What Shifting the Power Really Means: Reflections from the Frontlines of Grassroots Grant-making

When I first joined the Catalyst Fund programme under the Shift the Power initiative as part of the Research and Learning Coordination Team, I thought I understood what ‘shifting power’ meant. Like many others, I believed it was about giving money directly to local organisations and letting them run their projects. But after working closely […]
3 Pathways for Shifting Power in African Development Consultancy

Why Africa’s solutions must be led by those who breathe its complexities Imagine a $500,000 “sustainable agriculture” consultancy in Kenya, led by experts from Geneva who’ve never farmed in arid soil. Their report—filled with technical jargon and imported templates—gathers dust on a donor’s shelf. Meanwhile, local agronomists who know drought-resistant millet varieties weren’t even invited […]
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