Last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Act into law, marking one of the most significant and potentially transformative milestones for South Africa’s electricity sector. The Act makes provision, and opens pathways, for...
This weekend, on the 9th of December, delegates convened at the “Powering Ocean Breakthroughs with 100% Sustainable Ocean Management” event at the 28th UN Conference of Parties (CoP28) in Dubai, to decide on “path-defining” nature-climate investment plans and...
Last month, Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa proposed to delay the decommissioning of Eskom's coal-fired power stations. This comes amid ongoing challenges to end South Africa’s energy crisis and rolling blackouts (load-shedding). The country is now on...
In the past five years alone, the global community has experienced a series of unprecedented events that have drastically impacted economies, societies, and governance structures. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with travel restrictions and supply chain...
Africa is home to an abundance of animal and plant species that attract criminal wildlife exploitation. Wildlife crime is one of the most lucrative illegal industries and it attracts – and is run – by sophisticated, transnational, well-organised criminal networks...
The 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) is taking place in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, running over two weeks (5 - 18 November). The COP aims to tackle key concerns on the global agenda toward action against climate change. This year's summit takes...
October 11 is the United Nations International Day of the Girl Child, a day to commemorate young women and girls globally and highlight the obstacles they face in fulfilling their potential. As part of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) plan...
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), founded on data, data ecosystems and the data economy gains global momentum, there is a crucial need for African governments to harness the opportunities this revolution presents.
Last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Act into law, marking one of the most significant and potentially transformative milestones for South Africa’s electricity sector. The Act makes provision, and opens pathways, for...
This weekend, on the 9th of December, delegates convened at the “Powering Ocean Breakthroughs with 100% Sustainable Ocean Management” event at the 28th UN Conference of Parties (CoP28) in Dubai, to decide on “path-defining” nature-climate investment plans and...
Last month, Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa proposed to delay the decommissioning of Eskom's coal-fired power stations. This comes amid ongoing challenges to end South Africa’s energy crisis and rolling blackouts (load-shedding). The country is now on...
In the past five years alone, the global community has experienced a series of unprecedented events that have drastically impacted economies, societies, and governance structures. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with travel restrictions and supply chain...
Africa is home to an abundance of animal and plant species that attract criminal wildlife exploitation. Wildlife crime is one of the most lucrative illegal industries and it attracts – and is run – by sophisticated, transnational, well-organised criminal networks...
The 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) is taking place in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, running over two weeks (5 - 18 November). The COP aims to tackle key concerns on the global agenda toward action against climate change. This year's summit takes...
October 11 is the United Nations International Day of the Girl Child, a day to commemorate young women and girls globally and highlight the obstacles they face in fulfilling their potential. As part of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) plan...
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), founded on data, data ecosystems and the data economy gains global momentum, there is a crucial need for African governments to harness the opportunities this revolution presents.