Africa

The European Union has taken a decisive step to scale back its landmark sustainability and due diligence regulations, a move that could have far-reaching implications for African economies increasingly aligned with responsible trade and ESG reporting.

Lagos, Nigeria is set to host its first-ever national ESG summit as momentum builds across Africa to integrate sustainability into core development strategies. The Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC) will convene key stakeholders on June 26 at The Art Hotel in Lagos for a landmark event focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) innovation.

In a major step toward digital sustainability, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a new machine-readable Sustainability Taxonomy, offering African companies a timely opportunity to modernize and harmonize ESG reporting.

Africa’s critical role in the global mining and energy transition is set to take center stage this October as Cape Town prepares to host African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, a high-level forum expected to accelerate investment, innovation, and sustainable practices across the continent’s mineral economies.

International Breweries Plc (IBPLC), a member of the AB InBev group, marked World Environment Day 2025 with a sweeping campaign to combat plastic pollution across Nigeria. From urban clean-ups and public sensitization in Lagos to waste recovery drives in Nasarawa and Osogbo, the brewer’s multifaceted efforts are positioning it as a continental model for corporate sustainability.

The University of Nairobi has made significant strides in the 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, breaking into two new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) categories; Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6) and Climate Action (SDG 13)

Kenya and Senegal have emerged as Africa’s top energy regulators, tying for first place in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) with a remarkable score of 0.892 – a signal achievement in a continent-wide push for better energy governance, climate resilience, and sustainable development.

In a pioneering step toward proactive disaster risk reduction, the Nigerian federal government, working closely with multiple United Nations agencies, has launched an anticipatory action simulation exercise in the flood-vulnerable Kwanta community of Adamawa State.

Nigeria has officially adopted its updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2025–2030, cementing its role as a frontrunner in Africa’s commitment to halting and reversing biodiversity loss. This move is more than symbolic, it signals a critical pivot toward systemic environmental governance across West Africa and reinforces Nigeria’s alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (K-M GBF), the landmark international agreement adopted at COP15 in 2022. 

Israel’s recent resumption of limited natural gas exports following an intense week of airstrikes with Iran has once again exposed the fragility of Africa’s energy interdependence. This seemingly regional disruption has sent reverberations across North Africa, with Egypt bearing the brunt of the fallout.