George Soros began his philanthropy in South Africa, giving scholarships to Black South African students in 1979. The Foundations’ work in Africa has expanded dramatically since then, and notably provided support to a range of civil society groups that helped drive a wave of democratic change starting in the 1990s.
With the end of apartheid, we opened our national foundation in South Africa in 1993, followed by our first African regional foundation—the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa—in 1997. Our Open Society Initiative for West Africa, based in Dakar, followed in 2000. The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa opened its doors in Nairobi in 2005, after Kenya held multiparty elections in 2002. From 2022 to 2024, the separate regional foundations merged into the global structure of Open Society Foundations.
Company Details
- Employees
- 103
- Address
- 148 Jan Smuts Ave, 1st Floor,south Africa
- Industry
- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
- NAICS
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Grantmaking and Giving ServicesGrantmaking FoundationsVoluntary Health OrganizationsOther Grantmaking and Giving Services
- Website
- osisa.org
- Keywords
- Human Rights, LGBTIQ+, Economic Justice, Health, Education, Grant making, Advocacy, Research, Democracy & Governance, Economic and Social Justice, Rule of Law, Access to Justice, Inclusive Participation, Women's Rights, Youth, Health, Disability Rights, Indigenous Rights, Media and Access to information.
- HQ
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Competitors
- Hlanganisa Community Fund for Social & Gender Justice, Southern Africa Trust, The Fund for Global Human Rights, Open Society Foundations, TrustAfrica, SOUTHERN AFRICA RESOURCE WATCH, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment - CAPSI, Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation.
Open Society-Africa Questions
Open Society-Africa's website is osisa.org
Open Society-Africa's LinkedIn profile is https://za.linkedin.com/company/opensocietyafrica
Open Society-Africa has
103 employees.
View email and phone details for 103
employees at Open Society-Africa.
Open Society-Africa's industry is
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
Open Society-Africa's top competitors are
Hlanganisa Community Fund For Social & Gender Justice,
Southern Africa Trust,
The Fund For Global Human Rights,
Open Society Foundations,
Trustafrica,
Southern Africa Resource Watch,
United Nations Economic Commission For Africa,
Centre On African Philanthropy And Social Investment - Capsi,
Ford Foundation,
Gates Foundation.
Open Society-Africa's categories are Philanthropic Fundraising Services
