Of the 17 countries that AKF operates in, our largest footprint is in Afghanistan. AKF employ around 1,200 staff in Afghanistan, 99% of whom are Afghan, including AKF Afghanistan’s CEO, Dr Najmuddin Najm. Dr Najmuddin has worked with AKF since…
Rewiring education means thinking differently. For many years the global community has worked tirelessly towards the Sustainable Development Goals, yet the very best of intentions and millions of dollars spent has not changed the education landscape significantly enough for many…
As the world tunes in to watch the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, we pause to acknowledge the movement of sports and culture in building a better world. This ethos has been adopted by civil society in Khorog, Tajikistan, whereby recent…
In December 2019, the first workshops were held in Nairobi to familiarise Aga Khan Foundation staff and members of the education network RELI with the Schools2030 Human-Centred Design Toolkit – the free, open source resource developed as part of the…
The Aga Khan Foundation are delighted to announce The Silk Road Bazaar — an artisan market inspired by and staged alongside the open-air photography exhibition, The Silk Road: A Living History in London’s King’s Cross. Between 11 – 13 June,…
Last month, the Aga Khan Foundation (UK) hosted a group of over 200 people dedicated to advancing girls’ education. Brought together over two days, the global audience and participants featured government ministers, international institutions, foundations, academics, international NGOs, and local…
The sudden and dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 saw the emergence of the independent states of Central Asia. For a landlocked and historically interconnected region, the formalising and hardening of new national borders – once open and…
Last month, I spoke at the launch of The Council of Europe Development Bank’s Award for Social Cohesion*. The award recognises outstanding organisations and projects contributing to social cohesion in Europe. The topic could not be more important, as events…
Taking place between 9-12 November 2020 during the Paris Peace Forum, the Finance in Common Summit is a global meeting of all public developments banks. The Summit stressed the crucial role of Public Development Banks in reconciling short-term countercyclical responses…
In 2019, working alongside a variety of government and foundation partners, the Aga Khan Foundation launched a large-scale, multi-country educational research initiative called Schools2030. Its vision is simple – to improve education equity and quality for all. To be conducted…