Sub-Saharan Africa Gets a Growth Upgrade. The Hard Part Starts Now
The IMF now sees the region expanding by 4.6 percent in 2026 and 2027, driven by…
Uganda’s Modest Climate Fund, and the Big Questions It Raises
On the northern edge of Kampala, where new brick houses push up against maize…
Data, Power, and Gabon’s Digital Future
From the glass-lined lobby of the Radisson Blu Okoumé Palace, where the Atlantic light cuts…
West Africa Bets on Cotton, and Clothes, to Rewrite Its Place in Global Trade
On the eastern edge of Cotonou, where the road to the port slips past…
African Women Are Quietly Rewriting Africa’s Sustainability Playbook
Abuja International Conference Center has hosted summits on trade, peace, and continental integration. In…
Green Transitions, Old Questions of Power
On a gray June morning in Cambridge, the lawns outside the conference hall are…
A New Script for Green Industrialisation
The conference hall in Cambridge hums to life as staff test microphones and arrange…
ESG and Africa’s New Bargain with Capital
In a glassed-in room above Nairobi’s Upper Hill, organizers of the 2nd Annual ESG…
Africa’s Climate Schools Are Quietly Rewriting the Transition
By late May, when a selected cohort flies into Accra for the Africa Climate…
The Wires Beneath the Wave: Africa’s Quiet Contest for Digital Power
Beyond the ring road that loops through Nairobi’s fast-expanding tech corridor, cranes signal another…
Africa Climate Convenings Are Moving Youth From Symbolism to Strategy
From the windows of the Radisson Blu in Nairobi’s Upper Hill, the late-April traffic…
UN Climate Weeks, Yeosu, and Africa’s Search for Climate Leverage
The invitations to Yeosu read like any other UN gathering: dates, venue, registration links,…