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The African Healthcare Funders Forum was established by the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), Ashoka, and the Social Innovation Circle with support from Boehringer Ingelheim.

Africa's top investors and social entrepreneurs will come together for the first time this year to change the continent's healthcare system. The goal of the meeting is to promote novel approaches to financing healthcare and help close the present financial gap.

When Uganda like the rest of the world was faced with lockdowns as a way of preventing the spread of Covid-19, lives were affected. With both governments and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) overwhelmed, ordinary Ugandans had to step in. In fact, it took the president calling on Ugandans to get involved.

If there is one area that many Ugandans don’t seem to understand clearly, involves giving back. Naturally, Africans give back and fundraise for those in need but most of the time it is part of their cultural practices that is deliberate.