Productivity becomes only a cost story.
Tasks are automated, costs fall and fewer people may be needed to do the same work.
African public-interest think tank
Technology in service of human progress.
ACAIF looks at how technology is changing work, businesses and public institutions across Africa. We bring together governments, employers, universities, funders and communities to understand the problem, support practical solutions and show what changed.
Why this matters now
AI can help organisations do more. What happens to people depends on the choices we make next.
Productivity helps organisations grow, serve more people and create new work.
Better tools can support stronger services, new products, expanding enterprises and roles where human judgement, trust, care and relationships matter.
How ACAIF works
A think tank that can move beyond thinking.
We start with a real question, learn what is happening, bring the right institutions together, support practical work and report what changed.
Ask the question
Define the problem in terms people, employers and public institutions can recognise.
Study what is happening
Use African workplaces, programmes, cases and lived experience to understand what is changing.
Bring people together
Connect governments, employers, universities, funders, technology organisations and communities.
Support practical work
Back programmes, access, research, partnerships and pilots that can improve real outcomes.
Show what changed
Track the work, publish the results and say clearly what worked, what did not and what comes next.
One mission. Three areas of work.
We focus on the places where technology most directly changes people's chances to work, participate and prosper.
Future Work + Human Capability
Jobs, skills, fellowships, workforce transition, university pathways and the new forms of human contribution that become more valuable as technology changes work.
Trusted AI + Stronger Institutions
Responsible AI, data governance, cyber resilience, public service, board accountability and safe adoption inside real organisations.
Inclusive Innovation + Shared Prosperity
Women, young people, refugees, entrepreneurs, underserved communities and African firms getting a fairer chance to benefit from technological progress.
Where the work connects
Africa first, with country-level work and international partnerships.
ACAIF's agenda is continental, but useful work happens through real institutions in specific markets. These pages make that context explicit for search, research and partnership discovery.
AI governance, jobs, skills and cyber resilience
Work with public institutions, universities, employers and partners around responsible AI, workforce transition and trusted digital participation.
Explore ACAIF in Kenya →AI, enterprise growth and the future of work
Research and partnerships around productivity, human capability, responsible technology and institutional strength in one of Africa's largest markets.
Explore ACAIF in Nigeria →Partnerships supporting Africa's AI transition
Routes for U.S. funders, universities, technology companies and institutions to contribute useful capital, research, technology and institutional capability.
Explore U.S. partnerships →Volunteer with ACAIF
Put useful time and expertise behind the work.
Contribute to future of work, AI governance, cyber resilience, research, programmes, mentoring, partnerships, communications or technology.
A record of work across Africa
The next chapter builds on work already done.
ACAIF's work has moved from cyber resilience and safer digital participation into capability, inclusion, institutional adoption and now the future of worthwhile work.
Top 100 Cybersecurity Women
Recognition and visibility for women shaping Africa's cybersecurity sector.
Konza + Acyberschool
A five-year ambition to equip one million Kenyan youth with AI, emerging-technology and cybersecurity skills.
Entrepreneurs + fellowship
An Africa-wide entrepreneur capability target, a one-year fellowship and an innovation challenge.
Convening + access
Public convening at the Kenya School of Government and 100 Kakuma scholarships announced with Global Innovation Valley.
Women + institutional partners
The University of Nairobi and AFRALTI joined the public record around the women-in-cybersecurity platform.
The next question
ACAIF evolves into a public-interest think tank focused on jobs, human capability and institutional growth in the age of AI.
Institutions ACAIF has worked with
Our work has crossed government, development, universities and the wider technology community.
These relationships reflect different programmes and periods in ACAIF's work. They show the range of institutions that have been part of that journey.
Government + public institutions
Development partners
Universities + knowledge institutions
ACAIF's wider public record also includes work or engagement with institutions such as Strathmore University and AFRALTI.
Innovation + ecosystem
Other named organisations in ACAIF's public record include Moringa School and Global Innovation Valley.
ACAIF Intelligence
Stay close to what is changing across Africa.
Read the morning and evening Daily Briefs on AI in government, workplaces, jobs, investment, infrastructure and human progress across Africa.
Explore Intelligence
Government + public services
Enterprise processes
Jobs + skills
Investment + infrastructure
Inclusion + human progress
Trusted AI
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Make it easy to help ACAIF do more.
Individuals, teams and organisations can support ACAIF through simple recurring support seats. One seat is $9.99 per month. Choose one seat or many. Annual support is available for people and organisations that prefer to contribute once a year.
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Support research, programmes, access, convening and practical work across ACAIF's mission.
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