2025 Annual Report
Our impact
2025 was the year the model moved from design into delivery. Here is what happened, and the full report is below.
Building trust infrastructure for African philanthropic capital
Documented and open to inspection
Our 2025 report covers the year the model moved from design into delivery. It documents the first full cohort of the Africa Impact Academy, the first grants deployed through the Africa Bridgeworks Fund, the build of SikaIQ, and our work strengthening civic movements in health advocacy.
- Organisations graduated
- 137
- Organisations funded
- 10
- Catalytic grants deployed
- $80,000
Highlights
Showcasing our changemakers
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Graduation
Cohort 1 graduated
In February 2026, 137 organisations completed ten months of capacity building at a ceremony hosted by USIU-Africa in Nairobi, with participants travelling from Nigeria and South Africa.
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First grants
The first grants moved
Ten graduating organisations received a combined $80,000, with the three strongest receiving $20,000, $15,000 and $10,000, and the remaining seven receiving $5,000 each.
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Sankalp booth
Organisations met funders directly
Twenty organisations were supported to attend the Sankalp Africa Summit 2026, where the Academy ran an exhibition booth.
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Uganda workshop
A national coalition was founded
In December 2025 we convened 17 patient organisations in Uganda, which led to the founding of the Sickle Cell Alliance Uganda, with a constitution putting patients at the centre of its governance.
The full 2025 Annual Report
Our first full year of programme delivery, including our financial statements.