News in East Africa

This collaboration brings together two organisations with a deep commitment to social entrepreneurship and systemic change. At a time when innovative solutions are urgently needed across the continent, we believe this partnership will help create stronger connections and new opportunities for social...

Smallholder farmers are the backbone of East Africa's food systems, producing the majority of food consumed across the region. Yet they continue to face interconnected and persistent challenges: unreliable access to energy for irrigation, processing, and storage; high post-harvest losses that erode...

On 13th April 2026, at the Ashoka East Africa offices in Nairobi, representatives of the East Africa Philanthropy Network (EAPN) and Ashoka East Africa put their signatures to a Memorandum of Understanding and, in doing so committed to a shared vision for what East Africa's social sector can become...

On 27 March 2026, we marked an important moment for our organisation. At our Nairobi office on Ngong Road, outgoing board members formally handed over to a new board of directors in a ceremony that honoured both the foundations we have built and the future we are determined to create. The handover...

The Skoll Foundation awards Ashoka's founder and CEO Bill Drayton the Global Treasure Award which recognizes individuals "doing extraordinary things to address the world’s most pressing problems.”

In February 2025, Ashoka staff members from different regions sat down with Dr. Wamuyu Mahinda, Ashoka Fellow & Founding Partner at Collaborative Value Partners Africa (CVPA)​, and Gathoni Mahinda, member of the Ashoka Fellow Legacy network and Partner and Program Lead at Collaborative Value...