Reflections from the APN Assembly: ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ

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AID DISRUPTIONS: Towards Better Funding and Better Partnerships
Topic: Using the Present as an Entry Point for Better Funding and Partnerships Host: East Africa Philanthropy Network & Development Dynamics On 27 February 2025, I participated in the #LastThursdays Webinar hosted by Development Dynamicsย and the East Africa Philanthropy Network. The high panelled webinar...
Dzikamai Bere,
February 27, 2025
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Propelling Democracy through Peace and Action
On 10 October 2024, I sat down with Bhekinkosi Moyo, Director of the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment and a Professor at the University of Witwatersrand’s Wits Business School, to reflect on the contribution of ZimRights to Zimbabweโs struggle for human rights, democracy...
Dzikamai Bere,
January 13, 2025
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Civic Leadership Matters in Our World Today
On 25 March 2024, Heart and Soul Television (HSTV) published an interview that I had with Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) Chairperson Trevor Ncube on his popular weekly show โIn Conversation with Trevor.โย Thanking me for coming being on the show on X, Trevor described the...
Dzikamai Bere,
January 4, 2025
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The Liberation Struggle on Trial: Was Ian Smith Better?
โIs this the land we died for?โ This is a line from Winky D and Shingaiโs masterpiece Dzimba Dzemabwe off the album Eureka. In this track, and many others, Winky D contributes to the enduring conversation on the value of the liberation legacy in a...
Dzikamai Bere,
December 30, 2024
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The NGO Director of the Year Award: A Call to Lead Better for the Good
It is a good day to show gratitude to God, the Almighty, who allows us ordinary people to do the extraordinary. On 25 October 2024, NANGO Zimbabwe awarded me the NGO Director of the Year Award at an awards night held in Nyanga as part...
Dzikamai Bere,
December 29, 2024
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Reflections from the APN Assembly: ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ
At the launch of ZimRights’ Shifting Power to the People Strategy in 2022, we decided to have a strategic priority (SP5) that focuses on sustainability. As leaders, we abdicate our primary responsibility if we do not deliberately think about the future of our organisations. Reflections...
Dzikamai Bere,
November 7, 2024
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