Mid-Year Review: 2 of 5

In this second edition of our 5-part Mid-Year Review, you will learn about our Academic offerings, meet some of our Associate Researchers' and learn more about our Women in African Philanthropy Initiative.

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Academic Programmes

We have set a mission to widen the understanding of African Philanthropy by equipping the next generation of academics and pracademics in this field. To fulfil this, we offer three specialist and accredited postgraduate programmes. These are:

• The Postgraduate Diploma of Philanthropy and Resource Mobilisation is suitable for early career practitioners or generalists who want sectoral knowledge that will strengthen their careers.?
• The Master of Management in African Philanthropy is designed for practitioners who want to further their careers in the spectrum of the sector while offering value in a strategically informed way.?
• The PhD in African Philanthropy offers practitioners who are ready to add academic rigour with cultural and social insights to their careers. This programme sharpens students’ ability to articulate new ideas and realise the vast domains of knowledge they can master by developing their research skills.

Our degrees are conferred by the University of the Witwatersrand and we are located within? Wits Business School . Courses are taught fully online and therefore accessible across the continent.

We invite you to increase and challenge your knowledge with a cohort of like-minded professionals, guided by our team of lecturers and supervisors. Click here to learn more about each of our academic offerings.

Feedback from student

Diroshnee Govender is a student at our Centre. Her journey began as one of the first students on the Postgraduate Diploma in African Philanthropy and Resource Mobilisation which she completed and is now completing her Master of Management in African Philanthropy.

My time with CAPSI has left a massive impression on me professionally and personally, giving me the confidence to speak with authority on what matters to me. This time has informed me how I can make a fulfilling contribution within my community, to which I now coach young people to prepare for the world of work. I have written guides on work-readiness that have been accessed by over?5 000 youth and serve as a trustee on an educational programme. I am excited to grow on this journey and intend to register for CAPSI’s PhD programme after I complete my Masters.

Profiling our Associate Researchers

One of our priorities is to grow the body of knowledge on Philanthropy, Social Investment and related disciplines that are published by African researchers. We work with a community of Associate Researchers who specialise in various fields and bring a contextual and continental narrative to their work. We a proud to introduce you to some of our Associate Researchers.

Researcher Feature on Tendai Murisa

Meet our Associate Researchers ; Asabea Shirley Ahwireng-Obeng, Ph.D , Arsène Brice Bado, Ph.D. and Emmanuel Kumi

Researchers are commissioned to publish articles and research papers that provide insights into topics that further the development of the sector. Our Centre's Research Portfolio is managed by Wycliffe Nduga Ouma, PhD under the leadership of Prof. Moyo.

Research Spotlight Series

The Research Spotlight Series offers insights into the publications commissioned which provide emerging insights into the expressions of philanthropic forms, types and practices across the continent. The series hosts authors of papers who present background context and in-depth analysis to an audience of students, practitioners and policymakers.

The third edition of this series will be hosted on Thursday, 20 July at 14h30 Johannesburg time. The speakers are Vice President for Academic Affairs and International Relations at the Centre de Recherche et d’Action pour la Paix in C?te d’Ivoire,?Arsène Brice Bado , and our Centre's Postdoctoral Fellow,?Melody Mandeve , who will share insights into their latest reports. Click here to register .

The Researchers will present the following reports:

• Melody’s Research Report is titled?“Understanding The Operations Of Philanthropic Organisations In South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia "
• Arsene’s Research Report is titled?“Mapping African Philanthropic Landscape: A Review Of High Net Worth Individuals Intervention In Three French-Speaking Countries: Mali, Gabon, C?te D’Ivoire ”

Women in African Philanthropy Initiative

In response to the need for deeper and contextual knowledge, and to foster enabling networks using this knowledge, we have launched the?Women in African Philanthropy?Initiative?as a vehicle where we will learn from and celebrate the historic, modern and emerging role that women play in philanthropy in the continent.

This Initiative is intended to give African women a platform to define giving in a manner that reflects their values, priorities and objectives. We will commission research and programmes that elevate women's philanthropic participation across the layers of class, language, race, religion and nationality.

The launch of the initiative took place on Monday 29 May as a hybrid event, with the in-person portion hosted in Johannesburg. Click here to?read the reflection ?on this event, and below to?watch the recording .

We are grateful to the women who generously shared their messages of solidarity with the vision of the Initiative. Click here?to listen to these messages .