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Policy Institution in Africa - Think Tank Name Ideas

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Client brief

A not-profit policy institute (Think Tank) with a focus on Africa. Insistute is similar to Aspen, Brookings, Milken, Cascade Institutions in America. You can look up these Institutes for background. Overall, we are focused on advocating policies that improve people's lives and their communities. In selecting a name, think of these key major points:

  • Unique; Catchy
  • Global presence: For example, the Institute has a name that can be "recognized" as a reputable Institute in the global market e.g. america, china, india, dubai, etc.
  • Brand Identity – Name should be thoughtful and have a meaning related to the keywords or
  • Avoid terms that have a general well-known meaning such as the Progressive Institute; - Try to avoid Acronyms but if you must, it should be able to stand alone as a word and the full name must be meaningful and related to the Key words

Overall, the name MUST be

  • Easy to pronounce
  • Easy to spell
  • Preferably pronounced the way it’s spelt: think Mi-cro-soft
  • Must rhyme with terms such as Institute, Fellowship, Forum, etc.
  • And obviously the .org and .com domain name should be available (e.g. Tinubuinstitute.org)

IMPORTANT:

  • Avoid combining words/terms with a general meaning like actionnow; progressive, freedomcome, though feel free to play around with half in half words but just not full terms
  • Also, avoid the full word Africa in the name though you can play around with the wording of Africa and Africans

You can use Latin, Catalan, Italian, Swahilli etc. that represent the suggested keywords - as long as they can be pronounced. That is, they are pronounced the way it is spelt. However, avoid using the keywords to create a word e.g progressiveafrica will not work. though you can be creative with the two terms to create a unique word e.g. Proafric Institute - but of course a little more creative than that would be great. Thanks!

Submitted by aoa3s

107

Names submitted

11

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Jul 6, 2013

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Winning Name

Actlus.com

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