At 61, Maboudou Dosso has more than doubled his income after receiving fertiliser, training and technical support. His rice, maize and soybean output rose sharply in Gouaké, northwest Côte d’Ivoire.
Sustainability data is no longer sitting safely at the edge of banking compliance. A March 2026 briefing argues that ESG metrics are increasingly being treated as risk data, pulling sustainability teams into the heart of enterprise risk architecture.
Roelf Meyer, the veteran apartheid-era negotiator who later became one of South Africa’s best-known bridge-builders, has been appointed the country’s ambassador to the United States, in a move that signals Pretoria’s attempt to steady strained ties with Washington.
Nabila Aguele has been named the next Chief Executive Officer of Malala Fund, assuming the role on April 1, 2026, in a leadership transition that places the organisation’s first Nigeria-based global CEO at its helm.
A geopolitical conflict thousands of kilometres away is squeezing Africa's fuel and food supplies and exposing how deeply the continent's economies remain shackled to fossil fuel imports.
Cheap renewable energy is reshaping where industries choose to locate. Investors are increasingly targeting green industrial zones with access to low-cost power.
Nigeria’s investment future is increasingly tied to financial literacy and access. At the Money Fair WISE 1.0 organised by Nairametrics, which took place on March 17 to 18, 2026, Jumoke Olaniyan, Chief Strategy Officer of the NGX, highlighted the central role of information in shaping investor confidence and participation.
Women entrepreneurs in Ghana’s informal economy are sustaining livelihoods despite rising costs and limited support. Their resilience highlights both the strength of grassroots enterprise and the fragility of the systems surrounding it.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a powerful tool in fighting climate change and biodiversity loss. From forecasting extreme weather to optimising renewable energy systems and monitoring forests, AI technologies are transforming how societies tackle environmental challenges.
Public attitudes toward economic progress are shifting. Across many countries, citizens are increasingly questioning the long-standing model of growth at any cost.
New financial guarantee facilities are gaining traction as a powerful tool to unlock private investment in infrastructure. By reducing risk for investors, these instruments are helping channel capital into projects that would otherwise struggle to attract financing.
Toymaker The LEGO Group has reached a major sustainability milestone, announcing that half of the materials used in its iconic bricks now come from renewable or recycled sources.
At 61, Maboudou Dosso has more than doubled his income after receiving fertiliser, training and technical support. His rice, maize and soybean output rose sharply in Gouaké, northwest Côte d’Ivoire.
Sustainability data is no longer sitting safely at the edge of banking compliance. A March 2026 briefing argues that ESG metrics are increasingly being treated as risk data, pulling sustainability teams into the heart of enterprise risk architecture.
Roelf Meyer, the veteran apartheid-era negotiator who later became one of South Africa’s best-known bridge-builders, has been appointed the country’s ambassador to the United States, in a move that signals Pretoria’s attempt to steady strained ties with Washington.
Nabila Aguele has been named the next Chief Executive Officer of Malala Fund, assuming the role on April 1, 2026, in a leadership transition that places the organisation’s first Nigeria-based global CEO at its helm.
A geopolitical conflict thousands of kilometres away is squeezing Africa's fuel and food supplies and exposing how deeply the continent's economies remain shackled to fossil fuel imports.
Cheap renewable energy is reshaping where industries choose to locate. Investors are increasingly targeting green industrial zones with access to low-cost power.
Nigeria’s investment future is increasingly tied to financial literacy and access. At the Money Fair WISE 1.0 organised by Nairametrics, which took place on March 17 to 18, 2026, Jumoke Olaniyan, Chief Strategy Officer of the NGX, highlighted the central role of information in shaping investor confidence and participation.
Women entrepreneurs in Ghana’s informal economy are sustaining livelihoods despite rising costs and limited support. Their resilience highlights both the strength of grassroots enterprise and the fragility of the systems surrounding it.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a powerful tool in fighting climate change and biodiversity loss. From forecasting extreme weather to optimising renewable energy systems and monitoring forests, AI technologies are transforming how societies tackle environmental challenges.
Public attitudes toward economic progress are shifting. Across many countries, citizens are increasingly questioning the long-standing model of growth at any cost.
New financial guarantee facilities are gaining traction as a powerful tool to unlock private investment in infrastructure. By reducing risk for investors, these instruments are helping channel capital into projects that would otherwise struggle to attract financing.
Toymaker The LEGO Group has reached a major sustainability milestone, announcing that half of the materials used in its iconic bricks now come from renewable or recycled sources.
Cold chain systems are not simply a technical fix. They are a lifeline for food security, public health, and climate resilience.
ESG is more than compliance. It’s a lens for evaluating progress, risk, opportunity and most critically, legitimacy. We created SSAL with a clear conviction: Africa’s sustainable future must be told by Africans - authentically, accurately, and ambitiously.
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.
