Nicanor Sabula is an experienced Association Management Executive having joined the East Africa Association of Grantmakers (EAAG) from the Association of Professional Societies in East Africa (APSEA), an umbrella body for professional societies representing diverse professional disciplines within East Africa. He served as the Administrator and Programmes Manager for close to five years. Prior to that he worked with the International Council for African Museums (AFRICOM), a Pan African professional body for museum professionals. He started his career at the National Museums of Kenya working with the interactive public programmes project, where he was involved in the design and implementation of interactive education programmes for school children visiting the museum.
He is a holder of a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Science and currently finalizing his Masters Degree in Project Planning and Management at the University of Nairobi. He has undertaken specialized training in advocacy, project monitoring and evaluation; and association management. He is currently a member of the Centre for Association Leadership formerly known as the American Society for Association Executives (ASAE).
Nicanor has over the years been a very active and vocal participant in the civil society sector within the East Africa region which has seen him serve as a council member of the East African Civil Society Organizations Forum (EACSO). He serves on a number of other national and regional committees representing civil society sector.
His plan is to grow EAAG into a stronger regional network of Grantmakers providing a wide range of services to its membership as well as growing the membership to include the smallest of givers. After having worked with mostly grant seekers previously he is happy to be joining the opposite fraternity of grant givers. He believes that organized philanthropy can only be achieved after the would-be- givers understand why it is fulfilling to give.
