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Hosh Ibrahim speaking at a gathering with a microphone

Speaking at a Mo Ibrahim Foundation board meeting event, Dubai, 2016.

Speaking at a Mo Ibrahim Foundation board meeting event, Dubai, 2016.

Current Roles

Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Council Member & Chair, Now Generation Network

Council Member & Chair, Now Generation Network

Governance & Leadership

Hosh joined the Council of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, founded by his father Sir Mo Ibrahim, after several years as the Foundation’s Director of Special Projects. As Chair of the Now Generation Network, he brings younger African perspectives into conversations on governance, leadership and the continent’s future.

Hosh joined the Council of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, founded by his father Sir Mo Ibrahim, after several years as the Foundation’s Director of Special Projects. As Chair of the Now Generation Network, he brings younger African perspectives into conversations on governance, leadership and the continent’s future.

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Read the 2025 Forum Report
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Mo Ibrahim Foundation · 2025 Forum Report

Financing the Africa We Want

Report Summary

The Foundation’s 2025 Forum Report brings together the data first published in its 2025 Facts & Figures with the main outcomes of the Ibrahim Governance Weekend, held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 1 to 3 June 2025.

Its four chapters cover the post-aid era, domestic financial resources, Africa’s natural assets and attracting investment. The report argues that Africa must own and define its financial agenda, grounded in governance, accountability and regional integration.

Beyond the Aid Era

Mo Ibrahim’s foreword notes that foreign aid had represented less than 10% of African countries’ income on average.

Domestic Resources First

The report calls for curbing illicit financial flows, strengthening tax systems and directing African sovereign and pension funds towards local and regional investment.

Natural Wealth, Local Value

Africa is home to 30% of the world’s mineral reserves, and the report urges moving up the value chain beyond the extractive model.

Governance as the Foundation

The last of its five pillars of consensus calls for institutional reforms to improve transparency and public accountability.

A summary drawn from the publisher’s own report. The full report is the original source.

Original Source

mo.ibrahim.foundation

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Synergos

Board Member

Board Member

Philanthropy & Systems

Board member of the global organisation bringing together philanthropy, civil society, business and public leadership to address complex social challenges. He served on the jury for the 2026 David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Awards.

Board member of the global organisation bringing together philanthropy, civil society, business and public leadership to address complex social challenges. He served on the jury for the 2026 David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Awards.

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Visit Synergos

Sesame Workshop

Global Advisory Board Member

Global Advisory Board Member

Global Health & Development

The Global Advisory Board extends Sesame Workshop’s educational work around the world, in local languages and with cultural understanding, to support early childhood development in reading, writing and numeracy.

The Global Advisory Board extends Sesame Workshop’s educational work around the world, in local languages and with cultural understanding, to support early childhood development in reading, writing and numeracy.

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Visit Sesame Workshop

Read the 2025 Impact Report
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Sesame Workshop

2025 Impact Report

Report Summary

Sesame Workshop’s 2025 Impact Report looks back on a year in which, despite cuts to public broadcasting and international aid, the non-profit says it reached more children than ever in its history, in 190 countries.

It describes a new partnership with Netflix and PBS KIDS, findings on Sesame Street’s 55th season, and resources for families coping with disaster and grief.

Reaching More Children

Sesame reports 340 million households reached through broadcast, digital and community-based programming.

Play to Learn in Crisis

30,000 facilitators were trained to lead playful learning activities for children and caregivers affected by conflict.

Support Through Grief

A $1.5 million grant from the New York Life Foundation funds new resources for children coping with death and loss.

A summary drawn from the publisher’s own report. The full report is the original source.

Original Source

sesameworkshop.org

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Fund for Global Human Rights

Board Member

Board Member

Democracy, Rights & Culture

Board member of the international fund supporting locally led human rights movements and organisations around the world.

Board member of the international fund supporting locally led human rights movements and organisations around the world.

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Visit Fund for Global Human Rights

Read the 2024–2025 Annual Report
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Fund for Global Human Rights

Annual Report 2024–2025

Report Summary

The Fund’s annual report for 2024–2025 describes a year of emboldened authoritarian leaders, crackdowns on protest and severe funding cuts, and how the Fund stood behind grassroots activists through it.

It sets out a strategy of long-term, flexible funding in repressive places, investment in systemic change, and support for groups led by those most affected by rights abuses.

Funding on the Front Line

The report records $15M delivered to 527 grantee partners in 68 countries.

Youth Climate Leadership in Africa

Scoping studies in six African countries were followed by $1 million in grants to 41 youth-led groups.

Mining Rights in the DRC

The director of grantee partner BEST, Philippe Ruvunangiza, won the 2024 Civil Courage Prize for defending mining-affected communities.

A summary drawn from the publisher’s own report. The full report is the original source.

Original Source

fundhumanrights.org

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Outright International

Board Member

Board Member

Democracy, Rights & Culture

Board member of the international human rights organisation working to advance the rights, safety and dignity of LGBTIQ people across countries and regions.

Board member of the international human rights organisation working to advance the rights, safety and dignity of LGBTIQ people across countries and regions.

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Read the Pride Around the World Report
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Outright International

We Will Not Bow to Fear: Pride Around the World in 2025

Report Summary

Outright’s sixth annual Pride Around the World report records where and how LGBTIQ communities marked Pride in 2025, a year of state crackdowns, funding cuts and political hostility.

Drawing on 122 survey responses from 59 countries and 30 interviews with activists, it includes eight case studies, among them Budapest, where Pride went ahead after parliament banned it.

Pride in 101 Countries

Public Pride or LGBTIQ visibility events took place in 101 of the world’s 193 UN member states in 2025.

Pride Beyond the Capital

In at least 66 countries Pride was held in more than one city, among them Palapye, the first public Pride in Botswana outside the capital.

Funding Cuts Bite

After the US ended most foreign assistance, organisers in several countries reported scaled-down events and lost sponsorships.

A summary drawn from the publisher’s own report. The full report is the original source.

Original Source

outrightinternational.org

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Khartoum Breast Care Centre

Trustee

Trustee

Global Health & Development

Hosh helped establish the Centre alongside his mother, Dr Hania Fadl OBE, and remains a trustee. The fuller story of its founding and influence on his approach to institution-building appears on the About page.

Hosh helped establish the Centre alongside his mother, Dr Hania Fadl OBE, and remains a trustee. The fuller story of its founding and influence on his approach to institution-building appears on the About page.

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Global Black Economic Forum

Adviser to the CEO

Adviser to the CEO

Philanthropy & Systems

He advises the Forum’s CEO on African engagement, connecting its global conversations with opportunities, institutions and relationships across the continent.

He advises the Forum’s CEO on African engagement, connecting its global conversations with opportunities, institutions and relationships across the continent.

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Visit Global Black Economic Forum

Bridging-Ventures

Advisory Council Member

Philanthropy & Systems

He advises an impact collective that brings business leaders, activists, artists, entrepreneurs and investors together on initiatives designed to forge a regenerative future for all.

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In the World

Selected addresses and interviews, the same thinking that shapes his advisory work, tested out loud in front of an audience rather than around a boardroom table.

Selected addresses and interviews, the same thinking that shapes his advisory work, tested out loud in front of an audience rather than around a boardroom table.

The crystal Hosh Ibrahim Humanitarian Award, engraved with the Global Black Pride emblem, Hosh’s name as inaugural recipient and the date 11 September 2026

Award · 11 September 2026

Award · 11 September 2026

Democracy, Rights & Culture

Inaugural Recipient of the Hosh Ibrahim Humanitarian Award

Global Black Pride presented its newly established humanitarian award, named in Hosh’s honour, as the highest honour of its 2026 Black Excellence Gala & Awards in Paris.

Governance & Leadership

Featured address · New York · 12 May 2026

Featured address · New York · 12 May 2026

The Future Is Not Behind Us

The Future Is Not Behind Us

Closing the 2026 Bridging Leadership Awards as a Synergos board member, Hosh argued against generational pessimism: the belief that today’s problems are too entrenched for younger generations to change.

Closing the 2026 Bridging Leadership Awards as a Synergos board member, Hosh argued against generational pessimism: the belief that today’s problems are too entrenched for younger generations to change.

Instead, he made the case for action without certainty, for the willingness to begin, build and take responsibility even when the outcome is not guaranteed.

Instead, he made the case for action without certainty, for the willingness to begin, build and take responsibility even when the outcome is not guaranteed.

The evening honoured environmental advocate Farwiza Farhan and business leader Peter Bakker.

The evening honoured environmental advocate Farwiza Farhan and business leader Peter Bakker.

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Photo: Synergos

Photo: Synergos

Philanthropy & Systems

SXSW London · June 2026

SXSW London · June 2026

Africa’s Tech, Culture & Governance Transformation

Africa’s Tech, Culture & Governance Transformation

Hosh moderated a panel on how Africa’s economies, institutions and cultural life are changing faster than many external perceptions of the continent, and what that gap means for leadership, investment and engagement.

Hosh moderated a panel on how Africa’s economies, institutions and cultural life are changing faster than many external perceptions of the continent, and what that gap means for leadership, investment and engagement.

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Watch on YouTube

Philanthropy & Systems

Alliance magazine · Autumn 2026

Alliance magazine · Autumn 2026

Wealth, Trust & Philanthropy

Wealth, Trust & Philanthropy

In conversation with Alliance’s Elaine Stabler, Hosh reflects on wealth, responsibility and the conditions under which philanthropy can build trust.

In conversation with Alliance’s Elaine Stabler, Hosh reflects on wealth, responsibility and the conditions under which philanthropy can build trust.

  • Wealth carries a responsibility. Because wealth rests on the opportunities and work of others, it owes opportunity in return.
  • Trust is built, not bought. It grows through shared goals and a continuing relationship.
  • Courage means protecting people. Philanthropy can shield the vulnerable and help a society face down fear.
  • Be a catalyst, and know the limits. Take risks on new ideas; never stand in for the state.

Alliance magazine · Autumn 2026

Wealth, Trust and Philanthropy

Portrait of Hosh Ibrahim in a grey suit and red tie
Photography: James Fickling

In conversation with Alliance’s Elaine Stabler, for the magazine’s 30th anniversary feature “Giving through time”, Hosh reflects on wealth, responsibility and the conditions under which philanthropy can build trust.

A quarter of the way through the 21st century, he argues, society’s systems and institutions still reflect the prejudices of the 20th. The answers to the world’s hardest problems already exist; what is missing is the will to act on them.

Wealth Carries a Responsibility

Because wealth rests on the opportunities and work of others, it owes opportunity in return. He asks wealth to recognise the systems and opportunities that helped make it possible.

Trust Is Built, Not Bought

Trust grows through shared goals and a continuing relationship. He argues for giving rooted in partnership rather than transaction.

Courage Means Protecting People

Philanthropy can shield the vulnerable and help a society face down fear.

Be a Catalyst, and Know the Limits

Philanthropy should take risks, support experimentation and back new ideas, and complement public institutions rather than attempt to replace them.

The full interview at Alliance is available to subscribers.

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Watch the Debate

The full interview at Alliance is available to subscribers.

The full interview at Alliance is available to subscribers.

Hosh Ibrahim in conversation among participants at an Alliance event
Cover of Alliance magazine, Autumn 2026, Volume 31 Number 3: Debugged, on digital rights, AI and a new operating system for philanthropy
Hosh Ibrahim gesturing as he speaks on a panel at an Alliance event

Clockwise from top:At Alliance magazine’s 30th anniversary, London, 2026 · Photo: Alliance; Alliance, Autumn 2026 · Vol 31, No 3; On the anniversary debate panel · Photo: Alliance.

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Strategic Engagements

Africa CDC

Global Health Reform & Outbreak Response

Global Health Reform & Outbreak Response

Global Health & Development

In 2026, Africa CDC invited Hosh to join the African High-Level Ministerial Committee on Global Health Architecture Reform as a Key African Strategic Voice. He also took part in Africa CDC and WHO AFRO coordination on the continental response to the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

In 2026, Africa CDC invited Hosh to join the African High-Level Ministerial Committee on Global Health Architecture Reform as a Key African Strategic Voice. He also took part in Africa CDC and WHO AFRO coordination on the continental response to the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

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Read the Health Financing Paper
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Africa CDC · Concept Paper, April 2025

Africa’s Health Financing in a New Era

Report Summary

This Africa CDC concept paper responds to what it calls an unprecedented financing crisis in African health, driven by a 70% decline in official development assistance from 2021 to 2025.

It notes that only three countries, Rwanda, Botswana and Cabo Verde, have consistently met the Abuja target of allocating at least 15% of national budgets to health, and sets out a plan phased to 2030.

Emergencies on the Rise

Public health emergencies rose 41%, from 152 in 2022 to 213 in 2024.

Three Pillars of Financing

The plan rests on more domestic financing, innovative financing such as solidarity levies, and blended finance with the private sector.

Targets to 2030

Its second phase, 2026 to 2030, targets 50% domestic financing in at least 20 countries.

A summary drawn from the publisher’s own report. The full report is the original source.

Original Source

africacdc.org

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2023

The Journey Fund

Intergenerational Dialogue, Nairobi

Governance & Leadership

At the 2023 Ibrahim Governance Weekend in Nairobi, Hosh and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation co-hosted an intergenerational dialogue with Bridging-Ventures, bringing together his fellow Foundation Council members Mary Robinson and Graça Machel with Rajiv Joshi, the Now Generation Network and other global leaders. It helped inspire The Journey Fund, a global just transition investment platform co-founded by Bridging-Ventures.

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Next Generation Giving Pledge

Member

Member

Philanthropy & Systems

Member of a network of philanthropists exploring long-term and intergenerational approaches to giving and public purpose.

Member of a network of philanthropists exploring long-term and intergenerational approaches to giving and public purpose.

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The Alchemists

International Thought Leadership Forum

International Thought Leadership Forum

Part of an international forum for exchange on leadership, economies, climate and the future, convened by the Club of Rome and led by Carlos Álvarez Pereira.

Part of an international forum for exchange on leadership, economies, climate and the future, convened by the Club of Rome and led by Carlos Álvarez Pereira.

Former Service

Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Director of Special Projects

Director of Special Projects

Governance & Leadership

His executive role before joining the Council, leading special projects across the Foundation’s governance and leadership work.

His executive role before joining the Council, leading special projects across the Foundation’s governance and leadership work.

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2019–2025

2019–2025

Sigrid Rausing Trust

Board Member

Board Member

Democracy, Rights & Culture

Just over five years of board service with the international human rights foundation supporting organisations working on rights, justice, accountability and civic space.

Just over five years of board service with the international human rights foundation supporting organisations working on rights, justice, accountability and civic space.

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Visit Sigrid Rausing Trust

Read the 2024–2025 Activity Report
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Sigrid Rausing Trust

2024–2025 Activity Report

Report Summary

The Trust’s activity report covers 2024 and 2025, which it calls pivotal years of testing its model in a turbulent world while preparing to mark its 30th anniversary.

It reviews grants across three programmes, human rights and the rule of law, open societies and the environment. The preface records that Hosh completed his term on the board.

Over £27 Million in Grants

Between 2024 and 2025 the Trust paid over £27 million in grants across its programmes and strategic initiatives.

Overturning Colonial-Era Laws

Litigation highlighted in the report helped overturn colonial-era laws against same-sex relationships in Saint Lucia and Dominica.

Thirty Years of Giving

Founded in 1995, the Trust has given away over £591 million to organisations around the world.

A summary drawn from the publisher’s own report. The full report is the original source.

Original Source

sigrid-rausing-trust.org

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The Africa Center, New York

Board Member

Board Member

Democracy, Rights & Culture

Represented the Foundation on the board of the New York institution connecting Africa and its diaspora through culture, policy and public programmes.

Represented the Foundation on the board of the New York institution connecting Africa and its diaspora through culture, policy and public programmes.

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Visit The Africa Center, New York

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