The Architects Behind the Intelligence

We are not distant analysts. We are builders.

We understand Africa from the inside—its corridors, clusters, and energy systems—because we have spent our lives building within them. We are the sovereigns, the diaspora, the architects of Africa's long future.

Our Conviction

We believe that intelligence without conviction is just data. Analysis without stake is just observation.

We are not neutral. We are not extractive. We are not distant.

We are Africans, by birth and by choice, building intelligence for those who share our conviction in Africa's sovereign future.

Our team spans the continent and its diaspora—from Lusaka to London, from Lagos to Perth. We bring ground truth from the inside, not projections from the outside.

This is how we deliver intelligence that bends time.

The Architects

Sid Mofya
Chief Architect
Zambia • Global

Strategic Intelligence Architecture

Builds sovereignty-first analytical frameworks for continental economic systems. Architect of MOTIF's three-systems approach to African strategic intelligence.

We design intelligence for those who plant seeds they may never see grow.
Joy Simwaba
Southern Africa, Energy
Southern Africa

Energy Systems & Sovereign Power

Maps energy independence pathways across Southern Africa's corridors. Analyzes grid integration, renewable transitions, and resource sovereignty strategies.

Energy is sovereignty. Who controls the electrons controls the future.
Victor Mwenda
East Africa, Agriculture
East Africa

Agricultural Corridors & Food Sovereignty

Intelligence on East Africa's agricultural value chains, corridor development, and food system sovereignty. Tracks trade flows from farm to port.

Food sovereignty is the foundation of all other sovereignties.
Eric Osiakwan
West Africa, Venture Capital
West Africa

Capital Flows & Innovation Clusters

Maps venture capital flows and innovation cluster development across West Africa. Analyzes how capital shapes technological sovereignty.

Capital without sovereignty is just extraction with better marketing.
Diane Henry Lepart
London & GCC, Capital
London • Gulf

International Capital & Sovereign Finance

Intelligence on global capital flows into Africa from London and Gulf markets. Analyzes dependency structures and sovereign financing alternatives.

The best capital comes with no strings attached—and that's the hardest capital to find.
Ibrahim Sagna
North Africa, Culture
North Africa

Cultural Corridors & Soft Power

Maps cultural flows and soft power dynamics across North Africa's corridors. Analyzes how culture shapes economic relationships and sovereign positioning.

Culture is the first corridor. Everything else follows.
Alick Macha Haangala
Australia, Mining
Australia

Mining Intelligence & Resource Sovereignty

Analyzes global mining value chains from an African sovereignty perspective. Maps how resource extraction shapes corridor development and energy transitions.

Africa's minerals should build Africa's future, not someone else's.
Vine Mwense
Europe, Infrastructure
Europe

Infrastructure Diplomacy & Sovereign Development

Intelligence on European infrastructure investment in Africa. Analyzes sovereignty implications of development finance and infrastructure partnerships.

Infrastructure is politics by other means. Every road tells a story of power.

How We Work

Inside Intelligence

We don't analyze Africa from conference rooms in London or New York. We work within the systems we analyze—embedded in the corridors, clusters, and energy networks that shape the continent's future.

Conviction Over Neutrality

We believe in Africa's sovereign future. This isn't bias—it's the analytical lens that reveals opportunities and risks that "neutral" analysis systematically misses.

Generational Thinking

We design intelligence for those building Africa's long future. Our timeframes are measured in decades, not quarters. Our clients plant seeds they may never see grow.

Ground Truth

We gather intelligence through direct relationships, not proxy reports. Our analysis comes from stakeholders who shape outcomes, not observers who track them.

Join the Architects

Work with intelligence built by Africans, for Africans, and for those who share our conviction in Africa's sovereign future.