Nigeria has exported about 950,000 barrels of a new crude grade to the Netherlands. The milestone signals fresh upstream momentum, but it also sharpens questions about local refinery supply, pump prices and policy discipline.
Mauritius has unveiled a three-year renewable pipeline designed to add 405 MW to the grid, backed by home solar, wind expansion and battery storage.
Waste is increasing faster than earlier forecasts suggested, and the sharpest pressure is now building across the Global South. A World Bank assessment says cities are heading toward a more immediate waste crunch than policymakers had expected.
Sahara Group has opened applications for its #SaharaBeyondXXX Graduate Management Trainee Programme.
Nigeria’s power crisis is sharpening the case for mini grids as a faster, more practical route to electricity access.
African and emerging markets are entering a new carbon-market era with Article 6 largely settled; however, it is not yet safely governed.
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are facing fresh investor pressure over the water and power demands of their expanding data-centre footprints.
Nigeria still imports at least 70% of its medicines, despite having over 120 local manufacturers. That dependence matters now because domestic production remains concentrated in lower-value drugs, while policy support has stayed weak and uneven.
Nigeria's infrastructure deficit is not a funding gap; it is a structural crisis hiding in plain sight. With government revenues overwhelmed by debt service and personnel costs, the capital market must now become the primary engine of national development finance.
Nigeria sits on one of Africa's largest institutional capital pools of N29.43 trillion in pension assets as of February 2026, while facing an annual infrastructure financing gap that exceeds $100 billion. The distance between those two realities is not primarily a financial one. It is a structural, governance, and coordination problem.
Adaptation finance does not fail only at the funding stage. It often breaks down earlier, when projects lack the technical, social and commercial preparation needed to attract capital.
As flood losses rise, forests are returning to the centre of a hard policy question: can land cover meaningfully reduce extreme flood risk?
Companies are being asked to disclose more on climate, workers, communities and boardroom conduct. The more difficult question is no longer whether to report, but what data is material, credible and decision-useful.
The global economy is becoming more electricity-intensive, and business strategy is shifting with it. Electrification is moving from climate ambition to operational necessity.
Carbon pricing is no longer a distant European policy debate. It is becoming a live commercial issue for exporters, suppliers and boards that want to stay in global markets.
Residential energy use is no longer a side issue in the clean-air debate. The World Bank’s latest deep dive argues that what households cook with and how they heat their homes now sits at the centre of the global air-pollution challenge.
Global aviation entered 2026 with its net-zero goal intact, but the route to get there is becoming more contested.
Financial services firms are rethinking how sustainability reporting is organised, governed and delivered. The question is no longer whether disclosure matters, but whether reporting models are robust enough for a more regulated, data-heavy and politically contested era.
ESG scores remain widely used, even as criticism of opacity, inconsistency and greenwashing has grown.
African and emerging markets are entering a new carbon-market era with Article 6 largely settled; however, it is not yet safely governed.
Africa’s democracy debate is no longer about whether citizens still value democratic rule. It is about why support for democracy remains high while democratic outcomes, in many countries, remain fragile, uneven, or in retreat.
Africa’s critical minerals moment is being framed as a green opportunity; however, raw extraction alone will not deliver green industrialisation. The real debate is whether the continent will supply the transition or shape it.
The UN-Water and UNESCO report reframes the global water crisis as a failure of governance and equity, rather than merely a resource shortage. Financing gaps, gender inequalities, and weak institutions continue to undermine access.
Indonesia’s Just Transition policy is ambitious, linking decarbonisation with jobs, equity, and growth, but its implementation reveals structural cracks. Governance instability, weak social financing, and fragmented policy execution threaten delivery.
Malawi’s reform moment has arrived under pressure, not prosperity. With inflation near 30%, exports shrinking and reserves critically low, the country faces a narrowing window to restore macroeconomic credibility.
The Future Action Summit (FAS) Thailand 2025, organized by the global youth-led organization Echo Change, is a four-day international summit distinct from the UN's "Summit of the Future" that convened in September 2024. FAS Thailand is specifically designed as a launchpad for youth-led action, driving tangible progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
New York City hosts the UNGA High-Level Week and Global Goals Week, bringing together world leaders, civil society, business, academia, and youth with a unified focus on accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fostering a more sustainable future.
ICSD 2025 brings together global experts to align research, policy, and practice around key SDGs. Focused on interdisciplinary solutions, with emphasis on education and capacity and building for sustainable progress by 2030.
The largest global climate convening of the year, aligning with UNGA 80 and Global Goals Week to accelerate climate solutions through over 900 events; with an am of shifting climate discourse from problem awareness to practical implementation, emphasising economic opportunity, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration.
A quadrennial global gathering of conservation leaders, policy‑makers, Indigenous Peoples, and innovators, convening to shape the global nature agenda through bold themes, science, equity, and collective action.
A premier annual gathering in Berlin, bringing together global leaders across politics, science, business, and civil society to shape the future of health under the theme “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World.”
A dynamic one-day festival uniting global innovators and leaders in Vienna to showcase and accelerate climate‑tech solutions—from startups to researchers—culminating in the Climate Launchpad 2025 Global Grand Final.
Bringing together Africa’s sustainability ecosystem. This hybrid gathering is tailored for policymakers, investors, corporate leaders, and NGOs, focusing on ESG frameworks, climate finance, and sustainable innovation to drive Africa’s green transition.
Summary and evidence-based insights into corporate, government, and organisational sustainability disclosures across Africa, highlighting achievements, uncovering gaps, and spotlight opportunities for progress.
