Financial sustainability is not the result of better fundraising, but of deliberate choices about revenue generation, cost discipline and organisational design. In conversations about financial sustainability for mission-driven organisations - NGOs, nonprofits, social enterprises - I keep seeing the same pattern: financial [ read more...]
A while back, Angélica Duque, CEO of Kontroll, published a LinkedIn post challenging the long-standing belief that efficiency is the ultimate goal in logistics. She argued that in today’s volatile environment, resilience is more important than speed or cost savings. For example, [ read more...]
Two weeks after wrapping up a 3-part training series about financial sustainability with nearly 50 tech hubs in West Africa, I’ve had time to reflect on what made this experience so impactful for them and for me. The training was officially about [ read more...]
Damiefa School is a private kindergarten & primary school that offers affordable education in Liberia. It was founded by my parents – Dabwe Wiah (Liberian) and Mineke Muilerman (Dutch) – in 1982. It’s also where I completed my primary education. In the [ read more...]
A little background Liberia is a formerly conflict-affected state that is still considered fragile. The economic situation is tough, literacy levels are low, and unemployment rates are high. Women are economically, socially and culturally disadvantaged and violence against women is high. The [ read more...]
