About AgenticPPA
Establishing African leadership in AI governance, ensuring deployed systems serve transparency, equity, and continental development priorities.
Our Team
Bringing together expertise in AI governance, climate policy, sustainable development, and community engagement to build accountable technology deployment frameworks.
Founder
Lawrence Agbemabiese, PhD
Founder & Lead
IPCC Lead Author (Sixth Assessment Report) and Lead of AISESA's AI Working Group. Brings 25+ years bridging technology policy, sustainable development, and international scientific processes to establish governance frameworks ensuring AI deployment in Africa serves equitable, transparent, and African-led development outcomes.
Advisory Board
Distinguished experts providing strategic guidance on AI governance for African development.
Youba Sokona
IPCC Vice-Chair
Former Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III with 35+ years shaping African-led climate and energy policy. Advocates for development-compatible climate solutions grounded in African agency and renewable energy transitions.
John Byrne
President, Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Energy and Climate, University of Delaware
IPCC contributor since 1992, internationally recognized for innovative governance models in sustainable energy, including the Sustainable Energy Utility framework and polycentric approaches keeping value within local communities.
Lily Odarno, PhD
Regional Director, Clean Air Task Force Africa
Former head of WRI Energy Access Initiative in East Africa, specializing in integrated energy planning, policy engagement, and low-carbon technology deployment serving African development priorities.
Community Managers
Building local capacity and fostering inclusive AI governance through community engagement.
Francis Kemausuor
KNUST Energy Systems Researcher
Bridges technical expertise with community engagement to advance participatory governance frameworks for sustainable technology deployment in African contexts.
Betty Amenu
Community Engagement Specialist
Translates AI governance principles into accessible community frameworks, ensuring marginalized voices shape technology deployment standards and accountability mechanisms.
Eulelia Deganus
Innovation Ecosystems Coordinator
Works at the intersection of community development and emerging technologies, fostering local innovation capacity while building public understanding of AI governance imperatives.
Technical Trainers
Delivering hands-on capacity building in AI evaluation and governance frameworks.
Uriel Asamoah
AI Training Specialist
Develops curricula bridging technical AI competencies with governance literacy, enabling African professionals to audit algorithmic systems and implement transparency standards.
Marc Agbemabiese
Data Literacy Trainer
Equips communities, NGOs, and government agencies with practical skills to interrogate AI systems and conduct participatory technology assessments grounded in local values.
Jabesh K. Amissah-Arthur
Technical Capacity Building Specialist
Supports African institutions developing internal expertise in AI governance, procurement evaluation, and regulatory frameworks for long-term technology sovereignty.
Our Mission
Establish African leadership in AI governance, ensuring deployed systems serve transparency, equity, and continental development priorities rather than extractive interests.
Our Vision
A future where African institutions lead global conversations on accountable AI deployment, setting standards that embed justice, sustainability, and community agency into how transformative technologies shape development outcomes.
Our Approach
African-centered governance combining technical expertise with participatory processes, moving from principles to embedded institutional capacity.
African Agency
Governance frameworks developed by Africans, for African contexts, ensuring technology deployment serves continental priorities.
Co-Intelligence
Human-AI collaboration grounded in accountability, trust, and transparency standards that protect community interests.
Just Transitions
AI deployment serving equitable development outcomes, from energy access to agricultural systems and public services.
Implementation Focus
Moving from principles to practice through audit tools, regulatory support, and standards embedded in African institutions.
Positioning
AgenticPPA operates at the under-served intersection of AI governance and African development. While energy think tanks lack AI expertise and broad AI governance initiatives lack energy/development depth, we bridge this gap as an African-led institution with technical capacity to develop sector-specific governance tailored to African challenges.
We build implementation capacity enabling countries to audit AI systems, evaluate vendors, and establish regulatory frameworks. Our multi-stakeholder convening brings together utilities, regulators, tech providers, civil society, and communities with legitimacy to co-create accountable standards.
By integrating governance with development planning, we ensure AI accountability is embedded in national transition pathways, not treated as separate issue. This positions African institutions as authoritative voices shaping how AI serves development, challenging extractive deployment models and ensuring technology transfer serves continental priorities.