{"id":2852,"date":"2026-10-11T02:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T02:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/?page_id=2852"},"modified":"2026-10-11T08:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:18:19","slug":"foresight-briefs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/innovation-alliance\/foresight-briefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Foresight Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ituCard.hor .content {padding:1rem !important;}.alignleft{float:left;margin-right:25px}<\/style><div class=\"ituContainer grid\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/2601092E_FinalShapingEducation.pdf\" data-span=\"6\" ><div class=\"ituCard anim bg hor\" data-span=\"6\"  style=\"overflow:auto !important;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"square\" style=\"object-position: top;object-fit: contain;;max-width:200px;min-height:150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/shaping-education-for-tomorrow2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"content\" style=\"overflow:auto !important;;\"><div class=\"main\"  style=\"height:100%; 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!important;overflow:auto !important;\"><p class=\"title\">Foresight brief series: Shaping the future of an African venture capital landscape<\/p><p><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Download the Foresight Brief<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ituContainer grid\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/foresight-briefs-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/foresight-briefs-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/foresight-briefs-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/foresight-briefs-01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/foresight-briefs-01-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/foresight-briefs-01.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategic Foresight is a structured process that explores possible future scenarios and identifies emerging opportunities and challenges. Rather than predicting a single future, it enables organisations and individuals to anticipate change, build resilience, and make informed long-term decisions.&nbsp;Unlike rigid, linear planning methods, Strategic Foresight is an adaptive and iterative approach that transforms trends into actionable insights. It helps decision-makers navigate complexity, drive innovation, and remain competitive in an era of rapid technological, social, and economic transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During its second meeting, held on 28 October 2024 in Valletta, Malta, the Board endorsed a roadmap for developing a compendium of topics to be featured in the <em>Foresight Series<\/em>. This series of reports envisions equitable futures, explores emerging scenarios, and provides strategic guidance to ensure that digital ecosystems remain ready and competitive in a rapidly evolving world. The selected topics aim to address key challenges and opportunities across different sectors, offering insights to inform and shape future actions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategic Foresight is a structured process that explores possible future scenarios and identifies emerging opportunities and challenges. Rather than predicting a single future, it enables organisations and individuals to anticipate change, build resilience, and make informed long-term decisions.&nbsp;Unlike rigid, linear planning methods, Strategic Foresight is an adaptive and iterative approach that transforms trends into actionable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2852","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2852\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/innovation-alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}