Institute for African Future
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In recognition of the significant impact rapid global technological progress, climate change disruptions, as well as the ongoing COVID19 pandemic could have on Africa, we are launching the Institute for African Future (IF/AF), an independent dream+think tank that will serve as a platform to chart Africa’s future course and create a compelling vision of the continent. The mission is to champion African futures thinking and strategic foresight to imagine and manifest Africa’s emergence. IF/AF is envisioned to be a premier future thinking and foresight platform for all things Africa. The Institute is premised on the belief that providing a compelling vision for Africa’s future is a fundamental requirement for unleashing its true potential. Partnering with some of Africa’s most passionate and visionary advocates, IF/AF will bring together future-driven experts from many sectors and disciplines to tackle issues from unconventional perspectives, gathering many hands to untangle the world’s pressing problems from Africa’s point of view. IF/AF will serve as a knowledge exchange and collaboration platform for forward-thinking institutions, organizations, and entrepreneurs who want to forge strategic collaborations for Africa’s human-centered and shared future.
I decided to dedicate my life to this grand experiment known as Liberia, and on a larger level, post-colonial Africa. I knew that it was my calling to look forward. I wanted to help create beautiful futures with people facing difficult circumstances and build community around bending the universe’s moral arc closer to justice.
Fanuel Leul is an Addis Ababa-based graphic designer and storyteller. He currently serves as the creative director and founder of Qedamawi Comics.
Jackson Muneza Mvunganyi is a multimedia reporter, broadcaster and Digital media Producer. He is the host of UpFront a Youth oriented talk show on the Voice of America
Madebo is a foresight strategist and a writer, building a practice at the intersection of arts, technology, and culture. His passion is using storytelling about the future to empower better decisions today. Some current projects of his include “The Blackchain”, a speculative future which imagines a world around a Pan-African blockchain network, and “Unmanned Ode”, a poetry collection exploring the codes of masculinity composed alongside and against a neural network. He is a member of the Guild’s Futurist Writers’ Room. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Milena Mikael-Debass is a New York-based producer with a background in broadcast television, video production and digital video strategy.
Thomas Debass is a civil servant in the field of economics and international relations spanning over two decades and three federal agencies. He regularly gives lectures and talks about strategic foresight and the intersection of policy, business, and society. Thomas is also the founder and curator of SmartPhilm Fest, a film festival and media platform dedicated solely to short films shot on smartphones or other mobile devices. Thomas is also the founding Dean and trustee of the Northern Virginia (NoVA) Chapter of the Awesome Foundation, an international network of philanthropists that provides small grants for projects relating to everything from technology to arts, innovation, and education. Thomas’s most recent collaborative passion project is the design and launch of the Institute for African Future (IF/AF), an independent dream+think tank that will serve as a platform to chart Africa’s future course and create a compelling vision of the continent.
