Africa funding · Nigeria-first

Closing the funding gap in African higher education.

Africa enrols a growing share of the world's students, yet per-student funding is in long-term decline. We help institutions build the diversified, sustainable funding base that public money alone cannot provide.

The challenge

Public funding alone is not coming to the rescue.

Nigerian universities — and most African public institutions — rely on government appropriations that have fallen in real per-student terms for over a decade.

Every Africa-focused university has three under-leveraged sources of capital: a large, increasingly affluent alumni base; domestic corporates and foundations; and global philanthropic capital seeking African counterparts with strong governance.

The EASS model

Six channels. One diversified funding base.

Annual giving

Small, frequent gifts from a large alumni base that build the donor pipeline.

Major & principal gifts

Six- to eight-figure transformational gifts tied to named chairs, scholarships, or buildings.

Corporate & foundations

Strategic partnerships with corporates, banks, telcos, and global foundations aligned to institutional priorities.

Diaspora giving

Tax-efficient cross-border structures so diaspora donors can give from the UK, US, Canada, and GCC.

Endowment

Permanent capital — protected by governance, invested for the long term, spent through a written policy.

Public partnership

Government, TETFund, and bilateral agency funding — but as one channel among many.

Africa-wide

Why Africa.

Three forces converge — demographic momentum, diaspora capital, and a professionalising African philanthropic class.

Demographic momentum

Africa is the world's youngest continent. UNESCO projects African tertiary enrolment will triple by 2050.

Diaspora capital

More than 40 million people of African descent live outside the continent, sending over USD 90 billion in annual remittances.

Philanthropic awakening

A new generation of African philanthropists — Dangote, Elumelu, Ibrahim, Masiyiwa, Motsepe — is investing at scale.