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Growing Beyond Borders: Lessons from LEAP Africa on Scaling into a Pan-African Organization

In this session, Kehinde Ayeni shared insights on how LEAP Africa has scaled into a Pan-African institution by building a strong foundation rooted in youth leadership and impact. She highlighted the importance of combining strategic programme delivery with ecosystem building, partnerships, and advocacy to achieve large-scale outcomes across the continent. She also emphasized that becoming an institution requires focusing on competence, credibility, and capability, ensuring the right expertise, building trust with stakeholders, and developing systems that enable sustainable growth. She further outlined that attracting philanthropic funding is a gradual process driven by consistent impact, strong governance, and long-term institutional strengthening. She advises that organizations should invest in systems, build credibility over time, and position themselves for scale to attract meaningful and sustained support.