The 2025 Antarctic ozone hole was among the weakest in more than two decades, with its maximum ozone mass deficit more than 25% below the 1990 - 2010 average. The result supports long-term recovery under the Montreal Protocol, though annual weather patterns still create substantial variation.
Researchers say Windhoek can manage worsening heat, drought and flash floods by treating its dry landscape as infrastructure rather than copying water-intensive urban greening.
The African Development Bank plans $20 million in reimbursable grants for four green hydrogen and derivatives projects in Egypt, Morocco, Namibia and South Africa. The selected projects represent an estimated $23 billion in investment and target cleaner fuels, green ammonia and low-carbon iron.
Kenya Power posted a $193 million profit after tax for the year to June 2026, extending its profitable run to three years. Higher electricity sales and better network efficiency supported the result, while utilities in Ethiopia and South Africa also reported stronger profits.
MTN Nigeria is apparently in talks to acquire spectrum held by Mafab Communications, including a 100 MHz block suited to high-capacity 5G services. The proposed transaction could put underused spectrum to work, but it also raises questions for regulators about competition, pricing and rollout.
Petrol averaged about N1,395 per litre after Dangote Petroleum Refinery raised its gantry price while Brent crude traded above $100 a barrel. The increase exposes Nigeria's continued vulnerability to global oil prices, exchange rates and domestic distribution costs despite local refining capacity.
Nigeria's federal allocations rose sharply in nominal naira terms between 2021 and 2026, but inflation, currency depreciation and debt obligations reduced their purchasing power.
Most executives say they understand their sustainability strategy, but only a minority can quantify its effect on profit, cash flow or valuation. Evidence from more than 2,000 verified projects suggests the measurement gap often begins when projects are approved without baselines, targets or verification methods.
A 33-market survey finds that climate change is felt most intensely in Latin America, while reported personal impact is lower in North America and northern Europe.
At N525 a share, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery offer opens public ownership in a strategically important African industrial asset. It also asks investors to accept a valuation shaped by unusually strong recent margins, concentrated control and a vast expansion still to be funded.
South Africa’s power conversation is moving from emergency supply toward the design of a competitive electricity market. Aurora Energy Research and Mulilo identify transmission, batteries, flexibility and patient capital as decisive constraints and opportunities.
Morocco’s football rise reflects long-term investment in youth, education, training facilities and diaspora connections. As the country prepares to co-host the 2030 World Cup, it wants the tournament to strengthen infrastructure, jobs and cross-continental cooperation.
Refinery economics can look like a wall of acronyms, but eight recurring terms connect crude quality, plant capability, fuel performance and daily margins.
Childhood poverty is not a temporary hardship that ends when a young person leaves school. New evidence from the United Kingdom shows that prolonged financial insecurity can shape whether young people complete education, secure work or remain excluded from both.
Utility-scale solar developers cannot control every permit or grid queue, but they can control how quickly engineering assumptions become comparable designs and finance-ready documents.
Libya’s economy rebounded sharply in 2025 as oil output recovered, but hydrocarbons still dominate exports, revenue and economic activity. The African Development Bank estimates an annual financing gap of $37.2 billion by 2030.
Mauritania’s growth slowed in 2025, but gas production and stronger agriculture, fisheries, construction and services support a brighter outlook through 2027.
A Federal High Court decision has reinforced concurrent oversight by Nigeria’s competition and telecommunications regulators while acknowledging that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) cannot issue telecoms licences.
A recent Nigerian legal analysis argues that interrogatories have no place in garnishee proceedings because the governing statute already provides a complete process for disputed liability.
Malawi’s economy carries high inflation, debt above 90% of GDP and persistent foreign-exchange shortages after years of weak growth and climate shocks. An estimated $3.59 billion annual financing gap now separates development ambition from available resources.
Nigeria’s reforms improved growth, inflation and reserves in 2025, but household welfare and public investment remain under pressure.
Uganda enters its oil era with strong growth and controlled inflation, but the fiscal room needed to turn expansion into broad development is narrowing.
South Africa has published a Revised Electricity Pricing Policy that would end decades of opaque, Eskom-centred tariff-setting and replace it with cost-reflective pricing across a competitive, unbundled power market.
At N525 a share, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery offer opens public ownership in a strategically important African industrial asset. It also asks investors to accept a valuation shaped by unusually strong recent margins, concentrated control and a vast expansion still to be funded.
Nigeria knows how to count buildings, debt, production and investment. It is less practised at counting the forests, wetlands, soils, watersheds and biodiversity that make economic activity possible.
Nigeria’s financial-sector recapitalisation has created a rare abundance of capital across banking, pensions and insurance. However, capital raised is not the same as capital productively deployed.
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 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.
