Healthcare Funding Sources

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a tragically large number of human lives being lost. At the moment, more than 60% of the world economy is in #lockdown. And after lockdown, it will require a major effort to restart companies and economies. Small businesses will face one of their biggest challenges ever. Here are links to some of the sources of funding available.

• AMREF Health Africa - COVID-19 Africa Information Centre

• Milken Institute - Funding Options across Africa

• Council on Foundations - Toolkit: CSO Templates

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Toolkit: Guide for NPOs

• IndependentSector.org - Resources Hub

• Center for Disaster Philanthropy - Curated data on COVID-19

• Philanthropy Australia - Information, resources and ideas:

• remotive.io - Current Remote Working Jobs

• Coronavirus Tech Handbook - Funding Innovation

• Nonprofit Funding Course and Resources Lists

• GIIN Response to COVID-19 - Funds and Resources Listed

Aggregated Information

• AU States - Emergency Contact Numbers in Africa

• Maitri Capital - Global COVID-19 Innovation Initiatives

• Another Crowdsourced list of COVID-19 Solutions/Responses

• Crowdsourced - Social Work Education Resources - USA-Education focused

• The Gov Lab - Global Resource of Data Collaborations

• UK Cultural and Creative Sector - Community handbook

• Maitri Capital - Funding Providers active in Africa

• Open Source Medical Supplies FB Group - Register of Global Groups

• Illinois University - Resources for Religious Organizations - USA

• Resources for NPOs - Historical Webinar links

• Coronavirus Tech Handbook - Comprehensive Resources for Everyone

• Exponent Philanthropy - Resources for Lean Funders

• GitHub Lukas Lehner - Tracker of collections and datasets

Global Bank Actions & Surveys

Completed surveys highlight the response from Banks in providing support and services to SME customers affected by COVID-19. Some also provide details of initiatives banks believe necessary to support business recovery and assist in building business continuity post-COVID-19.

• United Nations - Global Bank Actions to Support SMMEs

• IDFC - Global Members' Response Tracker

• SURVEY: Impact Assets: - COVID Response Funding ACCESS

• SURVEY: Catalyst (UK): - Charity Digital Skills Report

• SURVEY: Little Square Capital: - Global Bank Support to SMEs

• SURVEY: @AfricanNGOs and EPIC-Africa: - African CSO COVID-19 Survey

Selected Reports - Extra Reading

• How to scale up multilateral financing to face the Covid-19 crisis - ODI

• Mobilizing private capital towards Agri-SMEs: Experiences from Africa - SAFIN

• Public Health and Social Measures - @WHO

• A structured approach for innovative finance - The Global Fund

• AFRICA - COVID-19 Impact Report - ECA

• Overcoming the Notion of a Single Reference Currency - CFA

Africa - Information

• Resources and Information of the WHO Africa

• Aggregated Health Information and Resources across Africa

• Resources Page of the African Union's CDC

• Resources Page of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

• Aggregated Global Resources Page - including African Data Pages

• African legislation, caselaw, practice directives, policies, speeches related to COVID-19

We are active in response and support across Africa, but also have contact with companies and initiatives responding to COVID-19.

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