Refuture Africa

People. Place. Possibility.

Imagine
otherwise.Build differently.

A regenerative design and futures studio for Africa.

We work with people and places to understand life today, imagine alternatives and build regenerative futures.

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People shaping possible futures. AI-generated illustration
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Questions shaped with people. AI-generated illustration

01 / Begin with lived realities

Understand life today.
Shape what comes next.

Design research and human-centred design begin with needs, aspirations and the knowledge already present.

People help frame the questions, shape alternatives and test what works. Our ambition is to expand Africa’s capacity to imagine and build regenerative futures on its own terms.

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02 / What you can commission

Four ways to
move the work forward.

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01

Foresight and futures strategy

Choose a direction through change.

Scenarios · Shared visions · Strategy tests
02

Systems and regenerative design

Shape an alternative around people and place.

Research · System maps · Models · Prototypes
03

Transition strategy and implementation support

Move from ambition into action.

Roadmaps · Pilots · Implementation support
04

Futures and systems capability

Grow the ability to keep creating.

Applied programmes · Coaching · Reusable tools

03 / The Refuture Method

Make room for imagination.
Give it a way into the world.

  1. 01

    Ground

    Understand life today.

  2. 02

    Imagine

    Explore what could be.

  3. 03

    Experiment

    Make ideas testable.

  4. 04

    Build

    Put learning into practice.

  5. 05

    Steward

    Care, adapt and renew.

Research and feedback continue across every move. Return as learning requires.

Equip and Mobilise throughout. Build capability and organise the people, resources and commitment needed to act.

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04 / Possibilities in practice

Continental ambition.
Work rooted in place.

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Land, livelihoods and nourishment. AI-generated illustration
Illustrative brief

Food System Futures

What could a food system enable if it nourished people, sustained livelihoods and renewed the land?

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Starting points for inquiry

Education

Learning and agency

Cities

Places and everyday life

Food

Land and livelihoods

Health

Care and wellbeing

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What would you like
to make possible?

Bring a question, a future ambition or an enterprise decision worth exploring.

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