A quarter of young Africans believe USAID cuts could be positive, survey finds

NEAR was invited by The Guardian to respond to an interesting finding from the African Youth Survey: a quarter of African youth surveyed believe that USAID funding cuts could have a positive impact.

Hibak Kalfan, NEAR’s Executive Director, points out that this is a pivotal moment for local organisations to diversify their funding by strengthening local and regional resource mobilisation.

Read the article here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/30/a-quarter-of-young-africans-believe-usaid-cuts-could-be-positive-survey-finds

This is one of the reasons we are expanding our database of locally-led pooled funds. As the funding landscape shifts, organisations need to look beyond traditional aid funding.

Check out the database here: https://near.ngo/global-south-locally-led-pooled-funds-database/

Look out for an updated version of the database soon!