Sep 05 2019
Press Releases
LISC and BCT Partners Named National Partners Washington DC, September 6, 2019 – The Rockefeller Foundation today announced $3.7 million in grants that will benefit four U.S. cities to help drive …
Sep 03 2019
Perspective
Think you have what it takes to help solve some of the world's toughest problems? The challenges facing the world today are fast-moving, intertwined, and multi-layered. Tackling these challenges will require …
Aug 26 2019
Perspective
This week more than 700 machine learning researchers from over 30 African countries will come together at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya for the third annual Deep Learning Indaba. On paper …
Aug 23 2019
Perspective
Kibera, about four miles outside of Nairobi, Kenya, is the largest urban slum in all of Africa. About the size of New York’s Central Park, it is estimated that somewhere …
Aug 08 2019
Perspective
This is a photo series from my recent trip to Central and Eastern Kenya, where I visited mango farmers who benefit from the YieldWise Initiative, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. …
Jul 31 2019
Speeches
As delivered on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at Met Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Thank you, Eloisa, and thank you Kweku for being here with us and having us here. And thanks in …
Jul 31 2019
Press Releases
Announces Cities of Service as Community Engagement Lead in National Opportunity Zones Program ATLANTA, July 31, 2019 – The Rockefeller Foundation and Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta, today announced that …
Jul 30 2019
Perspective
In May, Africa’s top digital leaders and donors converged in Kigali to attend the 2019 Transform Africa Summit—one of the continent’s premier convenings to discuss accelerating digital transformation in the …
Jul 26 2019
Perspective
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have plagued humans for thousands of years. Thanks in large part to the availability of drugs that were created in recent decades, we now have a …
Jul 17 2019
Perspective
Partnership has always been at the core of The Rockefeller Foundation’s DNA, and at the annual conference of the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) late last month in Singapore, it …