The ANCA Nature Executive Fellowship graduates its first cohort As written by Josh Ayers, Associate member of ANCA secretariat & Senior Research Impact Fellow in The Nature & Climate Impact Team at the University of Exeter Moving together with purpose and collective strength, a new pride of business leaders has emerged from the continent’s first...

  As written by Josh Ayers, Associate Member of ANCA Secretariat & Senior Research Impact Fellow in The Nature & Climate Impact Team at the University of Exeter The Dawn of Africa’s Green Gold Rush In the heart of London’s financial district this past June, something extraordinary happened. As 45,000 climate leaders gathered for the...

A breakthrough moment for global oceans—and a call to action for Africa’s financial sector Key highlights Two global ocean milestone events mark a turning point for ocean finance – and a major opportunity for Africa. Oceans are economic lifelines for African states, yet remain dramatically underfunded and undervalued. Blue finance isn’t just about conservation. It’s...

On the eve of World Environment Day, a landmark publication is being launched that promises to reshape how governments, businesses, and civil society approach the biodiversity crisis. Becoming Nature Positive: Transitioning to a Safe and Just Future – published by Routledge Earthscan – is the first book in the world to explore the emerging global...

Biodiversity loss and a negative environmental impact have disastrous consequences for global economic stability, human well-being and climate change. The negative impact of business on the environment must be urgently addressed. That’s why countries agreed the Nature Positive Global Goal, a global, societal goal to mobilize the necessary action to halt and reverse rapidly escalating nature loss by...

APRIL 28, 2025 — EarthAcre, in partnership with the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA), today announced a new model for nature stewardship in Africa, introducing a way for community landowners to get paid directly, transparently, and with multiple revenue streams for nature. EarthAcre is a leading nature technology company focused on quantifying nature outcomes scalably...

Meet Africa’s New Nature Champions as African Natural Capital Alliance reveals the 23 inspirational leaders selected to take part in its Executive Fellowship Programme on nature and biodiversity finance Candidates from Access Bank, The Kilimanjaro Project, Meridiam and Enyuatta EcoJustice Centre will join the African Natural Capital Alliance at an official press conference. 13th January...

The African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) has partnered with Oxford University and the African Leadership University School of Wildlife Conservation (ALU SOWC) to launch a groundbreaking new executive fellowship programme on nature and biodiversity finance. The programme aims to address the urgent need for more financing of sustainable natural capital management in the continent and...

Nairobi, July 17, 2024 – The African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) and FSD Africa, in partnership with McKinsey, have released a groundbreaking report detailing the findings of the nature stress test conducted on the banking systems of five African countries including Rwanda and Zambia. The report, “Nature Stress Test: Assessing Exposure of Five African Banking...

For too long, the economic orthodoxy guiding businesses—as well as the central banks and regulators overseeing them—has taken scant interest in the natural capital that underpins so much economic activity. For decades, many have invested their faith in the power of markets to inexorably protect value and the assets that guarantee it. However, change is...