Building the Africa We Want: By Us, With Us, and For Us

​About the session
Building the Africa We Want: By Us, With Us, and For Us is a call to reimagine Africa’s future through African leadership, ownership, and vision.

​At a time when the continent is navigating funding shifts, external pressures, and persistent global inequality, this conversation will explore how Africans can move from dependency to dignity, from reaction to strategy, and from being spoken for to shaping and building for themselves.

​The session will focus on what it takes to design systems, partnerships, and solutions that are rooted in local realities, led by communities, and oriented toward long term transformation. Speakers will reflect on how power, capital, and decision making can shift to support more locally driven approaches across the continent.

​Speakers:

• ​Brian Walusimbi, ED, Bless a Child Foundation

• ​Chilande Kuloba-Warria, MD, Warande Advisory Centre

• ​Atti Worku, Co-CEO, African Collaborative

• ​Anna Ekeledo, CEO, AfriLabs

• ​Mosun Layode, ED, African Philanthropy Forum

• ​Kumi Naidoo, Former Secretary General, Amnesty International

​Who this is for
This session is for African leaders, funders, practitioners, and partners interested in advancing locally led development and rethinking how power and resources are shaped and shared.

​What you will get out of it

• ​Perspectives from leaders working across philanthropy, civil society, and innovation ecosystems in Africa

• ​A deeper understanding of the shifts needed to support African-led systems and solutions

• ​Reflections on how partnerships and funding models can better align with local ownership and vision

• ​A space to engage with others working toward long term, locally driven transformation