As we edge closer to the half of this quarter, we invite you to keep tabs with engagements in our thematic programmes as we share with you our first edition of the SID Africa newsletter. In this edition we apply back-casting to highlight our engagements in 2024, and how these lay the foundation of our work and shape the year ahead.

In brief...

Read our work on Energy Futures in the Eastern and Southern Africa regions, highlighting the Public Energy Futures Forums in Kenya as well as the anticipated outputs from the engagements in Tanzania, and Angola-Mozambique-Namibia axis.

Under Climate and Environment, we opined a blog on the intrigues of the UNFCCC's COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan highlighting the pledges, disappointments and possible pathways for climate action in the lead up to 2025 COP 30 in Belem, Brazil.

In our Future and Foresight engagements, find out how we are applying foresight tools and scenarios building practise to transform food systems in Kenya. Also, read about our partnership with the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners in Africa that necessitates a series of dialogues aimed to be a platform to interrogate and ideate a Fairer Futures for Africa by engaging both senior and emerging futurists, foresight practitioners, experts and thought leaders from across the continent.

Read this and more...

Access the newsletter via the linked text >> 2024 at a Glance