Sep 6, 2026 · 11 min · 10 segments
Natalie Sifuma is a Kenyan writer, researcher, and consultant currently based in Cape Town. She is the founder of Sisters in Climate — a Pan-African climate initiative — and is completing an MPhil in…
Natalie SifumaGuest
Alma-Nalisha CeleHostThis is the final day of Open Book Festival and it's been such a beautiful experience.
She founded Sisters in Climate, a pan-African climate initiative, and is currently completing an MPhil in inclusive innovation at UCC's Graduate School of Business, where she's focusing on social impacts, climates, and gender across Africa.
She's a 2026 Booked Trips Fellow, weaving literary culture and travel into place-based storytelling.
Natalie writes that the intersection that most people choose has three separate jobs, climate organizing, research, and storytelling.
Having founded Sisters in Climate, she refuses to let any of those identities sit still.
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This is the final day of Open Book Festival and it's been such a beautiful experience.
She founded Sisters in Climate, a pan-African climate initiative, and is currently completing an MPhil in inclusive innovation at UCC's Graduate School of Business, where she's focusing on social impacts, climates, and gender across Africa.
She's a 2026 Booked Trips Fellow, weaving literary culture and travel into place-based storytelling.
Natalie writes that the intersection that most people choose has three separate jobs, climate organizing, research, and storytelling.
Having founded Sisters in Climate, she refuses to let any of those identities sit still.
