Sep 10, 2025

Beyond the Aid Cliff: Dr. Julius Sindi on What Comes After the Donor Exit

Julius Kirimi SIndi

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Sep 10, 2025

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Beyond the Aid Cliff: Dr. Julius Sindi on What Comes After the Donor Exit

The age of abundant Western aid is ending—and this time, no rebound is guaranteed. In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues, host Hisham Allam speaks with Dr. Julius Kirimi Sindi, a systems innovator and director of the Gates Foundation–backed Catalyze Impact Initiative, about how global development must adapt before it unravels. Drawing from decades of leadership in African research and reform, Sindi argues that this funding shift isn’t just financial—it's existential....

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Julius Kirimi SIndi

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Julius Kirimi Sindi is a strategist, innovator, and outspoken voice on why the aid sector must change before it is too late. He has helped raise over $50 million for the continent’s development.

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Hisham Allam

DevelopmenAid Dialogues host

Hisham Allam is a DevelopmentAid journalist and podcast host, renowned for award-winning investigative work, including the Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to the Panama Papers.

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Hisham Allam is a DevelopmentAid journalist and podcast host, renowned for award-winning investigative work, including the Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to the Panama Papers.

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Beyond the Aid Cliff: Dr. Julius Sindi on What Comes After the Donor Exit

Beyond the Aid Cliff: Dr. Julius Sindi on What Comes After the Donor Exit

Produced by

Hisham Allam

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