Facts about Accelerating Africa’s Energy Transition
Africa’s energy transition topped the agenda at the recently concluded Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) in Abuja. As the world’s least developed continent, Africa is expected to be home to nearly 2.5 billion people by 2050. Eighty percent of them... Read More →
Global Decarbonization: Industrial Opportunities for Africa
The industrial sector is a vital source of wealth, prosperity, and social value on a global scale. Industrial companies produce about one-quarter of global GDP and employment, and they make products and materials that are integral to our daily lives.... Read More →
Africa’s Businesses: It’s Secret Weapon Against Climate Change
Despite Africa’s low contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, at just 3.8%, it remains the most vulnerable continent to climate change adverse impacts. It poses a considerable threat to human well-being, national economies, infrastructure investments, water and food systems, public... Read More →
Oil and Gas In Developing Positive Growth Economies in Africa
With over 125 billion barrels of crude oil reserves and 620 trillion cubic feet of natural gas – estimates that are expected to further increase as multi-year exploration campaigns yield new discoveries – Oil and gas in Africa is well-positioned... Read More →
AfCTA in Unleashing the Africa’s Potential in a Changing World
The creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in 2018 established the world’s largest free trade area by population (1.3 billion) and with a combined GDP of $3 trillion as of 2022. The AfCFTA presents its members with... Read More →
Transforming Global Food Systems For Healthy People, Environment, and Economies
According to the FOA of the United Nations, the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. Seven years away from 2030, the distance to reach many of the SDG... Read More →
Critical Factor to Attracting Infrastructure Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Infrastructure Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa According to the World Bank, infrastructure is an unmissable driver for growth and development in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. It not only stimulates private investment and productivity growth, but also facilitates domestic and international economic... Read More →
Climate Change And Scaling Up African Solutions for The Continent’s Food Crises
Climate change is intensifying food insecurity across the world, especially climate vulnerable continents like Africa where climate events are disproportionately common. This calls for urgent measures and actions towards addressing Africa’s food insecurity in order to safeguard the calorie and... Read More →
Oil Market Report – January 2023
The International Energy Agency in January, 2023, released the latest Oil Market Report. The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world’s most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market –... Read More →
Has COP27 Accelerated The Development Of Green Hydrogen In Africa?
From 6 to 18 November 2022, the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) took place in Sharm-El-Sheikh, hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
