• News

    Funds set to advance business journalism and market transparency in Africa The Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa and the Ford Foundation awarded grants to ten non-governmental organizations across Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa to advance market transparency, and enhance access to information about business and finance, policies and practices that impact inclusive economic growth and human […]

    August 22, 2018

  • News

    Creation of biodigester markets in Africa is feasible, according to a new analysis from the Stockholm Environment Institute in collaboration with Hivos. With support from the US National Institutes of Health and the Clean Cooking Implementation Science Network; the biogas programmes of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were evaluated using the RE-AIM framework, an approach that […]

    August 14, 2018

  • opinion

    Program development manager for social entrepreneurship at Hivos Southern Africa I’ve been to many conferences around the world to discuss youth unemployment in Africa. Ironically, I’ve seen very few African youth in attendance, let alone voicing their opinions and concerns on stage. Instead, migration and (Western) best-case models for job creation have been high on […]

    July 31, 2018

  • opinion

    The conflict in Nicaragua is spiraling out of control. International political action is urgently needed to prevent further escalation, argues Hivos Director Edwin Huizing. And the Netherlands must take the lead. Just 40 years after the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza dictatorship, a severe crisis grips Nicaragua. Most Nicaraguans want nothing more than to see President […]

    July 24, 2018

  • blog

    While participating in this year’s High-level Political Forum (HLPF), one thing became crystal clear to me. Come 2030, we will not have healthy and affordable food if we continue with business as usual. But no one institution can single handedly change the course of our food system. The key to ensuring a sustainable food system […]

    July 18, 2018

  • opinion

    As the energy sector is transforming, there is a growing consensus that sustainable energy is a catalyst for achieving most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): it is crucial for better health, education, jobs, food production and conservation, as well as water use and quality. This transformation involves decentralized solutions that are changing how people interact with each other and […]

    July 17, 2018

  • blog

    Fuels of corruption within the development sector Kenyans have in recent weeks been waking up to revelations of multi-billion-shilling corruption scandals, some of which relate to the safety of consumable products illegally being sold in the local markets. The reports have mainly centered on government ministries and public funded institutions. Truth is that the development […]

    July 11, 2018

  • blog

    “This is the suit I wore when I married my wife back in 2004, in the Netherlands. It‘s not normal that here I have to write a note asking for permission for my wife to pick up our kids from school when I’m away,” revealed Myrtille Danse, director of Hivos Latin America and the Caribbean, when she […]

    July 10, 2018

  • story

    Hivos believes that when people are given a chance to live in freedom and dignity, they are able to live a life that contributes to the greater good of humanity.

  • story

    Changing the food system

    Allow us to take you to Indonesia, Bolivia, Zambia, Kenya and Uganda. In these countries, we’re getting street vendors, municipalities, cooks, farmers, activists and politicians to not only fight malnutrition in innovative ways, but also to slowly change the way the food system works. 

  • story

    How we support courageous LGBTs in Lebanon

    “It all started with a group of five friends in Beirut. Right now, we’re a movement of five organizations and more than a thousand volunteers. We’re unstoppable”

  • story

    The remarkable journey of a young Ugandan woman

    Janepher became a hero to the workers, but to her fellow supervisors and management, she was a traitor – and it was then that the intimidation began.