Our Mission

ARIN seeks to identify and leverage on key research talents to flexibly and innovatively contribute to Africa’s research transformation, policy analysis and capacity building.

ARIN, therefore provides a peer review platform where best research and impact practices from different African contexts, are shared, profiled, and leveraged to inform transformative policy action. Among the areas that ARIN has pioneered path-breaking research, are climate change, knowledge management, science technology, and innovation.

 

Climate Change

The network currently convenes research and policy platforms on climate action, drawing from the perspective of researchers on, adaptation, science, technology, and innovation status in Africa.

 

Knowledge Management

Support contextual knowledge systems and learning

 

Science Technology, and Innovation.

Through the same approach, ARIN assesses opportunities for science-policy interface, through contextual projects on research commercialization, innovation, knowledge translation, and practice.

Sustainable Development - Africa Sustainability Hub

Climate change is recognised as one of the threats that drags Africa’s effort to alleviate poverty. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, Africa is among the most vulnerable continents to climate change. The factors that make Africa vulnerable to climate change include weak adaptive capacity, evolving energy system, high dependency on ecosystem based goods for livelihoods and majorly rain-fed agriculture. Projections by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)estimate that climate change will lead to an equivalent of 2 percent to 4 percent annual loss in GDP in Africa by 2040.

Cities and Resilience

More than 50% of the world’s population live in cities or urban centres and one billion people live in informal settlements and slums worldwide. Cities contribute significantly towards achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially SDG 11 on sustainable cities and communities. African cities will double in population by 2050 this is because being home to the world’s youngest and fast-growing population, the continent is urbanizing more rapidly than any other part of the planet (World Economic Forum).

Join us for our Mission

Climate Change and Energy

Climate change is recognised as one of the threats that drags Africa’s effort to alleviate poverty. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, Africa is among the most vulnerable continents to climate change. The factors that make Africa vulnerable to climate change include weak adaptive capacity, evolving energy system, high dependency on ecosystem based goods for livelihoods and majorly rain-fed agriculture. Projections by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)estimate that climate change will lead to an equivalent of 2 percent to 4 percent annual loss in GDP in Africa by 2040.

Mining, Trade and Industry

Africa is well endowed with mineral resources harbouring the world’s largest mineral reserve of platinum, gold, diamonds, chromite, manganese, and vanadium (UNECA). However, according to the African Review report on Mining, 2009, most of these minerals are exported as ores, concentrates or metals without significant downstream processing to add value leading to low economic benefit to Africa. Africa conceived a mining Vision to advocate for transparent, equitable and optimal exploitation of mineral resources to underpin broad-based sustainable growth and socio-economic development. Therefore, the untapped mineral potential can help African leapfrog to industrialised economy if value added.

Agriculture and Forestry

Agriculture contributes directly and indirectly to climate change rendering farmers among the most vulnerable in Africa. Africa’ economy is majorly dependant on agriculture, which highly rainfed hence among the most vulnerable areas to climate impacts. Approximately, 60% of Africa’ trade and jobs respectively are derived from agricultural. Agricultural practices have impacted on the forestry in Africa. The indigenous agricultural practices like ‘slash and burn’ and mechanization have continually contributed to the destruction of forests as creation for more land for intense crop and livestock increase in order to produce more for the increasing population in

Technology and Innovation

Africa is increasingly being recognised as among the key global players acquiring, generating and applying knowledge on technology and innovation in sectors of economy. However, the potential impact of technology and innovation is yet to be achieved in Africa. So, the UN agencies and development partners are supporting African countries to formulate, adopt and implement new technology and innovation policies.

Our Team

  • Dr. Joanes Atela

    Dr. Joanes Atela is an accomplished executive with over 15 years of experience in research and providing technical support to African governments in natural resource management, climate change mitigation and [...]
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  • Kennedy Mbeva

    Kennedy Mbeva is the Secretary to the Advisory Committee, CO-Convernor of  the  African Research and  Impact Network(ARIN). He is currently a Research Associate at the African Centre for Technology Studies [...]
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  • Reuben Makomere

    Dr. Reuben Makomere LL.B (Hons) P.G.D Law (KSL)  is a legal adviser at ARIN and a doctoral researcher at the University of Tasmania, Faculty of Law. His current research is [...]
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  • Victoria Chengo

    Victoria Chengo is the Research Manager at ARIN. She is also, the Tomorrow's Cities Nairobi Risk Hub Manager, and a member of the Africa Sustainability Hub Victoria holds an MSc [...]
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  • Charles Tonui

    Charles Tonui is a fellow at ARIN. He is also a research fellow at the African technology studies. As a researcher, Tonui supports action research, resource mobilization, and project management [...]
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  • Mr Paul Osogo

    Mr. Paul Richard Osogo is the Government and Diplomatic Liaison Officer of the Africa Research and Impact Network and has held different Liaison positions at the African Centre for Technology [...]
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  • Amon Mtunji

    Amon Mturi Mtunji serves as the Finance and Administration Officer at ARIN, bringing with him a proven track record of over 6 years in comprehensive financial management, accounting, budgeting, and [...]
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  • Erick Omwandho Opiyo

    Erick Omwandho Opiyo, is an IT. Specialist at ARIN. He oversees the organization information systems and participates in proposal planning, design and development of project-based research systems. He has over […]

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  • Leah Aoko

    Leah Aoko is a Research Associate at ARIN. Leah has a background in law and policy development. Her passion lies in exploring the intricate interplay between science and policy, recognizing [...]
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  • Dr. Akinyi J. Eurallyah

    Eurallyah Akinyi holds the position of Fellowship Manager at ARIN. Akinyi is also an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Her expertise lies at the intersection of sovereign financing, […]

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  • Dr. Humphrey Agevi

    Dr. Humphrey Agevi serves as a Research Associate in Climate Change and Development at the Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN). In this capacity, he plays a pivotal role in […]

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  • Dr. Mary Nantongo

    Dr. Mary Nantongo is a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Makerere University Business School. She is a postdoctoral fellow on the ‘Capacity Building for Socially Just and Sustainable Energy [...]
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  • Emily Bolo

    Emily Bolo is a Research Associate at ARIN. She is a dynamic and proactive clean/renewable energy specialist who has championed the institutionalization of regional e-cooking hubs in Kenya. With her [...]
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  • Washington Kanyangi

    Washington Kanyangi is a Research Associate at ARIN. Washington is specializing in Climate Justice, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Environmental Sustainability. With a solid foundation in Disaster Management and International Diplomacy, [...]
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  • Prof. Felix Kanungwe Kalaba

    Prof. Felix is the chair of the ARIN Advisory Board and the Focal Point for the Southern Africa region. He is an Associate Professor of Environment and Development at the [...]
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  • Dr Adama SOW EP BADJI

    Adama SOW BADJI est Maître de Conférences Titulaire au département d’économie à la Faculté des Sciences économiques et de Gestion (FASEG) à l’université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar (UCAD). Après [...]
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  • Dr. Antoine Faye (PhD)

    Dr. Antoine Faye is the focal point for Francophone. He is an Independent Consultant with tested expertise in Public Policy Analysis while specializing in Climate Change Economics. At mid-career as […]

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