
Nigeria’s rivers are carrying more than water. They are carrying fragments of its development model.

African boardrooms recalibrated in 2025. Faced with tightening global disclosure rules, rising investor scrutiny and domestic regulatory reforms, directors across sectors shifted ESG from peripheral reporting to core governance architecture.

ESG in Africa is no longer a voluntary add-on; it now significantly represents the currency enabling capital access, regulatory approval, and market relevance.

The African Development Bank has approved a $3.9 million grant to enable African countries to convert high-level energy transition compacts into real electricity connections.

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.
Low- and middle-income countries are under pressure to create millions of jobs annually; however, formal employment lags labour force growth.

South Africa’s proposed 2035 climate target is not merely an environmental pledge; it is a strategic economic positioning.

A 1% increase in public investment can raise output by 1.1% within five years across emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). In countries with ample fiscal space and efficient public investment systems, that impact climbs to 1.6%.

As global ESG rules tighten, African businesses are confronting a critical question: how can they comply with international standards without undermining local realities?

The Middle East and North Africa generate more waste per capita than the global average, at rising fiscal and environmental costs. Without reform, volumes are projected to nearly double by 2050.

Across Africa, agrifood innovators are no longer selling promise; they are reporting measurable outcomes.

The world economy is heading toward its weakest long-term growth stretch in three decades. According to the World Bank’s report Falling Long-Term Growth Prospects, potential global GDP growth could slow to just 2.2% annually through 2030, down sharply from 3.5% in the early 2000s.

Co-financing with the World Bank reached $7.6 billion in FY2025, surpassing the Bank’s own funding for co-financed projects for the first time.

South Africa’s President has issued one of the continent’s clearest signals yet to global investors: Africa’s clean energy transition is not a risk; it is a frontier opportunity.

Ghana’s green industrial ambitions are clear. Private capital, however, remains cautious.

Ethiopia has the renewable energy, workforce, and industrial ambition to lead in climate-aligned manufacturing. However, private capital remains limited, certification costs are high, and green exports are limited.
Nigeria’s rivers are carrying more than water. They are carrying fragments of its development model.
ESG in Africa is no longer a voluntary add-on; it now significantly represents the currency enabling capital access, regulatory approval, and market relevance.
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.
Summary and evidence-based insights into corporate, government, and organisational sustainability disclosures across Africa, highlighting achievements, uncovering gaps, and spotlight opportunities for progress.