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Segal 2026 Live
The next beat starts now. For the next four days, something special is happening in Nairobi. More than 600 people from over 350 African-led organizations across 20+ countries are coming together to build relationships, challenge assumptions, and imagine what the next chapter of African-led change can look like.
For 20 years, Segal Family Foundation has partnered with local leaders across the continent, backing their work with trust, partnership, and long-term commitment. Segal 2026 honors that history while asking a bigger question: What becomes possible when the people closest to the work have the room, the relationships, and the resources to shape what’s next?**
That question is why this gathering centers conversation and collaboration, with time for peers to work through what’s complicated, specific, and unfinished. The point is to leave with clearer thinking, sharper connections, and a stronger sense of what you’ll try next when you return home. Whether you’re joining us from Nairobi or tuning in from somewhere else in the world, we’re glad you’re here. Welcome to Segal 2026.
The next beat starts now.
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Segal Family Foundation events and convenings bring together visionary African leaders, partners, funders, and collaborators committed to advancing locally-led change across the continent. These gatherings create space for honest conversations, shared learning, and deeper connections across the social impact ecosystem. From philanthropy and leadership to trust, innovation, and systems change, SFF convenings help strengthen the relationships and ideas shaping the future of change in Africa.
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Read Back, But We Never Left: AGM Returns with a Bang
The city of Kigali saw over 600 people convene in the name of transforming how change happens in Africa, representing organizations from all parts of the philanthropy universe.
Read The Donor Salon, Rethinking How to Catalyze Change
Within the philanthropy sector, there is an abundance of resources offered to doers, and it’s seldom thought that donors might need the same.
Read Come Rain, Come Shine: Partners Addressing Climate Change
Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have been hit hard by climate shocks in recent months. Meet Segal partners there addressing climate change in their everyday work.
Read Introducing…the Unconference
Segal Connect 2024 "really felt like a ‘connect’ conference” without being content heavy. It was more about sharing experiences and having conversations.
Read Spotlight Africa: A Sanctuary in a City of Suits & Sirens
In the midst of Midtown Manhattan, Spotlight Africa was an oasis during the UN General Assembly: a welcoming space to decompress, catch up on email, or meet with a friend.
Read Chema Chajiuza: A Good Thing Sells Itself
In this case, Tanzania is that good thing. Fewer dollars are flowing to Tanzania—and why our partners in this country deserve more.
Read Same DNA, Different Flavors: Introducing Focus Central America
There are 300 people in at a conference center talking about the importance of local leadership in philanthropy. It sounds like a typical Segal Family Foundation gathering—but everyone is speaking Spanish, and the hotel is in Panamá.