Insights
Africa’s EV Future: Five Things to Know
We’re excited to announce the full launch of the Africa EV Readiness and Impact Index, the first continent-wide tool to assess electric vehicle (EV) adoption potential and its wider societal impacts.
Solar Geoengineering: The Global South’s Stake in a High-Stakes Debate
I’ll admit it—I wasn’t planning to dive into the solar geoengineering debate.
Watch Rose Mutiso in the Degrees Global Forum 2025 Plenary Session
At the Degrees Global Forum 2025, ATFL’s Rose Mutiso joined David Keith and Holly Buck for a timely plenary discussion on how solar radiation modification (SRM) fits into the broader climate action landscape.
Neither climate laboratory nor knowledge vacuum: What’s at stake for the Global South in the debate around solar geoengineering research
Recently, I sat in a room in Cape Town with African climate scientists, watching them present results from sophisticated models examining how solar geoengineering interventions…
AI in Africa: Basics Over Buzz
When Buti Manamela visited Lengau, one of Africa’s fastest supercomputers, he had more prosaic technology in mind: electricity.
Beyond the binary: Navigating AI’s uncertain future in Africa
The artificial intelligence (AI) debate is increasingly polarized in Africa, mirroring a trend across the globe.
Side-stepping, not leapfrogging: Africa’s cleantech innovation paradox
On the bustling streets of Nairobi, Kenya, electric motorcycles weavesilently through traffic, their riders ferrying passengers and packages across the city.
Power Hungry AI could be an opportunity for Africa
Gloom and doom dominates the coverage of AI’s ever growing energy demands.