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A new investment vehicle, Growth Investment Partners Zambia (GIP Zambia), has been officially launched to channel long-term, local currency finance into Zambian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The initiative, backed…

Tanzania is integrating gender equality into the heart of its national climate policy, marking a significant shift toward more inclusive and equitable climate governance. As the country prepares to submit…

In a bold expansion of industrial investment across East Africa, the Dangote Group recently announced a $3 billion agreement with the Ethiopian government to establish a large-scale fertilizer production plant…

One year after signing the Rhodes Declaration, Europe’s leading travel and tourism organizations gathered in Gothenburg, Sweden, on July 9, 2025, to renew their joint commitment to climate resilience and…

leaders of the world’s largest emerging economies gathered in Rio de Janeiro for the 17th BRICS Summit and emerged with a unified message: it’s time to rewire the global governance system to reflect today’s multipolar reality—and the Global South is ready to lead. With Africa now directly represented through new BRICS members Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa, the continent’s stake in this political and financial realignment has never been more critical.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has recently released two draft standards designed to strengthen how companies report on labor practices, including discrimination, diversity, and the protection of worker rights. The move arrives amid broader efforts to revise eight labor-related standards, with final versions expected from mid‑2026.

The United Kingdom has released exposure drafts of its new UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS). The proposed framework draws heavily from the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) global baseline, namely IFRS S1 and S2, and is intended to provide high-quality, decision-useful sustainability-related financial information to capital markets.

Tanzania’s top banking executives, capital market leaders, and climate finance experts gathered in Dar es Salaam this week for the Green Finance Forum, issuing a unified call to fast-track sustainable investment and close the funding gap threatening the country’s climate goals. The high-level meeting, convened by the CEO Roundtable of Tanzania (CEOrt), focused on mobilizing private capital to accelerate the country’s green transition—amid mounting evidence that climate inaction could cost the continent trillions in lost productivity and deepening poverty.

As sustainability standards evolve globally, a new concept is becoming central to how organizations assess their impacts and resilience—Double Materiality. Driven by frameworks like the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive…

Africa Sustainability Matters and Ambi Light Up have today formed a partnership focused on elevating rural innovation and advancing inclusive sustainability leadership across Africa. The partnership will see the two…