One home, many missions
Advocacy, consultancy and clean-energy projects, coherently under one roof.
The African Energy Advocacy Initiative works right across the energy spectrum: policy advocacy, energy and oil-and-gas consultancy, and on-the-ground clean-energy projects like solar lighting and efficient cookstoves that measurably improve safety, health and livelihoods for vulnerable communities. It is an unusually broad mandate: in one breath it speaks to ministries and industry, and in the next to a rural household choosing a cleaner stove. We were brought in to give all of that a single, coherent home: a brand and website that hold the policy, the consultancy and the grassroots impact together without any one of them feeling like an afterthought.
The challenge
Most organisations do one thing; AEAI does several, for several very different audiences. A funder or government partner needs rigour, governance and credibility. A community partner needs warmth, clarity and proof that the work changes lives. The challenge was to build one home that serves both at once, institutional enough to be taken seriously in an energy-policy room and human enough to mean something in a village, then to make a sprawling, multi-mission organisation feel focused, legible and genuinely hopeful.
The work · 4 moves
What we actually did.
Not a logo and a landing page. A full effort across strategy, brand, content and engineering — here’s the play-by-play.
- Brand & design
- Web development
- Content
- 01
A vision-led narrative
We found the thread that unifies advocacy, energy & oil-and-gas consultancy and grassroots clean-energy projects, one story, told with conviction.
- 02
A clean, optimistic brand
An identity built around clean energy that reads credible to institutions and hopeful to the communities being served.
- 03
Impact, structured to be read
Programmes and metrics organised for two audiences at once, funders skimming for rigour and the public looking for hope.
- 04
A content system that lasts
Built so the team can keep advocacy, projects and news current without coming back to us for every change.
How our awesomeness made it happen.
The moves that turned the brief into a result.
Credible and hopeful
A brand that reads serious to institutions and warm to the communities served.
Impact, made visible
Programmes and outcomes structured to be understood at a glance.
Inside the build.
A closer look at the work as it shipped.
The result
Proof it worked.
- Multi-mission advocacy + consultancy + projects
- Clean energy solar lighting & cookstoves
- Community-first built for the people served
And this is just the tip
There’s a lot more where this came from.
One project, told in full. We’ve shipped dozens more across agritech, health, media, property, commerce and platforms.
Energy · Oil & gas · Consultancy · Founder mode
African Energy Advocacy Initiative.
Energy, oil & gas and consultancy, with a conscience.
Client African Energy Advocacy Initiative Year 2024 Scope Brand · Website · ContentThe African Energy Advocacy Initiative works right across the energy spectrum: policy advocacy, energy and oil-and-gas consultancy, and on-the-ground clean-energy projects like solar lighting and efficient cookstoves that measurably improve safety, health and livelihoods for vulnerable communities. It is an unusually broad mandate: in one breath it speaks to ministries and industry, and in the next to a rural household choosing a cleaner stove. We were brought in to give all of that a single, coherent home: a brand and website that hold the policy, the consultancy and the grassroots impact together without any one of them feeling like an afterthought.
Most organisations do one thing; AEAI does several, for several very different audiences. A funder or government partner needs rigour, governance and credibility. A community partner needs warmth, clarity and proof that the work changes lives. The challenge was to build one home that serves both at once, institutional enough to be taken seriously in an energy-policy room and human enough to mean something in a village, then to make a sprawling, multi-mission organisation feel focused, legible and genuinely hopeful.
What we did
The approach.
- 01
A vision-led narrative
We found the thread that unifies advocacy, energy & oil-and-gas consultancy and grassroots clean-energy projects, one story, told with conviction.
- 02
A clean, optimistic brand
An identity built around clean energy that reads credible to institutions and hopeful to the communities being served.
- 03
Impact, structured to be read
Programmes and metrics organised for two audiences at once, funders skimming for rigour and the public looking for hope.
- 04
A content system that lasts
Built so the team can keep advocacy, projects and news current without coming back to us for every change.
Inside the build
What shipped.
One home, many missions
Advocacy, consultancy and clean-energy projects, coherently under one roof.
Credible and hopeful
A brand that reads serious to institutions and warm to the communities served.
Impact, made visible
Programmes and outcomes structured to be understood at a glance.
The scoreboard
Results that talk.
- Multi-mission advocacy + consultancy + projects
- Clean energy solar lighting & cookstoves
- Community-first built for the people served
Up close
The product, in frames.
Your story, next.
Tell us what you imagine. You'll have a reply within one business day.
// deploy report · energy · oil & gas · consultancy
African Energy Advocacy Initiative.
Energy, oil & gas and consultancy, with a conscience.
client: African Energy Advocacy Initiative year: 2024 scope: Brand · Website · ContentThe African Energy Advocacy Initiative works right across the energy spectrum: policy advocacy, energy and oil-and-gas consultancy, and on-the-ground clean-energy projects like solar lighting and efficient cookstoves that measurably improve safety, health and livelihoods for vulnerable communities. It is an unusually broad mandate: in one breath it speaks to ministries and industry, and in the next to a rural household choosing a cleaner stove. We were brought in to give all of that a single, coherent home: a brand and website that hold the policy, the consultancy and the grassroots impact together without any one of them feeling like an afterthought.
Most organisations do one thing; AEAI does several, for several very different audiences. A funder or government partner needs rigour, governance and credibility. A community partner needs warmth, clarity and proof that the work changes lives. The challenge was to build one home that serves both at once, institutional enough to be taken seriously in an energy-policy room and human enough to mean something in a village, then to make a sprawling, multi-mission organisation feel focused, legible and genuinely hopeful.
// pipeline — what we ran
The approach.
- step 01
A vision-led narrative
We found the thread that unifies advocacy, energy & oil-and-gas consultancy and grassroots clean-energy projects, one story, told with conviction.
- step 02
A clean, optimistic brand
An identity built around clean energy that reads credible to institutions and hopeful to the communities being served.
- step 03
Impact, structured to be read
Programmes and metrics organised for two audiences at once, funders skimming for rigour and the public looking for hope.
- step 04
A content system that lasts
Built so the team can keep advocacy, projects and news current without coming back to us for every change.
// CHANGELOG.md
What shipped.
One home, many missions
Advocacy, consultancy and clean-energy projects, coherently under one roof.
Credible and hopeful
A brand that reads serious to institutions and warm to the communities served.
Impact, made visible
Programmes and outcomes structured to be understood at a glance.
- Multi-mission advocacy + consultancy + projects
- Clean energy solar lighting & cookstoves
- Community-first built for the people served
// assets/
The product, in frames.
$ swizel deploy your-story --prod
Your deploy report, next.
Tell us what you're building. A senior engineer reads every message, reply within one business day.
Now showing · 2024
African Energy Advocacy Initiative.
Energy, oil & gas and consultancy, with a conscience.
The African Energy Advocacy Initiative works right across the energy spectrum: policy advocacy, energy and oil-and-gas consultancy, and on-the-ground clean-energy projects like solar lighting and efficient cookstoves that measurably improve safety, health and livelihoods for vulnerable communities. It is an unusually broad mandate: in one breath it speaks to ministries and industry, and in the next to a rural household choosing a cleaner stove. We were brought in to give all of that a single, coherent home: a brand and website that hold the policy, the consultancy and the grassroots impact together without any one of them feeling like an afterthought.
ClientAfrican Energy Advocacy Initiative Year2024 ScopeBrand · Website · Content
Multi-mission advocacy + consultancy + projects Clean energy solar lighting & cookstoves The brief Read before viewing
Most organisations do one thing; AEAI does several, for several very different audiences. A funder or government partner needs rigour, governance and credibility. A community partner needs warmth, clarity and proof that the work changes lives. The challenge was to build one home that serves both at once, institutional enough to be taken seriously in an energy-policy room and human enough to mean something in a village, then to make a sprawling, multi-mission organisation feel focused, legible and genuinely hopeful.
How it was made The studio's hand, step by step
A vision-led narrative
We found the thread that unifies advocacy, energy & oil-and-gas consultancy and grassroots clean-energy projects, one story, told with conviction.
A clean, optimistic brand
An identity built around clean energy that reads credible to institutions and hopeful to the communities being served.
Impact, structured to be read
Programmes and metrics organised for two audiences at once, funders skimming for rigour and the public looking for hope.
A content system that lasts
Built so the team can keep advocacy, projects and news current without coming back to us for every change.
Details of the piece Look closer
One home, many missions
Advocacy, consultancy and clean-energy projects, coherently under one roof.
Credible and hopeful
A brand that reads serious to institutions and warm to the communities served.
Impact, made visible
Programmes and outcomes structured to be understood at a glance.
The numbers What the piece did in the world
- Multi-mission advocacy + consultancy + projects
- Clean energy solar lighting & cookstoves
- Community-first built for the people served
The gallery Frames & footage from the build
Continue through the wing
Commissions open
Your story could hang here.
Every exhibition in this wing started as a rough idea. Bring yours. We design it, build it, launch it and grow it.
⭐ Gold-star project · 2024
African Energy Advocacy Initiative.
Energy, oil & gas and consultancy, with a conscience.
The African Energy Advocacy Initiative works right across the energy spectrum: policy advocacy, energy and oil-and-gas consultancy, and on-the-ground clean-energy projects like solar lighting and efficient cookstoves that measurably improve safety, health and livelihoods for vulnerable communities. It is an unusually broad mandate: in one breath it speaks to ministries and industry, and in the next to a rural household choosing a cleaner stove. We were brought in to give all of that a single, coherent home: a brand and website that hold the policy, the consultancy and the grassroots impact together without any one of them feeling like an afterthought.
ClientAfrican Energy Advocacy Initiative SubjectEnergy · Oil & gas · Consultancy ScopeBrand · Website · Content
Multi-mission advocacy + consultancy + projects Clean energy solar lighting & cookstoves 📋 The assignment
What the client asked for.
the brief
Most organisations do one thing; AEAI does several, for several very different audiences. A funder or government partner needs rigour, governance and credibility. A community partner needs warmth, clarity and proof that the work changes lives. The challenge was to build one home that serves both at once, institutional enough to be taken seriously in an energy-policy room and human enough to mean something in a village, then to make a sprawling, multi-mission organisation feel focused, legible and genuinely hopeful.
✏️ Our working
Show your work.
A vision-led narrative
We found the thread that unifies advocacy, energy & oil-and-gas consultancy and grassroots clean-energy projects, one story, told with conviction.
A clean, optimistic brand
An identity built around clean energy that reads credible to institutions and hopeful to the communities being served.
Impact, structured to be read
Programmes and metrics organised for two audiences at once, funders skimming for rigour and the public looking for hope.
A content system that lasts
Built so the team can keep advocacy, projects and news current without coming back to us for every change.
🌟 The best bits
Extra credit, earned.
One home, many missions
Advocacy, consultancy and clean-energy projects, coherently under one roof.
Credible and hopeful
A brand that reads serious to institutions and warm to the communities served.
Impact, made visible
Programmes and outcomes structured to be understood at a glance.
🏅 The scoreboard
What it did in the world.
- Multi-mission advocacy + consultancy + projects
- Clean energy solar lighting & cookstoves
- Community-first built for the people served
📸 The scrapbook
Pics or it didn't happen.
⭐ More gold-star projects
🔔 The bell rang
Your project could earn the star.
Every write-up here started as somebody's rough idea. Bring yours — we design it, build it, ship it, and grow it.
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African Energy Advocacy Initiative
The African Energy Advocacy Initiative works right across the energy spectrum: policy advocacy, energy and oil-and-gas consultancy, and on-the-ground clean-energy projects like solar lighting and efficient cookstoves that measurably improve safety, health and livelihoods for vulnerable communities. It is an unusually broad mandate: in one breath it speaks to ministries and industry, and in the next to a rural household choosing a cleaner stove. We were brought in to give all of that a single, coherent home: a brand and website that hold the policy, the consultancy and the grassroots impact together without any one of them feeling like an afterthought.
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