Kenya's electricity reserve margin has fallen below 4%, far beneath the 20% to 35% range cited as prudent by Renewables Rising. Variable renewables supply up to 36% of the mix during low demand, while the country imports 200 megawatts from Ethiopia.
A BBC World Service discussion asks whether Africa's fast-rising solar uptake can overcome the continent's persistent electricity-access deficit.
The Iran war is disrupting energy markets and shipping while threatening to divert US diplomatic and commercial attention from Africa, Brookings warns.
Thirty-five jurisdictions had adopted ISSB standards voluntarily or mandatorily by 22 July 2026, with another 11planning adoption, S&P Global reports.
The World Bank has priced a GBP 1.25 billion Sustainable Development Bond due in November 2032 after orders exceeded GBP 1.9 billion. UK investors took 89% of the issue, while banks, treasury desks and corporates accounted for 78%.
A large US study found that older adults receiving the recombinant shingles vaccine had a lower cardiovascular disease burden than recipients of the older live vaccine.
A glacier collapses high in the Himalayas unleashed a destructive flood of water, rock and mud across Nepal and Tibet. The disaster shows how warming can destabilise mountain terrain and turn remote ice loss into an immediate risk for settlements and downstream infrastructure.
Dolly Parton has died aged 80, leaving a legacy that reached far beyond music into vaccine research, literacy and public health. Her philanthropy showed how a trusted cultural voice can help science travel further than institutions often can alone.
Australia is consulting on whether to delay or narrow tougher assurance requirements under its mandatory climate-reporting regime. The review aims to reduce compliance costs, particularly around immature Scope 3 data and supplier requests, without weakening confidence.
South Africa's major telecom operators lost R198.9 million to subscription fraud in the year to April 2026. Cases rose 307% to 14,897 even as the average loss per incident fell sharply, showing fraud is scaling through volume.
Uade Ahimie has urged Nigerian companies to treat ESG reporting as essential business evidence rather than optional corporate communication.
Burundi, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Republic of the Congo and Uganda have interrupted transmission linked to poliovirus type 2 outbreaks. Independent assessments confirmed the closures after reviewing surveillance, laboratory, epidemiological and vaccination evidence.
China has built the world's largest electricity system and an unmatched fleet of wind, solar, batteries and transmission. The next phase is less visible and more difficult.
Nigeria receives more than $22 billion a year in personal remittances; however, much of the country's diaspora wealth remains outside formal domestic investment channels.
Africa is set to install a record 17 GW of solar in 2026 - about 100,000 panels a day. However, much of the expansion remains absent from official statistics. Ember’s new estimates suggest distributed systems are driving three-quarters of recent growth.
Blended finance uses limited public or philanthropic resources to mobilise commercial capital for projects with strong development value but an unattractive initial risk-return profile. It is not a synonym for any mixed funding package.
Nigeria does not lack infrastructure plans, financing proposals or potential investors. The recurring weakness is conversion: moving a public need through preparation, approvals, capital matching, procurement and operations without losing scope, affordability or accountability.
Nigeria's infrastructure financing toolkit has expanded beyond annual budgets to include multilateral loans, domestic bonds, Sukuk, PPPs, guarantees, pension-backed credit and blended finance. More instruments, however, do not automatically produce more service.
Traditional public procurement remains a legitimate way to deliver infrastructure. Government defines and finances the asset, consultants design it and contractors build it.
Nigeria's post-COVID housing market contains two stories. Private investment and urban development continue, yet construction inflation, weak household finance, insecure tenure and inadequate services push many families toward overcrowding or informal settlements.
Infrastructure risk is not a box completed before procurement. It is a changing set of uncertainties that affects design, price, finance, public liabilities, service performance and community trust.
Nigeria's housing challenge is commonly framed as a unit deficit, but estimates vary and can obscure the real financing problem. Developers need long-term capital; households need payments that fit incomes; sites need land, infrastructure and secure approvals.
CP3P gives practitioners a common language for PPP frameworks, appraisal, structuring, procurement and contract management. However, infrastructure competence is demonstrated through decisions, rather than certificates.
Africa is advancing on 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals; however, only 2 of 46 measurable targets reviewed in the 2025 Africa Sustainable Development Report are on track to meet the 2030 objectives.
By 2050, one in four people globally will be African, and the continent’s working-age population is expected to double.
Most African migrants do not leave the continent. In 2024, 25.1 million lived elsewhere in Africa, compared with 20.7 million outside it; Africa’s newest labour statistics also show a workforce that is young, mobile and concentrated in regional economies.
The Insurance Sector Strengthening Program (ISSP) is a five-year initiative fully endorsed by NAICOM and being developed with the Commission’s team to expand insurance access, strengthen professional capacity and bring women, young people and MSMEs into Nigeria’s risk-protection system
Africa's ESG storytelling crisis isn't a lack of ambition; it's a lack of trained hands to tell the continent's own sustainability story on its own terms.
Denmark and its Nordic peers have built a credible record in African development finance, climate investment, humanitarian support and institution-building. Their next test is not whether more money reaches the continent, but whether African communities shape what that money builds.
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.
