Cordially,
Adam I. Aw Hirsi, PhD
Director, Foresight for Practical Solutions
About Us
Foresight for Practical Solutions (FPS) is a think and action tank headquartered in Mogadishu, Somalia, working across East Africa and the Horn. We exist because the region’s most pressing challenges — in governance, security, climate, education, and migration — are too often analyzed from a distance and addressed with borrowed templates. FPS takes a different route: our experts are drawn primarily from within East African societies, bringing firsthand knowledge of the contexts in which policy must actually work.
FPS Mission
At Foresight for Practical Solutions, our mission is to empower decision-makers in East Africa with the foresight needed to anticipate trends, navigate uncertainties, and make informed choices for a sustainable and prosperous future. We are dedicated to fostering strategic thinking, encouraging innovative solutions, and creating a lasting impact on business, government, and society while ensuring financial sustainability.
FPS Vision
Our vision is to drive positive change through evidence-based research and policy advocacy, ultimately improving the lives of people in East Africa.
Director's Message
Greetings,
Welcome to Foresight for Practical Solutions,where we believe that practical solutions are essential in navigating the unpredictable and complex landscape of East Africa region.
In our view, understanding the nature of the challenges we face in this region is paramount in finding effective solutions.
At Foresight for Practical Solutions, we strive to make ourselves accessible and easy to communicate with because we value your input and insights.
We believe that collaboration and engagement with those who are directly impacted by our work are essential in creating meaningful and sustainable change.
One of the unique aspects of our team at Foresight for Practical Solutions is that our experts are primarily drawn from within East African societies.
This allows us to bring a deep understanding of the local context and a firsthand perspective to our work, ensuring that our solutions are both relevant and impactful for the communities we serve.
Thank you for joining us on this journey towards a brighter and more prosperous future for East Africa.
Adam I. Aw Hirsi, PhD
FPS PROFILE
Foresight for Practical Solutions is a dynamic think and action tank based in East Africa, committed to delivering forward-thinking and innovative solutions to tackle complex challenges across the region. Our approach combines strategic foresight with practical implementation, sustained by an independent, self-financing model that safeguards the rigor, candor, and continuity of our work....Read More
FPS IN THE NEWS
- FPS has issued a formal statement on the unfolding political situation in Somalia.
- Somalia at a Crossroads: Cooler Heads Carry the Day
- How OHirsi’s (2026) Wheelbarrow Motion Theory Challenges and Advances Lee’s (1966) Push-Pull Model
- The Wheelbarrow Motion Theory: Climate Change and Corruption as Interdependent Drivers of Irregular South-To-North Migration – Practical Solutions and Policy Responses
- ForesightSO May 2026 AI Cyber security East Africa.
- Why Saudi Arabia Holds All the Cards Against Secession Syndicates in Its Neighborhood
- No Home is Really Home for the Somali Youth in 21st Century.
- Somalia’s North-East State — A Triumph for Unity and a Blow to Secessionist Ambitions
- Somalia's Political Pulse: FPS Quarterly. July, 2025
- A Unified Response to the Al Shabaab Threat in Somalia - FPS Quarterly Brief. April, 2025— The FPS Roundtable
- FPS Opines: Disdain for the Capable: How Intellectual Inferiority Corrodes Societies - Somali Stream. January, 2025
- FPS Editorial: The Poets of Doom?: Somali Bards and the Evolution of Political Militancy - January, 2025
- FPS SCHOLARLY: "Reducing Vulnerability of Somali Women to the Global Climate Crisis: A Call to Action for Gender-Sensitive Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies."
- FPS Editorial: Mogadishu's Shift in Focus: From Al Shabaab to Electoral Politics - December, 2024.
- Turkish-mediated Pact a 3-way Win for Somalia, Ethiopia, Ankara: Regional Experts
- FPS Editorial: The INEBC Conundrum: Navigating Somalia's Path to Electoral Reform — November, 2024.
- FPS IN THE NEWS: Somalia dilemma in funding next peace mission, Ethiopia fallout
- FPS Editorial, October 2024: The NCC Glitch in Somalia – Sauntering Into the Unknown
- FPS IN THE NEWS: The real reason Egypt is arming Somalia
- FPS IN THE NEWS: Somalia’s perennial battles for elusive universal suffrage
- FPS Opines: Villa Somalia Must Tread Carefully with Southwest State
- FPS IN THE NEWS: Allied rivals and mishmash of Gulf interests on the Horn
- Upholding Constitutional Integrity: Why Calls for Impeachment are Counterproductive
- FPS IN THE NEWS:Ethiopia’s enemy is Somalia’s friend
- FPS IN THE NEWS: Somalia’s war on Al-Shabaab is about winning, and losing
- The Somali Business Community Caught Between a Bomb and a Peril. - FPS Special Commentary, August, 2024
- Responsive Governance: Barre Cabinet Scraps Levies, Defuses Tensions
- Poll Reveals Somali Public Focus on "Ethiopian Aggression" in President Mohamud's August 17 Speech
- FPS IN THE NEWS: Somalia, Ethiopia in failed talks over sea MoU, but they were better than none
- A Gambit Goes South: How Did Abiy Reason? FPS Commentary, August 2024
- President Mohamud: Juggling Deadly Priorities for Somalia's Future— FPS Commentary, August 2024
- Addressing the Crisis of Small Arms Proliferation in Somalia: The Urgency for a National Commission
- Unveiling Shadows: Implications of the Shilamadow Village Incident on Somalia's Security
- Factors Hindering Progress in Combating Al-Shabaab in Somalia - FPS
- FPS Global Perspective ❝Whoever shot at former President and presidential candidate Donald Trump might have as well cast the tie-breaking vote in President Trump's favor,❞ FPS assesses.
- FPS Opines:Why Djibouti's Guelleh Currently Holds Key to Horn Stability
- Talking with al-Shabaab? Nope. Why Somalia won’t offer dialogue to militants
- FPS Opines:The Downside of the Talk about the Talks with Al Shabaab.
- FPS Opines: The Impact of the Somali Diaspora in the West on Somalia: A Combination of goodwill and malice.
- FPS Opines: Fighting Climate Finance Corruption is Everyone’s Responsibility
- Factors Hindering Progress in Combating Al-Shabaab in Somalia - FPS
- PFS Scholarly: The Imperative of Reforming the Somalia National Curriculum
- Unity is the Only Way Out: A Clarion Call to Somalia Leaders
- Urgent Humanitarian Needs vs. Human Capital Development: Where is the Balance.
- The Regional Attitude towards the UAE is a Mixed Bag.
- Climate crisis in Somalia and global security implications: The Perplexus Nexus
- Somalia: A house deliberately divided against iteself.
- The Director of Foresight for Practical Solutions, Dr. @JustAwHirsi’s latest article on this week’s Climate Action: Knowledge Zone.
- Somalia’s perennial battles for elusive universal suffrage
- FPS IN THE NEWS: Somalia dilemma in funding next peace mission, Ethiopia fallout