ARI collaborates with governments, regional institutions, universities, research centres, civil-society organisations, communities, businesses, foundations, and financial institutions.

We welcome partnerships that strengthen African knowledge, institutional capability, policy implementation, and agency.

Ways to Work With Us

• Research and knowledge partnerships: Partner with ARI to undertake research, build datasets, develop policy frameworks, or investigate a shared transition challenge.
• Policy and institutional partnerships: Work with us to conduct diagnostics, develop strategies, strengthen institutional coordination, or translate evidence into policy and implementation.
• Learning and capability partnerships: Collaborate with ARI on practitioner training, peer exchange, fellowships, institutional learning, and applied problem-solving.
• Programme and demonstration partnerships: Work with us to design, test, and evaluate practical approaches connecting energy and climate transition with economic and institutional transformation.
• Funding partnerships: Support independent African-rooted research, institutional development, practitioner networks, and long-term programmes. We value funding relationships that respect intellectual independence, local agency, transparency, and the time required to build enduring capability.

Who We Work With

• National and subnational governments;
• African regional and continental institutions;
• Universities and research organisations;
• Civil-society and community organisations;
• African businesses and industry associations;
• Philanthropic foundations;
• Development-finance and multilateral institutions;
• Responsible private investors; and
• International partners aligned with African-led transformation.

Partnership Principles

• Shared purpose: We work with partners committed to resilience, transformation, and lasting public value.
• African agency: Partnerships must strengthen, not displace, African leadership and capability.
• Integrity: We are transparent about interests, funding, evidence, and potential conflicts.
• Intellectual independence: Research findings and policy positions cannot be determined by funders or partners.
• Mutual value: Every partner should contribute meaningfully and benefit fairly.
• Learning: We share evidence, question assumptions, and adapt together.

Legal and funding information

The African Resilience Institute is not a separate contracting or grant-receiving entity.

Contracts and grant agreements supporting ARI are entered into by Wellspring Charitable Association, acting through the African Resilience Institute.

Funding designated for ARI is administered by Wellspring Charitable Association and internally restricted or allocated to the relevant ARI programme or project.