Sixteen national governments from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific met at the 11th Our Ocean Conference and adopted the Mombasa Declaration, committing to advance global fisheries transparency and strengthen efforts aimed at combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Insurance remains a critical pillar of business resilience, helping companies manage risks, recover from unexpected shocks and sustain economic activity in an increasingly uncertain operating environment.
Air pollution is imposing a significant and growing economic burden on the country, with the Ghana Sustainable Cities Strategy estimating the cost at about US$2.5 billion annually.
Governments debated privatising, corporatising, or keeping state-owned enterprises, but success hinges on governance, leadership, culture, and human behaviour, not ownership. Ownership controls shareholding, governance makes decisions, and human behaviour affects value.
Roughly 70% of women-owned SMEs in developing countries are either unserved or underserved by formal financial institutions, a shortfall the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has indicated as one of the largest unmet financing needs in emerging markets (IFC, Closing the Gender Finance Gap Through Blended Finance, 2023).
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