The South Leadership Fundraising Institute

Leadership, power and money for a rebalanced global system

The South Leadership Fundraising Institute (SLFI) is the flagship leadership platform powered by New Global Markets.

The SLFI Fellowship is not a short course or a standalone training. It is leadership infrastructure designed to reposition how senior leaders engage with money, power and partnership in a shifting global funding landscape.

Across the Global South, leaders are being asked to secure sustainable funding in systems that were not designed for them.

Traditional aid is contracting. Localisation has shifted responsibility faster than authority. Boards and funders expect diversification, yet leaders are often expected to deliver structural change without investment in leadership posture, exposure or institutional confidence. This is a leadership and power gap.

Left unaddressed, it compounds into fragility, dependency and reactive decision making. The SLFI intervenes before crisis forces compromise.

Keith Kibirango
Keith Kibirango
Chief Executive Officer,
New Global Markets &
Founder, South Leadership
Fundraising Institute
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The idea behind the South Leadership Fundraising Institute is deeply personal. I began my career in Ugandan communities and later learned fundraising internationally — an experience that changed everything.

I saw that leaders in the Global South are not lacking talent or ideas, but access to the systems, networks and confidence to mobilise resources. The SLFI exists to close that gap and help leaders build strong, sustainable institutions that can lead their own development agendas.

Keith Kibirango
Chief Executive Officer,
New Global Markets &
Founder, South Leadership Fundraising Institute
SLFI Pathway
Entry — All Routes
Mandatory Gateway
The Leadership in Fundraising Intensive Masterclass
Five Days · Residential · In-Person
This in-person residential experience establishes the shared language of leadership, money and power that underpins all further engagement. It builds cohort trust and prepares participants for the flagship programme or executive modules.
Senior Leaders Institutional Authority Cohort Trust Peer Network
Route One
The Power and Fundraising Leadership Programme
Eight Months
The recommended and most comprehensive route. Integrates the Masterclass with applied leadership implementation, peer accountability and institutional change.
  • Flagship executive journey
  • Full leadership architecture
  • Structured peer accountability
  • Executive coaching throughout
  • Deep organisational change
Route Two
The Executive Leadership Modules
Two Months per Module
Four targeted modules taken individually or as a complete sequence, aligned to specific institutional needs.
Module I
Leadership, Authority & Money
Module II
Income Diversification & Strategy
Module III
Donor Engagement & Strategic Asking
Module IV
Governance & Risk Management
Route Three
Bespoke Organisational Offer
Flexible Delivery
A customised engagement for institutions where multiple leaders and boards move through leadership repositioning together.
  • For institutions and funders
  • Executive teams and boards
  • Organisational diagnostics
  • Whole-organisation development
  • Flexible format and structure
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SLFI Fellowship Recognition Participants who complete all four modules — whether through the flagship or modular route — are recognised as SLFI Fellows. Fellowship signals completion of the full leadership architecture and inclusion in the SLFI peer network.

Pathways Within the Institute

Register Your Interest

SLFI cohorts are deliberately curated to ensure senior level peer engagement and trust.

To register your interest in the next cohort and to download a programme flyer, please complete the form.

A member of the SLFI team will follow up with further details.