The missing institutional architecture
Africa Tech Trust (ATT) is a digital-tech melting-pot as well as an incubator: mobilizing the emerging tech talents of Africa and the diaspora towards resolving knowledge-economy gaps — anchored on artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies — and striving to build world-class computing solutions and infrastructure that position Africa as a global competitor within the global tech space.
- A shareholder-owned Private Limited Company — profit with purpose
- Registered in Nairobi, Kenya — anchored by the Concept Note, the Statutes and the Lusaka Declaration
- Shareholder-led and independent — governments engage through MoUs, never as shareholders
Profit with purpose
Monetized, world-class digital applications, built from a market-driven perspective and aligned with the AfCFTA common-market agenda. Charity follows profitability — first, the trust earns.
What stands
Africa Tech Trust Ltd — the shareholder-owned company: capital, governance and the incubator, with distributed continental ownership and capital-raising independence.
What rises
World-class computing applications — from sector AI models to cross-border Web3 trade — monetized from day one and built for the AfCFTA common market.
Six pillars, twelve months
Phase One organises around six strategic pillars — each with a single accountable lead and a clear outcome by June 2027.
- 01Institutional Formation
Africa Tech Trust Ltd registered in Nairobi, Kenya; governance instruments in force; the risk-assessment council in place.
- 02Founding Shareholders & Brand
Founding shareholders onboarded; brand and website live; the public identity launched.
- 03Partnership Pipeline
The first five strategic MoUs signed — governments, foundations and DFIs across the regions.
- 04Knowledge & Convening
The first thought-leadership note published; quarterly roundtables running.
- 05Resource Mobilisation
The Phase One budget secured through founder shares and seed sponsorship.
- 06Governance Activation
Board seated, Council of Founders constituted, first three Technical Committees operational.
Pillar leads are confirmed by the Constituent General Assembly.
Twelve months, four quarters
A quarter-by-quarter shipping plan — refreshed quarterly, reviewed monthly.
- Q3 2026Foundation
The company registered in Nairobi, Kenya; Statutes adopted; Council of Founders constituted; brand and website live.
- Q4 2026Standing up
Board of Directors seated; first Technical Committees launched; first two MoUs signed; shareholding platform live.
- Q1 2027Outreach
Regional roadshow across the five regions and the diaspora; first thought-leadership note; founding cohort announced.
- Q2 2027The Inaugural Summit
The Continental Summit with regional satellites; first Student Innovators cohort; Phase Two drafted.
Openly governed
Authority is distributed by design — dependent on no single state, family or founder.
The founding authority — adopts the Statutes and confirms every mandate.
The guardians — holding veto rights over fundamental change.
Accountable for delivery — it holds the live risk register and answers to the Assembly.
Legal, Ethics, and AI & Blockchain first — the expert engines of the institution.
The people accountable
A founding team spanning the regions — every mandate confirmed by the Assembly.
The institution, in print
Three documents to read, forward and keep — the portfolio, the catalogue and the brand.
Deliveringas one
Read the founding record, or take a seat at the table — shareholding is open across the five regions and the diaspora.