Zambia is developing a framework intended to help local creators earn through major digital platforms.
Microsoft’s Nairobi engineering operation faces reported closure amid global restructuring, according to technology media.
The United States has proposed substantial fees for institutions recommending international students for Optional Practical Training.
Tanzania is seeking international partners across five strategic investment areas. They include Bagamoyo, mineral processing, tourism, agriculture and nuclear energy.
Tanzania is seeking more private investment to support industrialisation and create work for its growing young population.
African governments seeking solar manufacturing jobs face a policy choice over how to support domestic production while keeping equipment affordable.
Battery storage is gaining attention as African electricity systems add more solar and wind generation. Renewables Rising reports a growing project pipeline and procurement activity in South Africa and Malawi.
Zambia’s installed solar capacity has reportedly reached 1,028 megawatts after a sixfold increase over two years.
OPay’s board and shareholders have approved pursuing a listing on the Nigerian Exchange after its planned New York flotation.
Airtel Money’s London offering values the mobile payments business at about $7 billion, creating a separate market benchmark for its African operations.
Kinshasa and Africell DRC have opened discussions on digital administration, city finances, motorcycle and taxi parking, tourism and public communication.
Mercy Ships Cargo Day has raised more than $20 million over a decade by mobilising shipping and trading companies around healthcare in Africa.
Gallup’s 2026 emotional health report finds modest, varied associations between social media use and wellbeing across 97 countries.
A Global South peer-learning workshop in Abuja examined why climate finance promises can struggle to produce implementable projects.
Nigeria’s oil and gas methane challenge combines wasted resources, climate risk and weak emissions accountability.
Nigeria’s climate financing challenge includes weak coordination, inconsistent policy signals and limited capacity to prepare investments.
Nigeria’s solar mini-grid industry employs a predominantly young workforce in the companies interviewed by APRI.
Kenya’s electric mobility sector offers work in vehicle assembly, maintenance, charging and battery swapping.
Nigeria’s critical minerals can support industrial development, but community-level extraction often happens without reliable testing, transparent prices or accessible formalisation.
Ghana’s climate-smart agriculture startups are developing weather services, irrigation systems and products made from agricultural waste.
Chinese clean technology exports to Nigeria reached $830 million in 2024, reflecting expanding demand for solar equipment, batteries and related systems.
A September 2026 Transport & Environment report finds that the gap between electric and petrol car residual values narrows when prices, subsidies and taxes are considered.
Vaccination can prevent drug-resistant infections and may reduce antibiotic use, but the relationship is more complex than a simple fall in disease automatically producing less prescribing.
Africa’s climate response needs sustained investment in independent local journalism. Communities require reporting that explains risks, tests solutions and follows public promises beyond disasters and diplomatic meetings.
The Sustainable Stories Africa editorial team and board review of Daré Awoyinfa’s paper: one conclusion stands out: Qatar 2022 accelerated national development, but it also deepened reliance on state-led mega-events.
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.
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.
