Initiatives
We don't just serve the sector. We're building it.
Programmes, research, and tools designed to move the whole African impact ecosystem forward.
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- CAPACITY BUILDING
Social Impact Marketing Summit and Awards
The Social Impact Marketing Summit is a premier gathering for purpose-driven leaders, innovators, and organisations committed to using marketing and technology as tools for positive change. The Summit brings together voices from across Africa and the global diaspora to share ideas, forge partnerships, inspire action, and celebrate changemakers through the awards.
PROGRAM INITIATIVES
- Quarterly Community Outreach: Providing life-saving medicines, food, and essential aid to established communities while expanding to new communities in need.
- Sickle Cell Trait Testing & Genotype Awareness: Conducting education programs in schools, religious institutions, and community events to bridge gaps in awareness in communities most impacted by sickle cell.
- Educational Support for Warriors: Funding and resources to help sickle cell warriors stay in school and pursue their dreams.
- Expansion to new underserved communities in need each quarter.
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- STORYTELLING & VISIBILITY
Humanitarians Of Africa Initiative
The Humanitarians of Africa is an interview feature that covers and amplifies the work of African nonprofit founders. It shares the stories of unsung heroes doing the work on the ground and changing the narrative about Africa. To date, the platform has featured over 50 founders from 15 African countries through its YouTube channel and blog.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- Share the development stories, impact and outcomes of African nonprofits.
- Amplify the voices of founders, bringing to the spotlight their passion, challenges and success stories in their journey to change lives.
- Showcase African philanthropy and drive a new narrative across the globe.
- Provide much-needed visibility for African nonprofits and their work.
- Provide much-needed visibility for African nonprofits and their work.
- Document ecosystem trends in the industry.
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- RESEARCH
Signals From The Sector
We believe data-driven decisions change outcomes. Through our tech-focused research program, we gather and publish intelligence specific to the African nonprofit and social enterprise ecosystem, equipping organizations, policymakers, and partners with the insights they need to act with precision.
PROGRAM INITIATIVES
- Close the data gap. Build African-specific evidence on how nonprofits and social enterprises use technology and AI, replacing assumptions with data.
- Publish insight people can use. Release regular reports, such as Signals from the Sector, that are clear, open, and easy to act on.
- Equip decision-makers. Give NGO leaders, funders, and policymakers the intelligence to plan, fund, and design programmes with precision.
- Track change over time. Run recurring studies so the sector can see emerging trends and measure progress year on year.
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- TECHNOLOGY
Hexa NGO AI Hub
Discover the tools. Work smarter. Create greater impact.
A curated directory of AI and digital tools helping African nonprofits, social impact organisations, and advocacy teams improve their work.
WHAT VISITORS GET
- Discover useful AI and software tools.
- Understand what each tool does.
- Explore practical nonprofit applications.
- Find free plans and affordable options.
- Access tools directly through signup links.
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- TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
GiveChat by Hexa
GiveChat is the impact ecosystem platform for African civil society. It connects three constituencies that currently operate in silos: impact organisations (NGOs, charities, social enterprises), impact professionals (consultants, grant writers, tech specialists), and donors, within a single, AI-powered platform built on the foundation of Hexa Media Africa’s existing NGO directory.
THE PROBLEM WE SOLVE
- Trust: Donors want to give, but they can’t easily tell who is legitimate or see what happened to their gift. GiveChat gives every organisation a verified profile, published documents, live project updates, and escrow-secured payouts, so donors can see the work for themselves.
- Visibility: A great mission means little if no one can find it. The GiveChat directory puts verified African NGOs in front of donors, funders, and collaborators across 54 countries.
- Giving: Most donation platforms assume a credit card and a Western donor. Your supporters use M-Pesa, mobile money, and WhatsApp. GiveChat meets them there, with local payment methods and an AI fundraising bot that turns a single link into a donation.
- Donor lists end up in spreadsheets and WhatsApp threads, and few NGOs have a comms team or a grant writer. GiveChat brings your charity page, donor CRM, email, and AI content writer into one place, with a marketplace of vetted professionals and a members’ NGO AI Hub when you need more expertise.
Social Impact Marketing Summit and Awards
Our flagship annual summit November 2026 launching “Signals from the Sector,” Africa's first sector-wide research report on AI adoption and digital communications
Humanitarians Of Africa Initiative
Humanitarians Of Africa Initiative A storytelling initiative spotlighting the humanitarians driving change across the continent.
Signals From The Sector
Signals From The Sector Our research arm, home to “Signals from the Sector” and future studies on AI adoption, fundraising, and digital communications in Africa's impact sector.
NGO AI HUB
NGO AI HUB A growing hub of AI resources, training, and tools built specifically for African NGOs.
GiveChat by Hexa
GiveChat by Hexa Conversational giving, made simple. GiveChat's full positioning and product details are being finalised.
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