Africa’s electric motorbike market is moving from pilot to scale, led by locally assembled bikes, battery-swapping networks and solar-powered charging hubs.
Greenpeace Africa has asked the African Court to recognise climate destruction as a human rights violation. The filing matters because it could widen legal duties on governments to regulate harmful projects and protect communities.
GRI has opened consultation on new air pollution, soil pollution and critical incident reporting standards. The move widens disclosure expectations beyond familiar emissions totals to preparedness, response and pollutant-specific impacts.
Mulilo has committed nearly R15 billion to new solar and battery storage projects in South Africa. The move matters because South Africa still needs more reliable, dispatchable power even as electricity reforms begin to ease the worst of the crisis.
Nabila Aguele has been named the next Chief Executive Officer of Malala Fund, assuming the role on April 1, 2026, in a leadership transition that places the organisation’s first Nigeria-based global CEO at its helm.
Sahara Power Group has joined the Mission 300 Private Sector Council. The move matters because Africa still has roughly 600 million people without electricity, making private capital central to closing the access gap.
China is scrapping its value-added tax (VAT) export rebates for solar panels effective April 1, 2026. This ends a decade-long subsidy that helped drive panel prices to historic lows.
JPMorgan Chase's institutional clients, among the world's most powerful investors, are actively pricing climate tipping point risks into long-term scenario planning, according to the bank's global head of climate advisory.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were never meant to function as a simple checklist.
Environmental, Social and Governance is no longer niche investor language. It is now central to how boards, regulators and financiers assess resilience, risk and long-term value.
The voluntary carbon credit market is expanding rapidly, growing at 21.5% annually and projected to reach $2.29 billion in 2026.
Nigeria's oil and gas sector sits at the intersection of the world's most urgent ESG challenge and its greatest ESG opportunity.
Nigeria's 39 million micro, small, and medium enterprises form the backbone of the economy, accounting for nearly half of GDP and over 80% of employment.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the world's most widely used framework for measuring and managing corporate emissions, has been undergoing its most significant revision since 2004.
Most African companies understand the word ESG. However, few know precisely where they stand on the maturity spectrum that determines their access to capital, supply chain inclusion, and long-term competitive positioning.
Reliable electricity is not just a utility issue. It is the line between industrial expansion and industrial decline in African markets, where factories, farms, hospitals, and digital systems all depend on a steadier power supply.
On 4 March 2026, Nigeria's Federal Executive Council approved the establishment of the Grid Asset Management Company (GAMCO), the most consequential institutional reform proposed in the country's electricity sector in years.
A practical guidance series published in March 2026 provides Africa's financial institutions with a comprehensive, framework-aligned roadmap for assessing, measuring, and disclosing climate-related financial risks.
The International Finance Corporation released Version 2.0 of its Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) Toolkit in August 2025, a comprehensive, practical upgrade providing companies with a step-by-step roadmap to build, improve, and institutionalise their environmental and social (E&S) performance.
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.
Africa’s energy transition has entered a decisive acceleration phase, enabled by innovative climate finance mechanisms that are reshaping capital flows, infrastructure deployment and economic transformation.
Africa stands at a decisive geopolitical and economic turning point. Declining foreign aid, rising global competition, and shifting power dynamics are forcing the continent to redefine its development model, moving from dependency toward self-determined growth.
Africa’s next economic transformation will not be driven entirely by aid or external financing, but by integration, digital innovation and new financing architectures such as tokenisation.
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.
