CAPSI - Centre on African Philanthropy & Social Investment

11/09/2026

Africa owns the ground—join the 2026 AREF Conference at Wits Business School, Johannesburg (12–14 Oct 2026) to ask why ownership hasn’t become wealth.

10/09/2026

Join the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) for the next session of our Researcher Edition Webinar Series, featuring Professor Alan Fowler.

Prof Fowler will present “Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and Gifting: A Futurist Perspective,” exploring the evolving relationship between AI, social media, and gifting—and what these developments mean for the future of philanthropy and social investment.

Join here:
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Webinar FutureOfGiving

04/09/2026

30 years after the Machel Report, a Wits graduate explores its enduring relevance and the role of stronger corporate philanthropy in protecting children.

Read more: https://www.capsi.wits.ac.za/30-years-after-the-machel-report-wits-graduate-revisits-its-relevance-and-calls-for-stronger-corporate-philanthropy-to-protect-children-from-armed-conflict/

Thirty years after H.E. Graça Machel presented her landmark report on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children to the United Nations General Assembly, its findings remain deeply relevant to the lives of millions of children affected by armed conflict around the world. For Sandile Tshabalala, a Mast...

03/09/2026

Save the Date | 08:30 (WAT), 10-11 September 2026 | Lagos, Nigeria

Have we lost the accountability debate?

Thirty years of anti-corruption work across Africa demands honest reflection. What has worked? What has failed? And what does a new era of accountability, transparency, and governance need to look like?

Join us on 10-11 September 2026 in Lagos for a High-Level Dialogue bringing together leaders, thinkers, practitioners, and youth voices to have that conversation, frankly, and together.

02/09/2026

Join us now as our PhD candidates present their research and engage with leading scholars in critical conversations shaping African philanthropy and social investment.

10:00–15:00 | Online via Microsoft Teams

Join the session now: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/313291782896669?p=g0wdX6EZGJCveVcqfx

Meeting ID: 313 291 782 896 669
Passcode: 7AC6Ns9a

01/09/2026

Reminder: Join us tomorrow, 2 September 2026, for the third Emerging Scholars Series webinar, “Contemporary Issues and Emerging Research Agendas in Philanthropy,” from 15:00–16:15 SAST.

Join CAPSI, the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and ISTR for the third webinar in the Emerging Scholars Series: “Contemporary Issues and Emerging Research Agendas in Philanthropy” on 2 September 2026, 15:00–16:15 SAST. The session will explore innovative nonprofit financing, AI and philanthropy, and climate philanthropy, with a focus on emerging research agendas in African contexts.

Register here: https://wits-za.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4ckW08QTYiwLyx2qZh7pQ #/registration

01/09/2026

27/08/2026

Join CAPSI, the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and ISTR for the third webinar in the Emerging Scholars Series: “Contemporary Issues and Emerging Research Agendas in Philanthropy” on 2 September 2026, 15:00–16:15 SAST. The session will explore innovative nonprofit financing, AI and philanthropy, and climate philanthropy, with a focus on emerging research agendas in African contexts.

Register here: https://wits-za.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4ckW08QTYiwLyx2qZh7pQ #/registration