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- 27 Sept 2015
UN Broadband Commission Affirms Focus on Sustainable Development Goals
The power of broadband to leapfrog development roadblocks and bring access to education, healthcare and employment opportunities should put high-speed information and communication technology (ICT)…
- 21 Sept 2022
GSMA Urges Closing the Mobile ‘Usage Gap’ to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Closing the mobile internet ‘usage gap’ should be a priority for countries seeking to deliver against the ambitious UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to the GSMA’s seventh annual Mobile…
- 3 Jun 2021
Austin’s Five Forces Model for Analysing Sustainable Development
By Austin Okere The sustainability challenge is becoming clearer. Being a Consultant at the Sustainable Development Goals, Africa Centre (SDGCA) in Rwanda and on the Global Agenda Council of the…
- 15 May 2025
How MTN’s ESG Strategy is Helping Fuel Nigeria’s Development Goals
MTN Nigeria’s 2024 Sustainability Report has provided a compelling case for how businesses can move from profit-centric models to purpose-led impact. As one of Africa’s leading tech companies, MTN’s…
- 24 Apr 2025
Sage Grey Finance Joins UN Global Compact, Strengthening Sustainability Goals
Sage Grey Finance Limited, a leading financial institution committed to creating impact through lending, investments, fund management, and strategic advisory services, has reaffirmed its commitment…
- 30 Sept 2024
UNGA79: African Business Leaders Champion Sustainable Development Opportunities
Prominent African leaders gathered at the World Trade Center in New York City for Africa Breakfast Convos, a high-profile event held on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly.…
- 30 Mar 2020
Teksight Edge emerges technical partner to Lagos State SDGs Volunteer Corps
The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment (Lagos Global), has concluded plans to launch the Lagos State Volunteer Corps, an initiative designed to…
- 24 Jun 2016
Samsung Says Corporate Citizens Should Make Real Impact on Africa’s SDGs
South Africa, prepared to follow on from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were unveiled with the aim of taking steps towards building a better world in…
- 16 Feb 2017
Guinness Nigeria Unveils 2016 Sustainability Report, Outlines Future Goals
Nigeria’s foremost total beverage alcohol company, Guinness Nigeria Plc, has released its Sustainability Report for 2016, reporting its performance on various aspects of its operations, while…
- 23 Apr 2023
AfDB, ILX sign Partnership to Mobilize European Institutional Capital for Sustainable Projects Across Africa
The African Development Bank and ILX Management B.V. (ILX) signed a partnership agreement to scale up investments and spur institutional investor capital mobilization for Sustainable Development…
- 16 Jun 2023
Norfund Strengthens Footprint in Nigeria to Drive Sustainable Economic Growth
The Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries, Norfund, recently organized its first stakeholder event in Nigeria which hosted key players across multiple industries in the private sector to…
- 14 Jul 2022
ND Western Advocates for Innovation to Achieve Nigeria’s Decarbonization and Sustainable Energy Goals
Independent Nigerian oil and gas company, ND Western Limited has expressed its commitment to sustainable energy solutions, in contribution to Nigeria’s journey to decarbonization. The exploration and…
- 20 Sept 2016
GSMA Publishes Report Detailing the Mobile Industry’s Impact in Achieving SDGs
At yesterday’s United Nations Private Sector Forum, the GSMA unveiled the ‘2016 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, a ground-breaking study that provides a current…
- 15 Jul 2015
Raft of Commitments on Harnessing Data Revolution, Data Crisis
International governments, businesses and civil society today pledged to take action to tackle the data crisis that threatens to hamper the fight against extreme poverty. Wide-ranging commitments –…
- 15 Jul 2015
IBM Research-Africa, RTI Int’l Partner for Data-Driven Development
RTI International, - a leading nonprofit research institute - and IBM’s Africa research lab, have announced a partnership to deploy big data analytics and cognitive technologies to help transform…
- 18 Sept 2017
GSMA Highlights Mobile Industry Progress in Achieving SDGs
The GSMA yesterday published the ‘2017 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, at the United Nations General Assembly Week, the second annual study assessing the mobile…
- 25 Jun 2021
Osinbajo Seeks Private Investment in Health
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has called for private sector investment in the health sector as the Federal Government strives to attain Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 9 adopted by the…
- 4 Oct 2016
Broadband: Ericsson Unveils Solutions to Help Telcos Cut TCO Costs by 40%
As governments recently met at the UN General Assembly to discuss progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, Ericsson on Tuesday announced another set of solutions to help bridge the digital…
- 27 Apr 2016
Etisalat Lifts Primary Education in North East with Kits
As part of sustained efforts towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Education in the country, Etisalat Nigeria, has partnered with a non-governmental…
- 22 Sept 2021
UNDP Designates Delta as SDGs Innovation Hub for South-South
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday, announced that Delta had been selected as innovation and acceleration hub of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in South-South. Dr…
- 4 Jul 2025
MTN Foundation Crosses ₦32Bn Milestone in Social Investments
MTN Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to driving sustainable development across Nigeria, announcing that its social investments have now exceeded N32bn in the past 20 years, impacting over…
- 16 Jul 2024
Afreximbank, Sterling One Foundation Partner for Africa Social Impact Summit 2024
To foster more private sector participation in the drive towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa, the Sterling One Foundation has announced African Export-Import…
- 14 Aug 2018
FG Unveils Smart Classrooms, Digital Education Project Today
The Federal Government has begun moves to establish a digital education institute and provide smart learning classrooms across the country as a way of boosting investments in the Information and…
- 3 Nov 2016
Agada Urges Enugu to Adopt Research-Based Approach to Partnerships
The need to leverage on the vast developmental resources available through numerous Aid and Donor establishments to use in achieving its newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has been…
- 19 Jul 2020
Softcom Advocates for Human-Centred Technology to Meet SDGs in COVID-19 Era
Softcom Limited, an indigenous and innovative technology company, has recommended the use of human-centred technology to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in this COVID-19 era.…
- 26 Aug 2016
World’s Leading Standards Bodies Join Forces on Smart Cities
Representatives of IEC, ISO, ITU, IEEE, CEN-CENELEC and ETSI convened at a follow-up meeting initiated by IEC to discuss means of accelerating and better aligning their standardization work in…
- 20 Jul 2020
Crowdyvest Holdings Renames to EMFATO Holdings
Crowdyvest Holdings an investment company based in Lagos, established to build technology solutions that meet the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development goals in different sectors will begin…
- 30 Nov 2018
AfDB Approves $50 million Equity Investment in AFC to Support Infrastructure Projects in Africa
The African Development Bank has approved an equity investment of US$50 million in Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) − a pan-African development finance institution established in 2007. This equity…
- 20 May 2021
How LG is Championing SDGs Through Environmentally Friendly Products and Collaboration
Achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 is a Grand Challenge, especially for businesses. The SDGs provide a powerful aspiration for improving our world – laying…
- 28 Sept 2016
Global Broadband Market Robust, But Gender Imbalance Worries ITU
The 2016 State of Broadband Report published by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development offers plenty of good news, data, and insights on the deployment of broadband worldwide and…