New study finds 3.79 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050, urging rapid deployment of sustainable cooling and urban adaptation.
January 28, 2026
Scientists propose a five-point checklist to ensure nature-based carbon credits are verifiable, additional, and enforced, aiming to protect market credibility.
January 28, 2026
Business and governance leaders argue global ESG rules must be adapted to African institutional capacity to secure finance, trade access and competitiveness.
January 27, 2026
Africa secures about 25% of required climate funding, leaving a hundreds‑of‑billions annual shortfall that hinders adaptation, energy transition and resilience.
January 27, 2026
New study finds 3.79 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050, urging rapid deployment of sustainable cooling and urban adaptation.
Scientists propose a five-point checklist to ensure nature-based carbon credits are verifiable, additional, and enforced, aiming to protect market credibility.
Business and governance leaders argue global ESG rules must be adapted to African institutional capacity to secure finance, trade access and competitiveness.
Africa secures about 25% of required climate funding, leaving a hundreds‑of‑billions annual shortfall that hinders adaptation, energy transition and resilience.
Emerging markets face rising youth labour supply amid slower growth, automation, and education mismatches, risking higher unemployment and social instability without coordinated reforms.
Sahara Group awarded $12,000 each to three University of Lagos academics through its 2025 MAD Grant to scale entrepreneurship, digital skills, and governance programmes.
More than 200 million migrant workers send money home annually, creating one of the most powerful but under-appreciated financial flows in global development.
Accelerating electrification across transport, industry and buildings can lower costs, attract investment and boost Africa's industrial competitiveness, but reforms and infrastructure upgrades are needed.
Governments expanding grids must link power to industry, transmission and tariff reform to drive productivity and economic transformation across Africa.
Global and regional funds are committing billion-dollar capital to African climate technology, targeting renewables, carbon markets and climate-smart agriculture for impact and returns.
UN projects Africa's economy will remain resilient in 2026 despite trade tensions, debt pressures and climate-related shocks.
Policymakers are prioritising mobilisation of domestic capital—pension funds, taxes, remittances and mineral value addition—to finance infrastructure and reduce reliance on volatile external financing.
New study finds 3.79 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050, urging rapid deployment of sustainable cooling and urban adaptation.
Scientists propose a five-point checklist to ensure nature-based carbon credits are verifiable, additional, and enforced, aiming to protect market credibility.
Business and governance leaders argue global ESG rules must be adapted to African institutional capacity to secure finance, trade access and competitiveness.
Africa secures about 25% of required climate funding, leaving a hundreds‑of‑billions annual shortfall that hinders adaptation, energy transition and resilience.
Emerging markets face rising youth labour supply amid slower growth, automation, and education mismatches, risking higher unemployment and social instability without coordinated reforms.
Sahara Group awarded $12,000 each to three University of Lagos academics through its 2025 MAD Grant to scale entrepreneurship, digital skills, and governance programmes.
More than 200 million migrant workers send money home annually, creating one of the most powerful but under-appreciated financial flows in global development.
Accelerating electrification across transport, industry and buildings can lower costs, attract investment and boost Africa's industrial competitiveness, but reforms and infrastructure upgrades are needed.
Governments expanding grids must link power to industry, transmission and tariff reform to drive productivity and economic transformation across Africa.
Global and regional funds are committing billion-dollar capital to African climate technology, targeting renewables, carbon markets and climate-smart agriculture for impact and returns.
UN projects Africa's economy will remain resilient in 2026 despite trade tensions, debt pressures and climate-related shocks.
Policymakers are prioritising mobilisation of domestic capital—pension funds, taxes, remittances and mineral value addition—to finance infrastructure and reduce reliance on volatile external financing.
