Nigeria’s rivers are carrying more than water. They are carrying fragments of its development model.
African boardrooms recalibrated in 2025. Faced with tightening global disclosure rules, rising investor scrutiny and domestic regulatory reforms, directors across sectors shifted ESG from peripheral reporting to core governance architecture.
ESG in Africa is no longer a voluntary add-on; it now significantly represents the currency enabling capital access, regulatory approval, and market relevance.
The African Development Bank has approved a $3.9 million grant to enable African countries to convert high-level energy transition compacts into real electricity connections.
Africa’s first G20 summit on its own soil was more than a ceremony. Johannesburg 2025 marked a recalibration of voice, visibility and ambition in global governance.
Across classrooms from Lagos to London, a quiet shortcut is rewriting how young people learn to think, feel, and belong in an AI-saturated world. Students are embracing chatbots as study buddies, emotional confidants, and ghostwriters, often faster than schools, regulators, and even parents can keep up.
Sahara Group will utilise the 9th edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2026) to advance discussions on energy security, policy alignment, and gas-led industrialisation, as stakeholders gather in Abuja from February 2 – 5, 2026.
Lagos taxpayers have been granted additional time to file annual returns. The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline to February 7, offering employers and individuals temporary relief.
Low- and middle-income countries are under pressure to create millions of jobs annually; however, formal employment lags labour force growth.
South Africa’s proposed 2035 climate target is not merely an environmental pledge; it is a strategic economic positioning.
A 1% increase in public investment can raise output by 1.1% within five years across emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). In countries with ample fiscal space and efficient public investment systems, that impact climbs to 1.6%.
As global ESG rules tighten, African businesses are confronting a critical question: how can they comply with international standards without undermining local realities?
The Middle East and North Africa generate more waste per capita than the global average, at rising fiscal and environmental costs. Without reform, volumes are projected to nearly double by 2050.
Across Africa, agrifood innovators are no longer selling promise; they are reporting measurable outcomes.
The world economy is heading toward its weakest long-term growth stretch in three decades. According to the World Bank’s report Falling Long-Term Growth Prospects, potential global GDP growth could slow to just 2.2% annually through 2030, down sharply from 3.5% in the early 2000s.
Co-financing with the World Bank reached $7.6 billion in FY2025, surpassing the Bank’s own funding for co-financed projects for the first time.
South Africa’s President has issued one of the continent’s clearest signals yet to global investors: Africa’s clean energy transition is not a risk; it is a frontier opportunity.
Ghana’s green industrial ambitions are clear. Private capital, however, remains cautious.
Ethiopia has the renewable energy, workforce, and industrial ambition to lead in climate-aligned manufacturing. However, private capital remains limited, certification costs are high, and green exports are limited.
Nigeria’s rivers are carrying more than water. They are carrying fragments of its development model.
ESG in Africa is no longer a voluntary add-on; it now significantly represents the currency enabling capital access, regulatory approval, and market relevance.
Across classrooms from Lagos to London, a quiet shortcut is rewriting how young people learn to think, feel, and belong in an AI-saturated world. Students are embracing chatbots as study buddies, emotional confidants, and ghostwriters, often faster than schools, regulators, and even parents can keep up.
Artificial intelligence will not wait for Africa to be ready. It is already reshaping governance, growth, and power across regions.
AI diffusion in Africa will amplify institutional strengths or weaknesses, shaping whether digital adoption narrows or widens development gaps.
UNDP warns AI's gains will concentrate where governance, skills and infrastructure exist, risking unequal integration in Africa unless institutions enforce inclusion and accountability.
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.
