Key to our approach is the idea of resilience. Resilience underlies sustainability, and the objective of building resilience on the African continent is central to our five programmes of work: natural resources; climate finance; climate change and security; global governance; and low carbon development.

A large part of our work is to respond to continental demands for research, strategy development and policy analysis, and to translate these into publications. But our work is not simply demand-driven: we aim to provide thought leadership and play the role of game-changers, striving to reveal possibilities for resilient development in partnership with our clients.