Selected Topics

These topics represent a sample of the themes and insights available for speaking engagements.

Breaking the Funding Cycle: How Nonprofits Build Income that Lasts

A provocative look at the fragility of the traditional donor model and a practical roadmap for organisations to embrace income diversification, corporate partnerships and earned revenue.

Diaspora Power: The Future of African Philanthropy

How African diasporas are reshaping giving, investment and social impact — and why their influence will define the next decade of global development.

Localisation Beyond the Slogan

An honest exploration of what true localisation requires, what donors get wrong, and how African organisations can lead systems-level change.

Building Bridges, Not Bubbles: Corporate Partnerships that Deliver Impact

Lessons from advising corporates across Europe, Africa and Central Asia on how to build respectful and high-value relationships within the Global South.

Leadership Through Transition

Insights from leading organisations through restructuring, insolvency and strategic renewal, including Crown Agents International Development.

From Makerere to the LSE to the Boardroom: A Story of Grit, Opportunity and Returning Home

A deeply personal talk blending lived experience with lessons on ambition, resilience, belonging and leadership across continents.

Why Africa’s Time is Now: Investment, Innovation and the New Global Order

A forward-looking talk for investors, corporates and philanthropists that challenges outdated narratives and highlights Africa’s growing influence.