Girls’ education is increasingly being framed as a core development priority for Chad’s long-term future. Keeping girls in school can strengthen health, income prospects, civic participation and national resilience.
Nairobi’s rapid outward growth is transforming smallholder land in Kiambu County into increasingly valuable real estate. However, the gains from rising prices are accompanied by inheritance disputes, shrinking farms and fragile prospects for young people.
The African Development Bank and AXIAN have launched a digital-finance programme intended to support 34,000 women-led businesses across Africa. The initiative places financial inclusion, enterprise resilience and technology-enabled services at the centre of women’s economic participation.
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.
Governments are taking sharply different approaches to artificial intelligence in schools, from Norway’s proposed restrictions to early curriculum integration elsewhere.
Nearly one million workers are leaving Europe’s labour market each year as populations age and birth rates fall. A new position paper argues that refugees and other underused groups can help address shortages, but face language, qualification, administrative and digital barriers.
ManpowerGroup chief executive Jonas Prising says AI is increasing recruitment speed but not necessarily improving the accuracy of hiring decisions.
Kenya’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, No. 25 of 2026, creates a legal foundation for building, investing and preserving national wealth.
Green, social and sustainability-linked finance is taking a larger role in funding African power, transport, water, housing and climate resilience.
Africa’s energy sector recorded a reported $12.5 billion in funding and investment commitments during August, with banks contributing one quarter.
Africa’s food economy is becoming a major frontier for decentralised clean energy as leaders gather at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Rwanda. Agriculture employs more than 60% of the continent’s workforce but consumes barely 2% of its electricity.
Eskom has reported a second consecutive annual profit, earning about $1.9 billion despite electricity sales falling 6.2%. Only four days of load-shedding in the 2026 financial year signal a striking operational recovery after years of damaging outages.
Nearly a decade after the Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people, a new report argues that meaningful corporate accountability remains absent for the company that supplied the cladding identified as the primary cause of rapid fire spread.
Sustainability-related risks and opportunities are increasingly material to corporate performance, affecting costs, access to capital, supply chains, regulation and reputation.
Larry Fink’s 2026 annual letter argues that countries seeking energy, technology and industrial self-reliance will need more long-term capital, and more citizens sharing in the returns.
The Central African Republic’s public-finance challenge is not only about collecting more revenue. It is about ensuring that limited public resources are planned, protected and converted into services that strengthen trust in a fragile state.
Burkina Faso’s economy expanded by an estimated 5.3% in 2025, helped by agriculture, services and a rebound in mining. However, the World Bank’s 2026 update warns that external energy shocks, insecurity and gender gaps could limit the durability and inclusiveness of that recovery.
Geregu Power’s reported N6.026 billion payment to investors under its N40.09 billion Series 1 senior unsecured bond signals contractual discipline.
The World Bank’s World Development Report 2026 finds AI spreading faster than steam, electricity or the internet; however, only 0.7% of internet users in low-income countries had adopted ChatGPT by April 2025, compared with nearly 25% in high-income countries.
Mauritius grew 3.2% in 2025; however, AfDB’s Country Focus Report 2026 puts the annual development-financing gap above $529 million, driven by NDC 3.0 climate needs.
Cabo Verde's economy grew 6.3% in 2025 and posted its first overall fiscal surplus since 2007, supported by record tourism and stronger revenues. But the World Bank says unreliable, costly inter-island transport is limiting private investment, jobs and tourism diversification.
Former ING and UBS chief executive Ralph Hamers argues that transformation succeeds when purpose, culture, strategy and technology operate as one system owned by the chief executive.
Africa more than doubled renewable power capacity between 2016 and 2025, but its share of global capacity remains below 2%.
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 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.
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.
