“You have to be persistent if you are going to get a breakthrough. And social dilemmas, you’ve got to be very mindful that it takes a long time, with frequent missteps. But if you walk away from that you actually won’t be able to make the dent that you want.” At our recent festival, John Deasy, President of the Bezos Foundation and Tokunboh Ishmael – Managing Director of Nigeria-based Alitheia Capital – led a discussion titled “Rethinking Philanthropy.”
Their conversation explored some of the complexities around philanthropic giving: How has philanthropy evolved? What approaches are truly effective? And, most importantly, how do we ensure that communities are at the centre of solutions? We share an extract, but catch the full convo here: http://bit.ly/495fCKF
