustainable development of the not-for-profit sector in Africa is being challenged by an imbalance in international investment.
Foreign funding is predominately flowing to donor organisations headquartered in the Northern Hemisphere rather than going directly to the 90% of African civil society organisations (CSOs) that remain dependent on it.
The resulting report, ‘Barriers to African Civil Society: Building the Sector’s Capacity and Potential to Scale Up’ highlights multiple barriers preventing African CSOs from operating at the same scale and capacity as International led NGOs based in-country.
It also makes some key recommendations for a framework of engagement among different stakeholders to strengthen local CSOs in Africa.