Ghana has completed the exchange of its outstanding SADEREA notes, resolving the final component of its sovereign bond-debt restructuring. All holders approved the transaction and received new government notes due in 2035 and 2037.
South Africa has signed a $1.5 billion World Bank policy loan supporting reforms in electricity, freight, water and sanitation. The programme targets a competitive wholesale power market, private transmission investment and 300,000 new household connections by December 2027.
South Africa's Competition Commission has recommended conditional approval of Coca-Cola HBC's $2.6 billion acquisition of a 75% stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa.
A new round of US tariffs has imposed duties of 10% or 12.5% on 60 trading partners, including major African economies. The measures can apply even where AGOA preferences remain, weakening the certainty exporters once relied upon.
Citi says it has financed and facilitated $647.2 billion in sustainable activity since 2020, passing the halfway mark of its $1 trillion target. Its 2025 report shows resilience moving from a defensive concern to a competitive financing priority.
The African Development Bank and Morocco’s Fonds d’équipement communal have signed a second €150 million municipal-development financing agreement.
A modelling study says a sugary-drink tax that raises prices by 20% could prevent hundreds of thousands of disease cases in Egypt.
The African Development Bank has approved a €100 million loan to Gotion Power Morocco for an integrated gigafactory for lithium iron phosphate batteries.
The African Development Bank and Biovac have signed a financing agreement of up to $15 million for a new multi-vaccine facility in Cape Town.
She arrived to fix a station's books and stayed to rewrite its identity. Adedoja Allen, the first woman to lead a Nigerian electronic media platform, turned a debt-ridden broadcaster into Lagos's number one lifestyle station.
Climate damage and the net-zero transition are beginning to alter inflation, growth and the choices facing central banks, according to two NGFS reports.
Nigeria needs roughly ten times its current annual power-sector investment to close its electricity gap and support industry, Sadiq Wanka said.
Sugar-sweetened beverage sales increased in all nine African countries studied between 2010 and 2024, with per-capita growth reaching 173.8% in Cameroon and 119.1% in Nigeria.
Africa holds about 30% of global critical-mineral reserves, yet the strategic contest is increasingly about processing, finance and durable partnerships rather than deposits alone.
When an energy project fails, silence rarely contains the problem. It allows rumours, fear and conflicting accounts to define it.
US venture capital set eye-catching records in the first half of 2026, but the recovery remains unusually narrow. PitchBook and NVCA data show that AI, billion-dollar rounds and established fund managers are absorbing most of the capital, leaving smaller companies and emerging managers to navigate a market where headline value and broad liquidity tell different stories.
The world's transition away from fossil fuels now depends as much on wires, storage and flexible demand as it does on new solar panels and wind turbines.
Residential services platforms have spent years buying businesses, centralising functions and installing field-service software. West Monroe argues that those tools are now table stakes, rather than a durable advantage.
Nearly two-thirds of mining and metals facilities face high exposure to at least one physical water-risk indicator, according to a new ICMM dataset covering 12,000 facilities.
Enterprise SaaS mergers and acquisitions reached a record $292.7 billion in Q1 2026, according to PitchBook. One transaction, the $250 billion SpaceX acquisition of xAI, created most of that record.
A barrel of crude oil is about 159 litres; however, refining turns it into fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, asphalt, lubricants and other products woven through everyday economic life.
More than 1,500 commercial ships stranded around the Strait of Hormuz may be accumulating marine organisms on their hulls. When trade resumes, those vessels could disperse invasive species through a highly connected port network.
Global climate finance has reached historic levels, yet only a small share reaches Africa. The missing link is increasingly institutional: projects are scattered, governance is weak, and pipelines are rarely investment-ready.
Africa’s energy transition is often framed as a financing challenge. While capital remains essential, it cannot compensate for weak governance, poor stakeholder engagement or businesses that fail to earn public trust. ESG is no longer a corporate buzzword; it is becoming a strategic advantage for African energy companies seeking to attract investment and deliver sustainable growth.
Deloitte's Bridging the Climate Finance Gap report (January 2026) flags a critical figure: $472 billion, the maximum annual sum Article 6-enabled, harmonised carbon markets could deliver by 2035.
The WEF's June 2026 report identifies five tailwinds and five headwinds shaping the Regenerative Blue Economy. For Africa, the message is urgent: today's choices could unlock trillion-dollar regenerative industries, or entrench decline for ecosystems supporting hundreds of millions.
Over 600 million Africans live in cities facing rising temperatures, rapid urbanisation, and strained electricity grids. Growing demand for cooling is driving a surge in individual air conditioners, worsening peak-load stress, urban heat islands, and household energy costs.
Africa’s climate and development story is still too often framed elsewhere, through crisis, compliance and risk, while African evidence, innovators and communities remain supporting characters.
Global business has not retreated from sustainability: 92% of leaders expect competitive advantage, while 89% maintained or increased climate-related investment.
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.
