In 969 CE the Fatimid dynasty entered Egypt and founded the city of al-Qahira (‘the Victorious’). Today we know it as Cairo. Over the next 1,000 years, successive Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman eras followed, leaving glories of Islamic architecture and an ever-growing…
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown moderated a conversation with Jesse Fripp, General Manager of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance and Maria Largey, Director and Head of Financial Institution at the CDC Group to understand how microfinance can transform lives and give people…
We are excited to announce that the Aga Khan Foundation will be hosting an exhibition of photographs at the Royal Geographical Society, London, between 22 March and 24 April inclusive. The exhibition celebrates the people, culture and activity that takes…
Jaipur, India, January 2018 – Matt Reed, CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation UK, spoke at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday 26th at a session entitled Beyond the University: Higher Education and Development. As questions continue to arise about the quality…
Daler Jumaev, General Director of Pamir Energy, spoke about how the company transformed a dilapidated Soviet utility to provide reliable, affordable and clean energy to this region, and how it is helping to build brighter futures and promote cross-border cooperation…
Tinni Sawhney, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation India, in conversation with Matt Reed, CEO AKF (UK), discussed how the Foundation is enhancing women’s financial security, improving incomes and promoting safe sanitation that provides both dignity and security. View the video…
For more than 15 years, the Aga Khan Development Network and the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Citizenship Trust have worked in partnership to improve the quality of life and human health for those most in need. Jane Griffiths, Johnson &…
Gulnara Kasmambetova, Senior Producer for BBC Kyrgyz, presented a feature piece produced by the BBC about UCA and led a discussion with Shamsh. Ahead of the launch of the first undergraduate campus in September, Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, Executive Chairman, UCA Board…
AKF General Manager Michael Kocher and Early Childhood Development Specialist Sheila Manji speak about the Foundation’s work in “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty” on 27 November 2015 at the Ismaili Centre, London. In the first of a series of Aga…