jonathan weimers
Beyond the App: How Onafriq Built the Invisible Digital Rails for Pan-African Sustainability
For sustainability professionals, the lesson is clear: high-profile consumer apps cannot solve structural exclusion on their own. Lasting impact requires unglamorous, interoperable, and borderless infrastructure. True sustainability is not achieved by launching another isolated digital wallet; it is achieved by building the open rails that allow capital, climate resilience, and gender equity to scale across an entire continent. If you want to move the needle on the SDGs, stop looking at the storefront. Start investing in the plumbing.
How a Simple Text Message Changed the Face of Money in Kenya
Financial inclusion is a central pillar of sustainability as a discipline. It moves sustainability beyond environmental metrics by proving that economic access and equity are foundational to a resilient society.
The "Permacrisis" in African Supply Chains: What You Need to Know
In 2026, we are living in a permacrisis—a state where multiple disasters (climate, war, and economic shifts) happen all at once, creating a permanent sense of emergency. For African businesses, this means the "old ways" of trading are no longer enough.
Africa's 2026 Supply Chain: Profit or Perish
For African listed companies, SDG 12 has become the ultimate "hack" for operational resilience. We aren't just being "green" for the sake of it; we are using sustainable production to insulate businesses from failing infrastructure and global inflation.
2025 Recap: The Year Sustainability Got Real & Where to Next for Corporates
The era of the "vague pledge" died in 2025. What replaced it was a high-stakes, data-driven landscape where sustainability became synonymous with economic survival. For the strategic observer, the past twelve months represented a sharp shift from idealism to industrial-scale implementation.
The Circular Economy: Beyond Waste, Towards Exponential Value
The Circular Economy isn't just a "nice-to-have" green initiative; it's the next frontier for strategic business advantage. It's a systemic shift designed to keep products and materials in use for as long as possible, extract maximum value from them while in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life.
