The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replaced the millennium development goals in 2015 (United Nations, 2015). They include a resolution to end poverty and hunger, build peaceful societies, empower women and girls and protect the planet. Achieving these goals necessitates a move away from direct funding within the donor community towards an approach of empowering and enabling communities to help themselves. The SDGs define global priorities for development up to the year 2030 and are pivotal for addressing the global economic, social and environmental challenges faced by the communities. They promote a wide range of actions in public and private sectors that can foster economic growth through new and innovative ways. [...]