Ford funding drops in Africa

The Ford Foundation, a US-based grantmaking organisation, cut allocations to Africa by 13 per cent last year following a decline in its revenue.

The foundation’s 2011 report, published in June, says that it spent US$44.2 million in 2011 on 283 grants in higher education, economic development, civil rights, and the environment in Africa and the Middle East. That compares with US$51m allocated to 174 grants the previous year.