Indigenomics Institute and the Indigenous Professions of Southern Africa Establish Indigenomics AFRICA

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The Agreement establishes a fifty-year vision for collaborating on a continental Indigenous economic design and delivery platform which will convene stakeholders for collective action on Indigenous trade, economic empowerment, and leadership within Africa.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Under the Agreement, the Indigenomics Institute will serve as the Big Sister and steward of the Indigenomics methodology, framework, name, and global relationships. IPROSA will serve as the Sister Entity and continental steward of Indigenomics AFRICA, leading community engagement, programming, partnerships, and regional delivery.Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Top Stories will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again“There are multiple global races taking place at the moment: AI, critical minerals, the green transition. In every one of them, the essence and wisdom of African indigeneity calls us to solution collectively and generationally, leveraging what has been, to create what will be,” said Zwakele Mbanjwa, Chief Covenor of Indigenomics Africa. “Indigenomics AFRICA is about us systematically stepping into that wisdom on our own terms; formalising, capitalising, and scaling the knowledge and authority our communities already hold.”“The Indigenomics Big Sister Collaboration Agreement marks a global power moment for Indigenomics,” said Carol Anne Hilton, Founder and CEO of Indigenomics Institute. “We are because life is. This principle places life, kinship, land, water, knowledge, culture, and future generations at the centre of a fifty-year relationship between IPROSA and Indigenomics Institute.”A Joint Steering Committee will guide governance, annual planning, accountability, and the evolution of the collaboration. The partnership will also create pathways for African Indigenous economic leadership and knowledge to contribute to the future World Indigenous Economic Forum.The Indigenomics AFRICA Continental Forum will serve as the annual convening of a year-round continental platform. The Forum will connect Indigenous professionals, practitioners, knowledge Keepers, community leaders, enterprises, governments, researchers, funders, and strategic partners to build practical economic pathways across Africa.Inaugural activation: Indigenomics Africa Week 2026Dates: October 12–16, 2026About Indigenous Professions of Southern AfricaIndigenous Professions of Southern Africa advances Indigenous Knowledge Systems and professions as infrastructure for wellbeing economies across Africa. IPROSA connects practitioners, communities, policy leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, funders, and partners across health, food systems, natural medicine, technology, governance, finance, and innovation.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.About the Indigenomics InstituteThe Indigenomics Institute is an Indigenous economic design, finance and technology company advancing the visibility, architecture and activation of Indigenous economies. 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