The African Tech Futures Lab
African Leadership in Shaping Global Change
By 2050, Africa will be home to over a quarter of humanity.
The continent’s trajectory will be a defining force in global innovation, prosperity, and security.
Africans have the power to shape the future’s transformative science and technologies—from next-generation clean energy and climate solutions to artificial intelligence.
Yet they remain on the sidelines of decisions and investments that are remaking our world.
Africa risks falling further behind.
Too often, decision-makers are reacting rather than steering. They lack clear vision, are stuck in short-term cycles, and struggle to act strategically.
Three barriers fuel this marginalization:
1. Complexity
Emerging science and technology are high-stakes, fast-moving, and hard to decode.
2. Polarization
Choices and priorities are distorted by hype, fear, and competing agendas.
3. Fragmentation
Analysis is siloed, and African expertise is dispersed across continents.
To lead, Africa needs a new kind of strategic capacity, one that cuts through complexity, connects across siloes, and drives agency.
The African Tech Futures Lab was created to make this vision a reality.
We’re a global network of African thinkers helping decision-makers navigate global change with clarity, agency, and vision.
We provide rigorous and objective analysis, translate complexity into actionable insights, and develop practical strategies for engaging with emerging science and technology in energy, climate, and AI & digital systems—all tailored to the African context.
Africans must be at the table shaping the future—not just reacting to it.
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