Empowering Africa Through Action
The Umoya MwaAfrika Alternative African Economic Project
This project seeks to redefine the concept of development in Africa and bring about a mindset shift away from development that accelerates the climate crisis. It challenges us to tap into traditional African values and think beyond economic activity that involves extraction, overproduction, destruction of nature.
The core objective of an alternative economic paradigm for Africa with the Umoya MwaAfrika Authentic African Economic Initiative is to foster thinking away from GDP and advocate for a CCCI – Care, Cleanliness, and Community Index for Africa.
Our flagship event – The Annual Umoya MwaAfrika Authentic African Economy Lecture – brings together policy makers, scholars, activists, and decision makers to reflect on the power of decolonisation and the need to tap into traditional African ways of organising. It explores the economic systems through which great African empires were built, for inspiration in confronting the biggest crisis of our time.
Sixty years after independence, most African countries still rank among the Least Developed Countries of the world. An economic system tied to production will perpetually keep Africa in a position of catch up. It is time Africans rethink development on Africa’s terms – prioritising community, care for nature and people, and environmental stewardship.
Umoya MwaAfrika Kunye Africa Solidarity Project
This project thrives to contribute in building a generation of Africans who see themselves as one. Millions believe that Africa will reach its full potential when we work together, united in essence and purpose. Yet, while unity has long been a vision, the reality remains distant.
The Umoya MwaAfrika Kunye Africa Solidarity Project is an initiative to build a strong sense of Africanity among African youths and renew solidarity through acts of communal sharing.
Through school and community outreach programmes, we reignite the spirit of unity and cultural exchange by carrying the stories and challenges of one community into the hearts of others — creating bridges of learning, empathy, and collective strength.
The Umoya MwaAfrika Climate & Biodiversity Project
Unlike traditional environmental activism, this project focuses on shifting mindsets in communities directly impacted by extractive industries. Through storytelling and research, we equip people with the knowledge and context to resist harmful projects and protect their land.
Our youth-focused subproject “This is it GenZs” empowers young Africans to understand how climate change is driven by human activity. Many have experienced its effects — floods, droughts, heatwaves — but do not fully grasp its causes.
We take youth to witness firsthand the impact of environmental destruction and expose them to green innovation, helping foster a generation committed to climate resilience and ecological protection.