About CCAIE

Built to close the climate-readiness gap.

CCAIE is an African climate-readiness institution working across evidence, education and innovation. We strengthen the practical foundations that enable institutions, schools and young people to understand climate risk, build capacity and move from commitment to informed action.

Why readiness

Climate ambition fails when the capability to implement it is weak.

Climate readiness is the capacity of institutions and people to translate climate risks and commitments into effective action. It is not the destination — it is the condition that makes implementation possible.

That capacity is uneven across Africa. Plans, pledges and mandates frequently exist ahead of the systems, skills and information needed to deliver them. CCAIE works on the capabilities that determine whether climate priorities can actually be implemented.

Systemic

Rules, policies, finance, accountability, information systems and the wider enabling environment.

Institutional

Mandates, organisations, staff, processes, resources, coordination and management.

Individual

Knowledge, skills, agency, leadership and problem-solving ability.

This mirrors the individual, institutional and systemic capacity levels used in international climate-capacity frameworks, and the enabling conditions — governance, finance, information, institutional capacity, innovation, monitoring and participation — identified as necessary for climate-resilient development.

Our approach

Methods, not stages.

Evidence, education, innovation and engagement are the methods CCAIE uses across those capability levels. They are not four sequential stages and not four outcomes, and the programmes that carry them are current vehicles rather than the institution itself.

Evidence

We use public evidence to make institutional capability legible enough to inform decisions, accountability and improvement. Current vehicle: the Climate Action Index.

Education

Climate knowledge is part of climate infrastructure. Schools, teachers and students build the understanding and practice a response depends on. Current vehicle: Climate-Safe Schools.

Innovation and engagement

Practical solutions begin with real problems, and public learning keeps them connected to the people affected. Current vehicles: Crafting Tomorrow and Rising Voices.

The programmes are not a sequence. An index finding does not become a school curriculum, and a school participant does not become an innovation fellow. Each addresses a legitimate part of the same implementation-capability problem.

Our story

Built around a recurring problem.

Climate commitments are growing across Africa. But commitments alone do not determine whether institutions can respond, whether schools understand the risks ahead, or whether communities have the knowledge and capacity to act.

CCAIE was created around that gap.

Our work brings together evidence, education and innovation through one common focus: strengthening climate readiness.

Today, we work with institutions, schools, young people and partners to build the practical foundations that help climate action move from intention to implementation.

People

The team building CCAIE

A small, multidisciplinary team working across evidence, education, innovation and institutional partnerships.

A'aron John

Founder & Executive Lead

Praise Amavi Agbe

Programmes & Partnerships

Dr. Ije Anusim

Research & Evidence

Dr. Abel Owotemu

Technical & Policy Lead

Elizabeth Gnadamosi

Operations & Engagement

Adigizi Akpus

Communications & Youth Mobilisation

Leadership and governance

Accountable across strategy, delivery and quality.

Governing board

Provides oversight of institutional strategy, finance, governance and risk.

Executive team

Responsible for CCAIE's programmes, operations, partnerships and institutional development.

Technical review

CCAIE works with relevant experts and reviewers to strengthen the quality of its research, methodologies and technical work.

Governance

Board members

Our governing board provides oversight of institutional strategy, finance, governance and risk.

Dr Abel Owotemu

Tamar Nandul

Nabilah Usman

Emmanuel Stefanakis

Ahmed Alaga

Governance and verification

Policies and records for responsible delivery.

CCAIE maintains institutional policies and records to support responsible programme delivery and partner due diligence.

Safeguarding and child protection

Data protection and research ethics

Anti-corruption and conflict-of-interest controls

Financial and procurement controls

Governance and organisational records

Evidence & reports Contact CCAIE

Relevant institutional documents and reports can be accessed through our evidence and reporting resources or requested through CCAIE.

Partners & collaborators

Institutional partners

CCAIE works with public institutions, foundations, civil-society organisations, schools and other partners across its programmes.

Mastercard Foundation

Bureau of Public Service Reforms

Center for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity

Institut Français du Nigéria

Leventis Foundation Nigeria

Theirworld Global Youth Ambassadors

Coderina EdTech

Crystal EdTech

SkillsLab by Crystal EdTech

Codeplay72

Jarding Reading Garden

Ekondo

Pro Green

Work with us

Work with CCAIE

We work with governments, schools, foundations, universities, development partners and companies on defined climate-readiness programmes.

Explore partnerships Contact CCAIE

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Your support extends public climate evidence, puts practical learning into more classrooms, and backs young innovators building solutions in their own communities.

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