Sharon Afandi Equitable Giving Officer the Segal Family Foundation./ PHOTO ;EAPN
Sharon Afandi, Equitable Giving Officer at the Segal Family Foundation, will be among the speakers at the 10th East Africa Philanthropy Conference (EAPC), scheduled for 16–20 June 2026 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The conference brings together practitioners focused on funding models, civil society strengthening, and how grantmaking systems function in practice.
At the Segal Family Foundation, Afandi works within programmes that support African-led civil society organisations through funding and capacity support, with an emphasis on strengthening locally led development and improving access to resources for grassroots organisations.
Her work in equitable giving focuses on how funding decisions are made within grantmaking systems and how these decisions shape engagement between funders and African-led organisations. This includes direct participation in grantmaking processes that link both sides of the funding ecosystem.
Before joining Segal, she worked across philanthropic and development institutions, including the Argidius Foundation and the Open Society Foundations in Nairobi, supporting grantmaking systems and funding processes across multi-partner portfolios. She has also worked with InformAction Kenya in programme coordination roles supporting civic engagement initiatives.
Building on this experience, her participation at the 10th EAPC reflects ongoing sector discussions on how funding systems are structured in practice, particularly as organisations navigate evolving approaches to localisation and resource access.
Her contribution sits at the intersection of funding design and implementation, focusing on how grantmaking decisions shape organisations’ working at the community level’s ability to access and use resources effectively.
The 2026 conference is expected to explore further how philanthropic institutions are adapting to these shifts, and how funding systems can better reflect the realities of organisations working closest to communities.
It will also run alongside a series of thematic masterclasses focused on funding systems, localisation, and institutional practice in philanthropy.
For more information about the conference and registration, visit EAPN
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