Creator
Carl Manlan
Carl Manlan is the Chief Operating Officer of The Ecobank Foundation. He is an economist with over ten years of experience in health, finance and project implementation. He has worked with communities across Africa and developed systems to improve public health financing, mainly at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Africa needs to realise its philanthropic potential
Although the dearth of global funding could be viewed as a tragedy, it represents a tremendous opportunity
Africa doesn’t need foreign aid — it can couple cultural ideals with technology
The continent can build on local-level networks and financial strategies such as stokvels to bring about socioeconomic transformation