Employing the AfrangO ecosystem, we are creating a community of FGOs and their stakeholders in order to provide support to those working for social change in Africa.

In the 2018 WINGS publication titled What makes a strong ecosystem of support to philanthropy? the following benefits are listed (footnote 1):

• Space for mediation and exchanges (peer learning, affinity groups, synergies, dissemination of solutions and connections)
• Increase in volume of philanthropy (stimulation of new philanthropies and culture of giving)
• Building capacity (tools and knowledge, leadership development and succession planning)
• Thought leadership (new thinking, reflection, innovation and challenge)
• Enabling environment (collective voice and action at national, regional or global level)
• Standards (trust and accountability)
• AfrangO vision delivered through the ecosystem and methodology, is to capacitate and connect the FGO community and stakeholders, positively impacting philanthropy in Africa.

Figure 1

Figure1 demonstrates the functions of infrastructure, together with the outcomes that support for philanthropy will have (footnote 2). Working in an ecosystem supports philanthropy, because we are bringing together the organisations that this infrastructure is composed of, including associations of philanthropy, professional support organisations, networks, academic institutions and other organizations that support philanthropy.

A blog with more detail on this subject will be launched soon. In the interim please download the WINGS publication for more information.

Footnotes

1. Pg9, Referring to the benefits to philanthropy infrastructure which we equate to our the AfrangO ecosystem, the WINGS meeting held in Mexico in February 2017, philanthropic funders identified the listed benefits.

2. Pg20, WINGS, What makes a strong ecosystem of support to philanthropy? 2018.