For decades, the global development script has been predictable: African countries face a crisis, and aid flows from the West to respond. But today, the funding is drying up—and with it, the illusion that this model was ever sustainable.
As U.S. foreign assistance contracts and donor priorities shift in the U.K. and elsewhere, nonprofit leaders across Africa are navigating a quiet reckoning. Just this week, UN agencies announced they would slash food aid to millions of refugees as funding collapses. It’s not an isolated event—it’s a tragic symptom of a global retreat and a warning shot to all of us who have long depended on international solidarity to fight poverty, hunger, and inequality.
