Knowledge and Learning Ecosystems | Axum Earth

Elimu-Soko

Axum — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:11:21 +0000

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 donor-funded pilots. Even when they demonstrate strong results, these interventions rarely have… Read More »

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Hearth Summit

Axum — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:34:14 +0000

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 Nairobi, part of a global series focused on inner wellbeing in changemaking. The 2024 event convened… Read More »

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Biodiversity Investments–Researcher and Accelerator (BIRA)

Axum — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:11:44 +0000

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, Axum and partners launched BIRA, Africa’s first biodiversity accelerator. Initially funded by FSD Africa Investments and now incubated by SITU,… Read More »

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Global South AI Community

Axum — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:01:07 +0000

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, supported by the Grand Challenges. The Community includes over 100 innovators across 24 countries who are using AI to… Read More »

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PHA4GE

Axum — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:58:47 +0000

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: Axum conducted a comprehensive assessment of PHA4GE’s structure, strategy, and operations. Using a mixed-methods approach, the process identified organizational needs… Read More »

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Empowering Millions of Youth to Access Digital Jobs

Axum — Tue, 21 May 2024 20:00:34 +0000

Kenyan youth (ages 18-34) make up 25% of the population; over 30% of this youth population is unemployed and lacks adequate job preparation and information. At the same time, digital technology has penetrated all sectors of the economy, providing the potential to address youth unemployment in an inclusive way. Axum staff supported the running of… Read More »

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Exploring the Frontiers of AI in Africa

Axum — Tue, 21 May 2024 19:57:53 +0000

Emerging technologies (e.g., AI, big data) are driving the 4IR and have a critical role in addressing Africa’s challenges and accelerating agendas. Several challenges (e.g., infrastructure, skills, governance, policy) must be addressed to fully leverage the potential of these emerging technologies and mitigate their risks. Axum is helping build the Emerging Technology Institute and Action Lab in Kenya,… Read More »

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Driving Policy and Leadership Development for Africa’s Circular Economy

Axum — Tue, 21 May 2024 19:57:12 +0000

One of our partners’ goals was to spur Africa’s transition to a circular economy. However, there existed an opportunity to support the organization in building its capacity to profile, develop, and coordinate the implementation of circular economy opportunities. A major global forum partnered with Axum staff to host the organization’s secretariat. We supported this partner… Read More »

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Empowering Creatives to Tell the African Story

Axum — Tue, 21 May 2024 19:55:37 +0000

Historically, international media has marginalized voices from the global south, leading to biased perspectives and limited representation. Yet, empowering underrepresented communities in the film industry presents an opportunity to promote diversity and inclusion in storytelling. Axum staff supported one of our partners to design and disburse funds under a creative equity scholarship program for West… Read More »

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Supporting the Skilling of African Youth to Access Economic Opportunities

Axum — Tue, 21 May 2024 19:54:45 +0000

Youth in Africa face significant skills gaps and limited access to economic opportunities, a challenge rooted in systemic issues such as inadequate educational infrastructure, mismatched skillsets, and limited vocational training. One of our projects is a Technical and Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) rollout initiative in three African countries (DRC, Côte d’Ivoire, and Tanzania) that… Read More »

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