by belva | Sep 3, 2025 | Knowledge and Learning Ecosystems, Social Inclusion and Governance
Challenge: Africa is the only continent where 70% of the population is under 30. By 2035, over 400 million young people will reach working age. Yet 86% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to quality education. Promising education innovations often start as...
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Climate-Positive Development
Challenge Conservation efforts often face difficulties securing long-term funding, while the cultural sector remains an untapped force for environmental action and investment. Solution Axum partnered with the Museum for the United Nations (UN Live) and EarthPercent to...
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Knowledge and Learning Ecosystems, Social Inclusion and Governance
Challenge: Social change leaders in Africa often face burnout and disconnection, with few spaces dedicated to inner wellbeing as a foundation for collective action and sustained impact. Solution: Axum partnered with The Wellbeing Project to host the Hearth Summit...
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Climate-Positive Development, Economic Resilience and Transformation
Challenge: Forest ecosystems in the Global South face deforestation, degradation, and economic under utilization. At the same time, local housing deficits and economic needs persist, often without solutions that align with climate resilience or forest sustainability....
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Capital and Investment Mobilization
Challenge: Many African countries face persistent challenges in financing healthcare systems that are accessible, affordable, and sustainable. Gaps between health and finance sectors have limited the ability to create integrated solutions that can scale. Solution:...
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Social Inclusion and Governance
Challenge: Government entities across Africa often operate with limited capacity, constrained systems, and fragmented access to strategic support needed to scale programs and drive long-term development outcomes. Solution: The African Government Collaborative (AGC)...
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Capital and Investment Mobilization, Climate-Positive Development, Economic Resilience and Transformation
Challenge: Africa’s food systems face increasing pressure from climate change, under investment, and fragmented value chains, all of which threaten food security, environmental sustainability, and rural livelihoods. Solution: The African Green Food Systems Investment...
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Capital and Investment Mobilization, Climate-Positive Development, Knowledge and Learning Ecosystems
Challenge: Africa is home to 25% of the world’s biodiversity but receives less than 6% of global conservation financing. This disconnect leaves high-impact, on-the-ground conservation efforts underfunded and disconnected from capital markets. Solution: In response,...
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Digital Infrastructure and Innovation, Knowledge and Learning Ecosystems
Challenge: AI innovators across the Global South face persistent challenges in developing and scaling solutions that are grounded in local contexts and integrated into broader development ecosystems. Solution: Axum manages the Global South AI Community of Practice,...
by belva | Aug 24, 2025 | Digital Infrastructure and Innovation, Knowledge and Learning Ecosystems
Challenge: Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) needed to assess its internal structures, strategic direction, and operational model to become a more sustainable and effective contributor to global public health and genomic epidemiology. Solution:...
