What We Do
At the African Centre for a Green Economy (ACGE), we drive sustainable and inclusive growth across Africa, fostering climate resilience and environmental stewardship. Through strategic partnerships and innovative solutions, we empower communities, businesses, and governments to embrace the green transition for a better tomorrow.
Our Key Initiatives
Capacity Building & Education
Empowering individuals and organizations with the knowledge and skills to lead the green economy transition.Policy Advocacy
Shaping policies that advance sustainability and foster a climate-resilient Africa.Green Investment
Supporting green entrepreneurs and facilitating investments in sustainable businesses.Climate Resilience & Adaptation
Building resilience to climate impacts through community-driven adaptation strategies.Inclusive Growth
Creating economic opportunities for all, especially marginalized and vulnerable communities.
Our Vision
We are dedicated to creating a greener, more sustainable Africa for everyone—where the environment, economy, and society thrive together.
Energy Access
The transition to a local carbon development, requires effective strategies for decarbonising the economy, including the energy sector. At the same time, it’s important to ensure that energy access is achieved, especially for the most vulnerable.
Our work focuses on providing research and advisory services, to promote energy transition. We do this by developing strategic frameworks for established and emerging energy sources such as green hydrogen, solar pv and wind energy among others. We also provide strategic advisory to ensure that the transition is just through promote energy access and job creation.
Climate Finance
Our work on climate finance spans a range of topics, ranging from tracking climate finance flows into the continent to developing strategies for unlocking innovative finance for climate change adaptation.
Data Intelligence
New Economy Accelerator; The New Economy Accelerator (NEA) promotes Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), which help to manage natural resources sustainably to achieve both environmental and human wellbeing outcomes.
Entrepreneurship
New Economy Accelerator; The New Economy Accelerator (NEA) promotes Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), which help to manage natural resources sustainably to achieve both environmental and human wellbeing outcomes.
Food Systems
The current food production system is unsustainable, with a very negative impact on the environment and human health. Overuse of fertilisers and pesticides, resulting in food that is harmful to human health and degrading the environment.
Landscape Resilience
Our work specifically supports governments, business, and civil society across Africa to develop strategies to achieve their sustainable development objectives. Our service consists of value chain innovation, skills development, and data intelligence.
