
An FAO-backed assessment says closing gender gaps in sub-Saharan Africa’s agrifood systems could unlock $53 billion in economic value.

Britain will scrap its Carbon Price Support levy on electricity generation from April 2028. The decision follows coal’s removal from the UK grid and rising pressure to lower electricity costs for households and industry.

Supply chain due diligence is moving from a compliance checklist to a boardroom risk discipline.

ISSB staff have recommended a non-mandatory Practice Statement for nature-related reporting. The proposal avoids a standalone nature standard while IFRS S1 and S2 adoption continues globally.

Climate risk is no longer only a disaster story. It is becoming a household affordability crisis. A Brookings analysis shows how rising insurance costs can hit hardest where hazard exposure meets low adaptive capacity.

The World Bank Group used its 2026 Spring Meetings to frame access to electricity as central to jobs and growth strategy, not only an infrastructure challenge.

Botswana has advanced a 30-year power purchase agreement for a 500MW solar photovoltaic plant with 500MWh battery storage in Maun.

The World Bank Group used its 2026 Spring Meetings to sharpen a simple message: women’s economic inclusion is no longer a social add-on, but a growth strategy.
Cybersecurity is no longer a back-office technology concern. The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 frames it as a boardroom, governance and development priority shaped by AI, fraud, geopolitics and widening skills gaps.

Women and girls represent nearly half the world’s population; however, women’s health receives only 6% of private healthcare investment, according to a new World Economic Forum report.

Artificial intelligence has moved beyond experimentation, but the World Economic Forum says most organisations still capture only fragmented gains because AI remains trapped in pilots and isolated functions.

The world is running dry, and the global economy is paying the price. On April 15, 2026, the World Bank Group launched Water Forward, a transformative platform to deliver water security to more than one billion people by 2030. With 4 billion people facing water scarcity and 1.7 billion jobs at risk, the question is no longer whether water is an economic issue.

Digital identity systems are becoming gateways to public services, finance, education and social protection. But for stateless people, the same systems can either unlock recognition or harden exclusion.

Many impact projects are not rejected because the ideas are weak. They fail because they are poorly structured, difficult to measure, and disconnected from funder priorities.

Singapore’s sustainability reporting model shows how ESG disclosure can move from glossy statements to board-level governance, measurable targets, and investor-ready data.

Pacific island cities are growing fast, but climate and disaster risks are growing with them.

Nature is moving from the margins of sustainability reporting into the centre of corporate risk management.

Land reform is often treated as a political issue, but the World Bank’s guidance note shows why it is also an economic investment question.

Many companies still measure only a fraction of their emissions, leaving supply-chain, product and project-level impacts outside serious scrutiny.
Nigeria holds N29.43 trillion in pension assets yet channels under 1% into infrastructure, even as the country faces an estimated $878 billion investment gap through 2040.
African and emerging markets are entering a new carbon-market era with Article 6 largely settled; however, it is not yet safely governed.
Africa’s democracy debate is no longer about whether citizens still value democratic rule. It is about why support for democracy remains high while democratic outcomes, in many countries, remain fragile, uneven, or in retreat.
Africa’s critical minerals moment is being framed as a green opportunity; however, raw extraction alone will not deliver green industrialisation. The real debate is whether the continent will supply the transition or shape it.
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.
Summary and evidence-based insights into corporate, government, and organisational sustainability disclosures across Africa, highlighting achievements, uncovering gaps, and spotlight opportunities for progress.