CAP-A is a public benefit organization working to unlock Africa's potential as a global hub for climate action, enabling the continent to achieve net-negative carbon emissions through climate-smart economic growth. The platform builds evidence, shapes advocacy, and develops proof-of-concept projects—such as its groundbreaking solar and wind energy dashboard—to demonstrate the financial and climate viability of African-led climate solutions. It collaborates with a network of partners across the public, private, and social sectors to mobilize investment and scale viable pathways including green manufacturing, low-emissions growth, and carbon removal.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Africa possesses massive untapped renewable energy potential, the world's youngest and fastest-growing workforce, and abundant land and natural resources, yet it receives insufficient attention in global climate action—both within the continent and from potential partners. Climate action at present is often framed with Africa as a climate victim rather than a leader, and the continent lacks the evidence base and coordinated approach needed to realize scalable, economically transformative climate initiatives.
Solution
CAP-A is a public benefit organization that works to unlock Africa's potential as a global hub for climate action underpinned by a new climate-smart model of economic growth and inclusive livelihoods. The platform builds evidence through data analytics and visualization to identify, quantify, and prioritize climate opportunities; shapes narrative advocacy to strengthen African voices on climate; and develops proof-of-concept projects—including smallholder farmers as climate entrepreneurs and engineered carbon removal—to demonstrate financial and climate viability. CAP-A acts as a system orchestrator, connecting and collaborating with a network of likeminded partners to amplify promising ideas and opportunities. The organization's work is informed by the realization that Africa's demographics, growth trajectory, and resource endowments, coupled with its extremely low carbon emissions, enable the continent to aspire to not just net-zero but a substantial net-negative carbon footprint sooner than any other region. Through insight generation, advocacy, thought partnership, and initiative development, CAP-A demonstrates the win-win potential of climate action as a driver for economic transformation, job creation, and prosperity.
Target Audience
Primary audiences are African and global policymakers, investors, development partners, and public and private sector decision makers who can mobilize investment and support for climate-positive growth in Africa. The organization also engages with youth, researchers, and civil society organizations working on climate and economic development.
Features
- Conducts data analytics and visualization to build an Africa-centric fact base for decision makers to identify, quantify, and prioritize climate action opportunities
- Develops a groundbreaking solar and wind energy dashboard to map and quantify Africa's renewable energy potential
- Launches proof-of-concept initiatives across viable models, including smallholder farmers as climate entrepreneurs and engineered carbon removal technologies
- Publishes reports and knowledge resources, including a carbon markets report and Africa's Industrial Climate Competitiveness analysis, to inform policy and investment decisions
- Shapes narrative advocacy by broadening, deepening, and strengthening African voices on climate action at global forums including COP events and university partnerships
- Collaborates with a network of partners, including academic institutions and non-profits, to amplify climate-positive initiatives across the continent