African Future Index

A continental knowledge system tracking what matters — and what’s missing — in African futures.

AFI brings together our research, lived realities, and emerging foresight to offer a multi-lens view of Africa’s most pressing and promising futures.

Framing possibility. Indexing purpose.

The Four Lenses

Explore how we see and structure our work. Each lens provides an intuitive way to navigate and connect content across the site.

Earth

Environment, natural resources, land, climate

Life

Health, care, migration, community

Equity

Redistribution, power, gender, accountability

Future

Technology, youth, foresight, innovation

Policy Spotlights

Explore neglected policy spaces and underexplored governance themes.

African Policy Toolkit

Practical tools and guides for navigating, shaping, or interrogating African policy systems.

Funded Joint Projects

Mapping Templates

Equity Audit Frameworks

Adaptive Diagnostic Tools

AFI Tracker: MetricsView

Visualise our policy impact, theme alignment, and country focus. Show how our research, partnerships, and advocacy span across Africa’s futures — and where more work is needed.

Interactive matrix, charts, and downloadable data

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AFI Voices

Stories, testimonies, and reflections from our partners, researchers, and communities.

“The Toolkit helped us frame our advocacy in a way that resonated with policymakers.”

“For the first time, our community’s knowledge was seen as valid data.”

Use Cases

Discover how people are applying the Index.

  • All Posts
  • Announcement
  • Annual Summit
  • Community Action
  • Earth
  • Equity
  • Future
  • IARAI Insights
  • Life
  • Policy Spotlight
  • Transparency Report

AFI Navigator

Searchable index of key policy terms and system tags.

Just Transition

An economic and social shift towards sustainability that is fair and inclusive.

Policy Elasticity

The capacity of a policy to adapt to changing contexts without losing its core purpose.
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