Can generative AI close the technical capacity gap in government agencies without the data or the innovation leaving the country?
Emerging producers are asked to make sophisticated regulatory, fiscal and environmental decisions with some of the smallest, most stretched teams in the sector. Our objective is simple: use secure, practitioner-led AI to close that gap, on terms that keep data and innovation within Global South countries.
Our sovereign AI system works as a secure “vault” in which overstretched agencies can use generative AI to research precedents, benchmark and draft regulations, review environmental impact assessments, and monitor greenhouse-gas emissions. Unlike public AI tools, it uses zero-training architectures, so sensitive national data never leaves a governed environment. A human-in-the-loop design keeps expert judgement and institutional authority with government users throughout: the AI supports analysis and review, it does not replace them.
This work is generously funded by Energy Corps, a US nonprofit working to end energy poverty by connecting local leadership with global expertise.
AI Advisory Desk
Our Help Desk has spent over a decade answering complex regulatory, fiscal and legal questions for member governments, but manual, expert-led responses limit us to 10–20 queries a year. Within six months, we aim to have a working beta platform ready to roll out for the benefit of all the governments in our group, giving every agency access, on demand, to the network’s fourteen years of practical oversight experience, with a human in the loop validating policy options.
Upstream National Emissions Dashboard
Phase 1 is already funded through secured co-funding: a working pilot developed with a national regulatory agency and a leading national university, establishing an auditable, source-resolved methane and greenhouse-gas monitoring capability owned by the national regulator. The pilot country will be announced shortly.
Both tools are grounded in the same principle: technology should widen what small government teams can see and verify, without narrowing their control over the decisions that follow.
Support this work
This is an ongoing initiative, with high geographic replication potential and multiple new tools planned. If you would like to help us extend this work to more member countries, get in touch.
