Mrs Fiona Nyako Ahmed Ahimie’s story moves from Lagos classrooms to Nigeria’s capital-market boardrooms, shaped by discipline, family, faith in excellence and a refusal to remain average.
Artificial intelligence is moving from the screen to the electricity grid as data centres consume more power.
PwC’s latest decarbonization report says corporate climate action has not collapsed under pressure.
Debt-for-nature swaps are gaining fresh attention as indebted countries search for ways to fund climate and biodiversity protection.
Climate change, war and extreme poverty now stand out as the world’s most urgent public threats, according to a GlobeScan survey across 33 markets.
China will implement zero tariffs on 100% of tariff lines for 53 African countries from May 1, 2026. For Ghana, the opportunity is larger than cheaper market entry; it is a test of export readiness.
Meta has signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with Overview Energy for early access to up to 1 gigawatt of space solar capacity.
Mauritania has moved closer to launching a green hydrogen auction framework with support from the African Development Bank.
The oil market has entered one of its most fragile moments in decades, with the IEA warning that supply, prices, refining and petrochemical demand have all been shaken by the Middle East conflict.
Petrochemicals are moving from the margins of climate debate to the centre of ESG scrutiny, as plastics, fertilisers and chemical feedstocks become a new growth frontier for fossil fuel demand.
Energy policy is no longer only about climate targets. It is now a hard test of security, household affordability, industrial competitiveness and public finance.
The clean-energy transition is creating a new industrial question: what happens when millions of electric vehicle batteries reach the end of their first life?
South Africa’s decision to extend coal power is no longer only an energy-security debate.
Kenya has become one of Africa’s clean-energy reference points, with approximately 90% generation capacity from renewable energy and increasing access to electricity.
The International Energy Agency’s Gas Market Report, Q2 - 2026, shows how a single chokepoint can redraw the economics of energy security, from Asia’s LNG buyers to Africa’s gas exporters and power systems.
Artificial intelligence is becoming an energy story, not just a technology story. The IEA says data centre electricity use could nearly double by 2030, even as AI systems become more efficient.
Kenya has built one of Africa’s strongest renewable electricity systems, with nearly 90% of power generation coming from clean sources.
The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises shows hunger is no longer only a humanitarian emergency. It is a governance, climate, conflict and financing stress test.
The Circularity Gap Report 2026 reframes waste as an economic failure, estimating that linear material use destroys €25.4 trillion in avoidable value each year.
Nigeria's proposed Petroleum Industry Act (Amendment) Bill 2025 seeks to transfer the government's representative role in upstream oil contracts from NNPC Limited to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), making the sector's primary regulator its own commercial counterparty.
A Lagos High Court has ruled that Meta Platforms Inc., operator of Facebook, is jointly liable as a data controller for a false, health-related video posted by a third party, awarding $25,000 to human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN.
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 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.
