We think that the emergence of heavyweight philanthropy in the developing world is a major part of the philanthrocapitalism revolution. Two big recent announcements caught our eye. First, that the 2008 Mo Ibrahim Prize for African leadership has gone to Festus Gontebanye Mogae, the former president of Botswana, a country that has managed its natural resource wealth better […]
Interesting interview in the Straits Times with Willie Cheng, a former Accenture executive, who was apparently a whisleblower in a scandal surrounding the National Kidney Foundation Singapore. He has just launched a book called Doing Good Well. Cheng praises Warren Buffett and draws the lesson for his rich friends that: “… if they want to […]
In Philanthrocapitalism we wanted to highlight that the current boom in philanthropy is not just an American phenomenon, even if the most prominent philanthrocapitalists are people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. The new wave of giving is reaching Asia and Latin America, the Former Soviet Union, Britain and, even, Europe. A recent article by Bhekinkosi Moyo, first published […]