Ghana has secured an $18.8 million grant from the African Development Bank to strengthen domestic rice production under the regional REWARD programme. The investment targets climate-resilient farming, irrigation, mechanisation, processing and stronger markets.
13 African countries are set to receive support under a $4.23 million African Development Fund grant aimed at putting natural capital more firmly into development decisions. The three-year initiative will strengthen policies, statistics, institutions and knowledge systems.
The African Development Bank has approved $1 million in emergency assistance for communities facing mounting humanitarian pressure in northern Togo's Savanes Region. The intervention comes as insecurity across the wider Sahel drives refugee arrivals and internal displacement.
South Africa's drive to turn lithium into a pillar of its green industrial economy is meeting resistance from farming communities in KwaZulu-Natal. Prospecting rights cover about 73,000 hectares, much of it productive farmland, as demand for battery minerals grows.
Corporate sustainability reporting is expanding, including across the OECD’s combined Middle East and Africa region. However, the deeper numbers show why Africa should resist confusing disclosure with performance: assurance remains uneven, human rights due diligence is thin, and energy-sector Scope 3 reporting is particularly weak.
She grew up riding along on her father's inspections of water plants in Blantyre, absorbing an early lesson: infrastructure is never abstract; it is someone's daily dignity.
The Global Environment Facility has approved $8.4 million for a five-year Eritrean programme targeting degraded land, biodiversity and climate resilience.
The Republic of the Congo’s LNG expansion is strengthening its 2026 growth outlook as new export capacity lifts hydrocarbon volumes. S&P Global Ratings sees real GDP growth at 5.2%, while gas exports nearly doubled year-on-year in the first quarter.
Burundi is tightening oversight of hygiene and sanitation rules, requiring weekly inspections and stronger follow-up by local administrators.
Financial Services Innovators and Mentors Without Borders have expanded a one-year technology mentorship programme to Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology in Kano State.
Kenya is redirecting more tea towards China and South Africa as instability in Sudan and economic difficulties in Iran disrupt traditional export routes.
Nigeria is positioning industrial free trade and special agro-industrial processing zones as engines for non-oil exports and deeper participation in AfCFTA.
The question is no longer whether AI can help a hacker. A UK government evaluation has shown frontier agents that take sustained, unauthorised actions against real people and organisations under deliberately permissive test conditions.
Nigeria is tightening oversight of its transmission network while moving electricity regulation closer to the states. New NERC audit rules, a directory for state regulators and a federal-state coordination committee are reshaping how the sector is governed.
Africa's solar expansion is solving an urgent electricity challenge, but IRENA warns that today's panels are also tomorrow's material stream. Sub-Saharan Africa already has an estimated 10,000 - 12,000 tonnes of end-of-life off-grid solar products.
Africa’s renewable-energy transition is increasingly confronting its next constraint: the networks required to move clean electricity from projects to people. At least $4.5 billion of tracked African energy commitments in the first half of 2026 targeted grid infrastructure.
IRENA's 2026 cost review shows African utility-scale solar PV costs falling to $837/kW and $52/MWh, while new onshore wind averaged $59/MWh and a 43% capacity factor. The technology story is increasingly favourable.
Low prices usually benefit consumers; however, Nigeria's competition framework treats below-cost pricing by a dominant firm differently when the strategy is capable of excluding rivals and weakening competition.
Airports Council International expects passenger demand to continue rising sharply and says airports need policy frameworks that allow them to invest in capacity, digital systems, safety, decarbonisation and climate resilience together.
Africa's cross-border electricity links can support lower system costs, renewable integration and stronger energy security; however, IRENA argues that physical interconnectors deliver more when grid rules and institutions work across borders.
Kenya's Artificial Intelligence Bill, 2026 advocates for a dedicated regulator, four risk categories and specific duties for high-risk systems, including human rights assessments, record-keeping, transparency and human oversight.
Zimbabwe has converted data protection from a broad statutory duty into a more operational compliance system built around licensed data controllers, certified data protection officers and fixed breach-response deadlines.
Geopolitical instability remains the defining short-term business risk in the 2026 Oxford-GlobeScan survey, while artificial intelligence is simultaneously becoming a larger source of disruption and the strongest perceived opportunity.
Corporate sustainability reporting is expanding, including across the OECD’s combined Middle East and Africa region. However, the deeper numbers show why Africa should resist confusing disclosure with performance: assurance remains uneven, human rights due diligence is thin, and energy-sector Scope 3 reporting is particularly weak.
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.
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.
