Closing the gap between strong organisations and the funding they need

We help organisations in the UK, Africa and beyond strengthen their funding position, diversify their income and connect with the right funders. We also help funders discover locally led organisations beyond their existing networks.

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Why we exist

The Opportunity Gap

Strong organisations often miss funding opportunities, not because their work lacks value, but because the right funders cannot find or assess them easily. The gap is widest for locally led organisations in Africa and across the Global South. We exist to help close it.

“Too often, we hear that locally led organisations cannot be funded because their work cannot easily be found. Perhaps that says less about those organisations than it does about the systems we have built."

Keith Kibirango, Founder of New Global Markets.

The challenge is unequal access to opportunity, not a lack of capability.

What we do

Three ways we turn capability into opportunity

WE BUILD

Resilience and Leadership

We help locally led organisations strengthen the leadership, income and institutional resilience needed to pursue opportunity with confidence.

Income Diversification and Financial Resilience Pathway (IDFR). Helps organisations develop balanced, mission-aligned income portfolios and reduce dependence on a limited number of funding sources.

South Leadership Fundraising Institute (SLFI). Equips senior leaders and boards to treat income generation and financial resilience as institutional leadership responsibilities.

Stronger leadership. Diversified income. Greater resilience.

WE CONNECT

Funding, partners and delivery

We help funders and international organisations build authentic relationships, credible partner pipelines and locally led delivery partnerships beyond their established networks.

Africa Partner Pipeline Sprint. Helps funders and international NGOs identify and engage with credible, locally led organisations through research, mapping, and consent-based introductions.

Africa Philanthropy Programme. Helps international organisations understand African giving and develop meaningful relationships with African philanthropists.

Credible partnerships. Stronger pipelines. Locally led delivery.

WE SCALE

Opportunity infrastructure

We develop the infrastructure needed to make credible organisations more visible and connections more efficient, transparent and accessible.

Visible. Investable. Connected. Opportunity-Ready (VICO) is a matchmaking service connecting funders and locally led organisations, increasing visibility, building confidence, and saving time and money.

Structured profiles, readiness evidence and consent-based matching make it easier for organisations and funders to discover, understand and connect with each other. VICO supports discovery and initial assessment. Formal due diligence remains the responsibility of each participating organisation.

Greater visibility. More relevant connections. Fairer access.

New report: The Unseen

Why capable locally led organisations remain invisible. Our latest report explores the Opportunity Gap: the disconnect between capable locally led organisations and the funding, partnerships, investment, markets and influence they need to grow.

It calls for investment in Opportunity Infrastructure: the systems, platforms and trusted relationships that make credible organisations easier to discover, understand and support.

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The experience behind New Global Markets.

£100m+ raised from philanthropic, corporate and institutional partners

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£10m record single donation secured from an African philanthropist

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Country chapters in five global south countries

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£100m+ raised from philanthropic, corporate and institutional partners / £10m record single donation secured from an African philanthropist / Country chapters in five global south countries /

Build stronger pathways to opportunity?

Whether you want to strengthen your organisation, develop an African philanthropy strategy, build a credible partner pipeline or connect with locally led organisations, New Global Markets can help.