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Let’s just say that 2025 is not going quite according to plan.
The current US administration has taken a knife to global humanitarian funding,
enacting a major shift towards a world where traditional aid can no longer be
guaranteed. In this newsletter, we gather together an explainer of the funding cuts,
an analysis of what this may mean for the Africa of the future, and a summary of
other funding models available to organisations needing to shift away from
international aid.
Dr Rahul Mathew details the extent of the global funding cuts here:
It is estimated that as many as 5.7 million more Africans could be pushed into
extreme poverty next year as a direct result of USAID cuts pushed through by the
Trump administration. ‘All African countries except Eritrea received aid from the US in
2023, with Somalia, DRC, Nigeria, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, Mozambique,
Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia and Malawi each receiving more than US$400 million.’
(from ISS Today). In this article, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) models the
possible consequences of these cuts to Africa: Data modelling reveals the heavy toll of
This sudden withdrawal of funding has, understandably, sent numerous
organisations into crisis, trying to find alternative sources of funding at short
notice. The following comprehensive and original article examines the many models
and sources of funding for organisations looking to diversify from the classical
funder/fundee model: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/search-sustainability-thinkingbeyond-traditional-reana-rossouw--say4f/?trackingId=LqehfLYWQt2lNm3edN8ftg%3D%3D
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