Recent Insights

Africa’s EV Future: Five Things to Know

Rose Mutiso, Adam Salzman, Hamna Tariq, Daniel Johansson • June 24, 2025

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. This release includes indicator-level maps, interactive features, and downloadable data to support smarter...

Watch Rose Mutiso in the Degrees Global Forum 2025 Plenary Session

Rose Mutiso, • June 17, 2025

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, including emissions reduction, adaptation, and carbon removal. Watch the conversation here.

Beyond the binary: Navigating AI’s uncertain future in Africa

Rose Mutiso • April 3, 2025

The artificial intelligence (AI) debate is increasingly polarized in Africa, mirroring a trend across the globe. On one side, utopian headlines, such as “5 Ways To Harness AI And End Poverty Forever,” claim that…

All Insights

Side-stepping, not leapfrogging: Africa’s cleantech innovation paradox

Rose Mutiso and Joel Nana • February 3, 2025

Solar Geoengineering: The Global South’s Stake in a High-Stakes Debate

Rose Mutiso • December 2, 2024

Neither climate laboratory nor knowledge vacuum: What’s at stake for the Global South in the debate around solar geoengineering research

Rose Mutiso • November 28, 2024

Power Hungry AI could be an opportunity for Africa

Rose Mutiso • September 10, 2024

AI in Africa: Basics Over Buzz

Rose Mutiso • March 28, 2024

  • Africa’s EV Future: Five Things to Know

    Rose Mutiso, Adam Salzman, Hamna Tariq, Daniel Johansson • June 24, 2025

  • Watch Rose Mutiso in the Degrees Global Forum 2025 Plenary Session

    Rose Mutiso • June 17, 2025

  • Beyond the binary: Navigating AI’s uncertain future in Africa

    Rose Mutiso • April 3, 2025

  • Side-stepping, not leapfrogging: Africa’s cleantech innovation paradox

    Rose Mutiso and Joel Nana • February 3, 2025

  • Solar Geoengineering: The Global South’s Stake in a High-Stakes Debate

    Rose Mutiso • December 2, 2024

  • Neither climate laboratory nor knowledge vacuum: What’s at stake for the Global South in the debate around solar geoengineering research

    Rose Mutiso • November 28, 2024

  • Power Hungry AI could be an opportunity for Africa

    Rose Mutiso • September 10, 2024

  • AI in Africa: Basics Over Buzz

    Rose Mutiso • March 28, 2024