How a reborn OSISA advances Open Society goals with a pan-African perspective OSISA, in its OSF-Africa incarnation, has undergone reorganisation and reframing to strengthen the response to a changed – and changing – Africa. “We’re advancing the work of Open Society throughout the continent. We now have different ways of looking at things – the opportunity …
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The beginnings of a desirable goal, worthy of sacrifice When the Open Society’s first regional African foundation opened its doors in 1997, a journey of positive social change began. George Soros was no stranger to an unjust world. Born in Hungary in 1930, his family survived Nazi persecution by using false identity papers. After the war in …
Lived realities like having to tend to her brothers or observing the relationship between her parents awoke a feminist in young Alice D. Kanengoni, branching out into a career of driving change for women across the continent. “Sometimes it can feel like the challenge is so big and that your efforts are a drop in …
An executive director learns that he doesn’t have all the answers by Ang Lloyd “I hadn’t understood that it was exactly what I needed; OSISA offered me an opportunity to get my voice back, and a lesson in how important humility is.” At the start of 2013, Siphosami (or Sipho, as colleagues and comrades call …
Read about the humble rights lawyer Sipho Malunga from Sipho Malunga: the humble human rights lawyer
Highly motivated, organised, and experienced researcher on Africa shares her work on Human rights “Working at OSISA internally with the team and externally with our partners taught me to listen to what people say, take interest in who they are and what they represent. In listening you understand and you lead from a point of …
His passion for activism started decades ago, when he was influenced by family members that stood up against unjust regimes. The passion grew, and he has now made a career out of it. “For me, I am an African, I am a Pan African, and I believe that Africa has potential. It has fallen victim …
During this time period Osisa worked in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
