Africa’s first G20 summit on its own soil was more than a ceremony. Johannesburg 2025 marked a recalibration of voice, visibility and ambition in global governance.
Across classrooms from Lagos to London, a quiet shortcut is rewriting how young people learn to think, feel, and belong in an AI-saturated world. Students are embracing chatbots as study buddies, emotional confidants, and ghostwriters, often faster than schools, regulators, and even parents can keep up.
Sahara Group will utilise the 9th edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2026) to advance discussions on energy security, policy alignment, and gas-led industrialisation, as stakeholders gather in Abuja from February 2 – 5, 2026.
Lagos taxpayers have been granted additional time to file annual returns. The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline to February 7, offering employers and individuals temporary relief.
Governments internationally are now under clearer pressure to measure, disclose and manage climate risk.
The European Union is preparing to anchor a 90% emissions reduction target into its climate policy architecture. The move signals one of the most ambitious mid-century transition frameworks globally.
Solar energy attracted the largest share of Africa’s $3.8 billion power-sector investment in 2025, underscoring a decisive shift toward utility-scale photovoltaic expansion across the continent.
Namibia is seeking to unlock $1.76 billion in renewable energy investment through private sector financing, marking one of its most ambitious power-sector expansions to date.
Water is no longer just an environmental issue; it is also a challenge to development, food security, and macroeconomic stability.
India’s fast payment revolution was never just about speed. It was about architecture: building rails that could carry inclusion, innovation, and economic formalisation at the national scale.
Agtech in emerging markets is stabilising after a boom–bust cycle, but recovery is uneven. While broader startup funding shows early signs of recovery, Agtech lags.
Africa’s power demand will more than double by 2050. However, per capita electricity use will still trail global averages. Governments have procured 25 GW of renewables, natural gas is set to supply 45% of power generation, and data centres are emerging as a new load driver.
Africa’s startup ecosystem closed $3.6 billion in funding in over 635 deals in 2025, signalling resilience amid global capital tightening. Mega-deals accounted for just 1% of transactions but captured 25% of total value.
Investment growth in emerging markets has slowed to half the pace of its 2000s pace, even as development financing needs surge into the trillions.
A new analysis by the Development Finance Observatory reveals a 25% decline in net flows over the past decade, driven not only by aid cuts, but by rising debt repayments and a dramatic reversal in Chinese lending.
Ghana requires between $900 million and $1.55 billion annually to meet its climate targets. However, the actual green finance flows stand at roughly $830 million, leaving a funding gap of up to $720 million.
Africa produces more than 300 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas and accounts for 8.5% of global LNG supply; however, millions remain poor due to a lack of consistent energy availability.
Ethiopia requires $316 billion by 2030 to achieve its climate and industrial commitments; however, 80% of that must come from international partners. Public finance dominates, private capital lags, and execution bottlenecks, from permitting delays to power reliability, are slowing green manufacturing.
Limiting warming to 1.5°C could require allocating up to 13% of global high-biodiversity areas to land-intensive carbon removal. A new multi-model study warns that large-scale forestation and bioenergy with carbon capture may collide with conservation goals.
Across classrooms from Lagos to London, a quiet shortcut is rewriting how young people learn to think, feel, and belong in an AI-saturated world. Students are embracing chatbots as study buddies, emotional confidants, and ghostwriters, often faster than schools, regulators, and even parents can keep up.
Artificial intelligence will not wait for Africa to be ready. It is already reshaping governance, growth, and power across regions.
AI diffusion in Africa will amplify institutional strengths or weaknesses, shaping whether digital adoption narrows or widens development gaps.
UNDP warns AI's gains will concentrate where governance, skills and infrastructure exist, risking unequal integration in Africa unless institutions enforce inclusion and accountability.
Nigeria's shift to compressed natural gas requires strict safety standards, inspections and enforcement to secure public trust and sustain economic, environmental and energy-security gains.
New modelling links the 2020 IMO sulphur cap to reduced ship-generated aerosol cooling, increasing solar radiation and marginally raising Great Barrier Reef heat stress.
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.
