Convening

For the past 23 years AGAG’s convenings have provided a unique meeting space where practitioners have met colleagues they would not otherwise have gotten to know. For funders working in Africa, building knowledge and promoting collaboration within the field is challenging because of the continent’s distance, diversity of interests, and scale. The intersectional problems that communities across Africa experience pose a direct and warranted challenge to the philanthropic sector’s siloed, narrow, and incremental approach to enduring challenges.

AGAG is grounded in the belief that a global network of diverse, knowledgeable, and connected practitioners will help to grow and strengthen the impact of private philanthropy targeting Africa. AGAG created a gathering place for a diverse community of practitioners based inside and outside of Africa and was the only regular convening in the United States of funders making grants to support communities across Africa. The annual meeting became its signature event and fueled its reputation as a unique space where new and experienced practitioners engaged in candid conversations about the issues affecting their work.

The following is a list of the annual convenings AGAG organized from 2000 to 2023.

2000

Inaugural Meeting
October 5-6, 2000
Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown, New York

January 14-16, 2002
Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown, New York

September 3-October 2, 2002
Summit Executive Centre, Chicago, Illinois

September 22-24, 2003
Mount Washington Conference Center, Baltimore, Maryland

January 17-19, 2005
Dulce Hayes Mansion Conference Center, San Jose, California

January 18-20, 2006
Downtown Convention Center, New York, New York

January 31-February 2, 2007
Tarrytown House Estate and Conference Center, Tarrytown, New York

Conference
February 4-6, 2008
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa

Retreat
February 7-8, 2008
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa

February 23-25, 2009
Westfields Marriott Conference Center, Chantilly, Virginia

March 22 -24, 2010
Hamilton Park Hotel and Conference Center, Florham Park, New Jersey

March 28 -30, 2011
Ace Conference Center
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania

March 12-14, 2012
Hamilton Park Hotel and Conference Center, Florham Park, New Jersey

March 11-13, 2013
Marriott Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia

March 18-20, 2014
Downtown Conference Center, New York, New York

April 16 -17, 2015
William and Anita Conference Center, Baruch College, New York, New York

April 13-15, 2016
Heldrich Hotel and Conference Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey

March 28-29, 2017
Newman Conference Center Baruch College, New York, New York

April 17-18, 2018
Newman Conference Center Baruch College, New York, New York

May 1-2, 2019
Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, New York

2023 Final Convenings

May 8-9, 2023
Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, New York

October 9-11, 2023
Maslow Hotel Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa