About Powered By Africa
A Global Campaign Reframing Africa’s Role in Powering the World
Powered By Africa is a global campaign and convening platform dedicated to reshaping how the world understands Africa’s role in the global economy.
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Powered By Africa is a global campaign and convening platform dedicated to reshaping how the world understands Africa’s role in the global economy.
For centuries, Africa has powered the world – through its natural resources, labour, trade routes, culture, and ingenuity. Today, that role is expanding through infrastructure, technology, entrepreneurship, digital services, and global cultural influence.
Yet the narrative has lagged behind reality.
Powered By Africa exists to close that gap.
Founded by Samuel Kasumu, British-born former Special Adviser in Downing Street with African heritage, the campaign was born from a simple but powerful conviction:
Africa is not waiting to rise. It has always powered the world – and its global influence is accelerating.
Samuel Kasumu
Founder
Our Two Pillars
Storytelling with
Purpose
Narratives shape investment.
Narratives shape policy.
Narratives shape confidence.
Powered By Africa produces high-quality storytelling through:
- A landmark book profiling how each African country contributes to global development
- A feature-length documentary series, starting in Accra
- The African Infrastructure Influencers List
- November conference, delegation and Influencers Gala
Our storytelling is evidence-based, aspirational, and forward-looking. It connects Africa’s history with its present momentum, and its future leadership.
We tell the stories that data alone cannot.
Convening for
Purpose
We bring together leaders who build, finance, and shape Africa’s future.
Through:
- The Powered By Africa Infrastructure Conference
- The Influencers & Leaders Gala
- The Official Delegation to Accra
- High-level campaign board engagement
We create curated environments where infrastructure developers, investors, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and cultural leaders connect with intention.
Convening is not networking for its own sake.
It is about aligning capital, ideas, and leadership to create measurable impact.
Our Core Focus: Infrastructure & Sustainable Job Creation
At the heart of Powered By Africa is a clear economic thesis:
Infrastructure creates jobs.
Infrastructure enables industry.
Infrastructure unlocks prosperity.
Africa’s population is projected to reach approximately 2.5 billion by 2050, representing nearly one in four people on Earth. The continent is home to the world’s youngest population – with over 60% under the age of 25.
This demographic reality presents both urgency and opportunity.
Infrastructure development — in energy, transport, ports, logistics, digital connectivity, housing, and urban systems — is foundational to enabling:
- Manufacturing growth
- Agricultural productivity
- Digital transformation
- Trade expansion
- SME growth
- Large-scale employment
Beyond physical infrastructure, the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector represents a critical pathway to sustainable employment. With digital infrastructure and talent development, Africa can support global back-office, customer support, technology services, and knowledge-based industries at scale.
The combination of:
- Infrastructure investment
- Digital connectivity
- Human capital development
- Diaspora engagement
creates the conditions for millions of sustainable jobs.
Powered By Africa exists to support and accelerate this shift.
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