Our work today informs investment decisions by many of the continent’s most ambitious and progressive leaders. We have conceptualised a continental water stewardship programme for an FMCG company, raised sovereign debt capital to finance national development plans, developed scenarios to forecast the effects of changes to the political-economy on mineral supply to global markets, secured regulatory approval for new technology standards and launched the continent’s most ambitious entrepreneurship programme. We have executed successful advocacy campaigns resulting in changes to legislation that increase financial inclusion and improve nutrition, and we run the only outsourced UN information system in the world, based in Somalia.