"Thank you so much, Ibrahima for such a generous and challenging introduction. I will say first (speaks French). Because we are in Senegal, I am greeting each of you in your own name. I like that greeting because really what it does is to say that I greet each of...
"Thank you. As you said, I am actually not this year's African Philanthropy Lifetime Achievement Award receiver. I was the first and after me was Machel, and there will be a third person announced very soon. But I am here to express a few ideas and things I have...
Distinguished conveners, distinguished guests, dear young people, dear friends and dear team, it's teamwork that makes the dream work. Salaam Alaikum, we meet in peace. Peace is the noble purpose of the United Nations, which was forged nearly 80 years ago in...
Let me start with this, I was thinking about what to say last night, and I remembered my grandmother who was a formidable storyteller. She could entertain children and adults in the same company by telling the same story but speaking to different levels of the...
Thank you very much Ebrima for the very generous introduction. I wonder if my contribution will be as long as the introduction, just to say how generous it was. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, distinguished guests. I am very pleased to an...
Habari, Dumelang, Salibonani. I wish I was there in person and feel the energy in that space as old friends get together over the next couple of days. As Maurice said, the pandemic is still with us. I am a recent victim of COVID-19, and it has really messed with my...
Thank you so much for that warm introduction. I am excited to be here this afternoon. Good afternoon to everybody present here. One of the things I do is team-building sessions for companies. So, let us see if we can do a little exercise before we dive into our...
Briggs Bomba We are going to transition and move to an Ignite Talk that is going to be delivered by a dear comrade, Halima Mahomed. Halima is currently serving as a senior fellow on African philanthropy at Trust Africa and is a key part of the philanthropy...
Mosun Layode Good morning, Ndidi, it is an honour to have you on day two of the 3rd African Philanthropy Conference. As you know, today we are focusing on technology and systems in philanthropic practices, and we could not be having this conversation with a more...
Thank you very much, Bheki. I just want to show my sign of respect as you are all very important people, so I will take my hat off. It is such a pleasure to be here, and I feel very honored and humbled by the work you are doing here, particularly because in my...