Africa is Indigenous
Building the Infrastructure of Africa's Indigenous Economy
The Indigenous Professions of Southern Africa's (IPROSA's) purpose is to advance Africa's Indigenous Knowledge Systems by empowering practitioners, communities, enterprises, and institutions to build a thriving Indigenous economy where knowledge, wellbeing, and prosperity are sustained for us all.
Empowering African Indigenous and Local Knowledge
Africa’s primary economy was not informal.
It was formal, interrupted.
Africa is entering a new economic era shaped by demographic growth, climate transition, technological transformation, and emerging knowledge economies. The continent's future prosperity will depend on how effectively it mobilises its knowledge systems, natural assets, and human capabilities.
Across Africa, Indigenous Knowledge Systems continue to support health, biodiversity, food systems, cultural continuity, and community resilience. Yet despite their significance, they remain largely disconnected from formal research, innovation, industrialisation, and investment systems.
The question is no longer whether Indigenous Knowledge Systems matter. The question is how they are governed, developed, and invested in as strategic assets within Africa's emerging knowledge economies and future industries. That is the institutional work IPROSA is built to do.
Indigenous economies are not marginal. They are foundational to Africa's economic future.
Indigenomics Africa™ Week 2026
THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS OF AFRICA'S WELLBEING
Five days. Eight sectors. One continental platform.
Five days. Eight sectors. One continental platform convening Indigenous leadership, practitioners, researchers, investors, governments, universities, enterprises, development partners, to advance Indigenous economic development across Africa.
The Call for Abstracts contains the full programme architecture, thematic tracks, institutional pillars, submission guidelines, and transdisciplinary framework for Indigenomics Africa™ Week 2026.
Submissions close 30 July 2026. info@iprosa.org
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Indigenomics Africa™ is a trade-marked platform of the Indigenous Professions of Southern Africa (IPROSA).
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