All Projects

An overview of individual projects across focus areas and themes.

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    EV Voices

    A flagship initiative on data, strategy, and choices shaping electric mobility in Africa

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    A Data & Research Agenda for Africa's EV Transition

    Mapping and shaping how clean technologies take root, scale, and deliver value across Africa

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    China in Africa’s EVs Revolution

    Analyzing how China’s industrial policies and export strategies are reshaping African vehicle markets—and the risks, opportunities, and strategic choices this creates for African countries.

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    Africa Clean Tech Opportunity Explorer

    Mapping Africa’s clean tech landscape and global supply chain linkages to surface strategic investment and collaboration opportunities.

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    Clean Tech Voices

    A diverse cohort of Fellows and experts examining the deeper dynamics shaping clean technology diffusion, localization, and scaling across Africa

  • Africa's CDR Future

    Africa's CDR Future

    Assessing the feasibility, risks, and development implications of carbon dioxide removal in African contexts.

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    Climate Risk & Resilience Voices

    Mapping and shaping how clean technologies take root, scale, and deliver value across Africa

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    CI Futures Initiative

    A multidisciplinary effort to clarify how climate intervention ideas fit within the broader landscape of climate risk, resilience, and response.

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    AI Public Expert Lab

    Building a platform for voices and ideas shaping the AI agenda in Africa and globally.

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    Powering Africa's Digital Future

    Decoding the link between Africa’s digital transformation and its evolving energy systems.

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    Rethinking Risk & Resilience

    Exploring how people and societies understand, experience, and act under uncertainty in a rapidly changing world.

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    ATFL– Mawazo Fellowship

    Supporting early-career African women researchers to translate rigorous scholarship into influential ideas.

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    Ideas Lab Voices

    Cross-cutting perspectives from our expert network exploring new ways of thinking about Africa’s technological futures.