"𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔." That line carried @sara_lomelin's TED talk at the #10thEAPC. It turns one person's vision and effort into a shared vision, combined effort, and multiplied impact. 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰.

𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 did not open with a theory about capital. It put the instruments on the table and asked the room to build. 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 took apart the deal structures and risk architectures that move real money. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 a post-aid season demands. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒙 stared down the trillions in assets and remittances the sector keeps failing to reach. Three rooms, sleeves up, no spectators. Swipe through. #10thEAPC

Three masterclasses, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎, getting money to actually land where it should. 𝑷𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 opened up the governance and operations it takes to stand a fund up and keep it standing. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕-𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒚 went where most rooms will not, into the money and the power sitting under the language. 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 traced the cross-border route that carries capital to African-led organizations. The wiring, handed over in full. Swipe through. #10thEAPC