CCAFEE Competency Academy
Certifying sovereign practitioners, project developers, and institutional advisors — building the workforce for the climate economy.
Certification Programs
Sovereign Scout
Provisional certification for land assessment and preliminary CCAFEE verification.
- ✓ Land assessment methodology
- ✓ Archetype identification
- ✓ Calculator proficiency
- ✓ CCAFEE fundamentals
Project Developer
Full CCAFEE verification training for large-scale project implementation.
- ✓ Digital MRV setup
- ✓ Verification auditing
- ✓ Off-taker matching
- ✓ Case study deep dive
Institutional Advisor
Article 6.2 structuring, ITMO trading, and sovereign finance.
- ✓ Article 6.2 frameworks
- ✓ Cross-border ITMO trading
- ✓ Health-Swap modeling
- ✓ Sovereign negotiation
Certification Path
Sovereign Scout
Foundational certification
Project Developer
Advanced implementation
Institutional Advisor
Executive leadership
Lead Instructor
E. “Witty” Whittaker
Principal Architect, AfriQuest Projects LLC
Over a decade at the intersection of climate science, institutional finance, and sovereign development policy. Author of the Demystifying Carbon Credits trilogy. Direct mentor for all certification programs.
What Graduates Say
"The CCAFEE Academy transformed our national carbon unit. Within 3 months of certification, we secured our first ITMO pre-purchase agreement."
— Ministry of Environment, Caribbean SIDS
"The Project Developer course gave me the technical confidence to verify our first 50,000-acre continental hub. Worth every hour."
— Lead Verifier, West Africa
🏢 Corporate & Government Training
Custom cohort-based programs for ministries, development banks, and project developers.
- ✓ 10+ participant discounts
- ✓ Custom curriculum
- ✓ On-site or remote delivery
- ✓ Post-certification support
📋 Request Information
Get the complete Academy prospectus and enrollment guide. Mention "Corporate Proposal" in your message for cohort-based training quotes.
An institutional pipeline for Africa's next climate architects.
A merit-based program supporting a selective cohort of emerging African leaders working at the intersection of climate finance, sovereign carbon strategy, and institutional design. Scholars are named at inception and carry the imprint of that founding for their careers.
Direct access to the AfriQuest advisory bench and Whittaker doctrine council.
Structured research placements with sovereign, institutional, and academic partners.
First-author track on AfriQuest briefings, whitepapers, and Trilogy addenda.
Annual scholars' convening co-located with a sovereign advisory summit.
Institutional collaboration for the climate century.
AfriQuest works with universities across Africa and the diaspora on joint research, curriculum modules, Founding Scholars pipelines, and doctrine-informed policy work.
Co-developed modules on sovereign carbon and climate finance.
Joint whitepapers, doctrine addenda, and applied case studies.
Nomination track for the AfriQuest Founding Scholars program.
Faculty briefings, guest lectures, and joint policy dialogues.