African Sustainability Business School

Empowering Africa's Next Generation of Sustainable Business Leaders

We train entrepreneurs and executives across the continent to build enterprises that are profitable today and still standing in twenty years — with African case material, practitioner faculty and small cohorts.

A Message from the Director-General
"Africa does not need to choose between growth and sustainability. Our task is to train the leaders who will prove the two are the same ambition."
Mr. Desmond Esorougwe Director-General, African Sustainability Business School
Why We Exist

Sustainability Should Be the Profitable Choice, Not the Expensive One

Too many African business owners are told to go green without anyone showing them what it costs or earns. ASBS Africa closes that gap.

We start from the business as it actually operates, work out what a durable version looks like on a real balance sheet, and send people home with a plan they can act on that month.


Upcoming Events

Where We Show Up Next

Conference · Exhibition · Awards

African ESG Sustainability Week 2026

"Driving Sustainable Innovation, Climate Resilience, and Economic Transformation Across Africa." Features the African Sustainability Excellence Awards 2026, celebrating corporate leadership, public initiatives and green solutions transforming the continent.

Summit · Awards

West African Sustainability Summit and Award (WASSA)

The West Africa Sustainability Summit & Awards (WASSA) is an annual regional platform focused on advancing the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) agenda across West Africa and the wider African continent. The summit provides a platform for turning sustainability ideas, policies and business solutions into practical action, with a focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement and the African Union’s Agenda 20

Summit · Kigali, Rwanda

Africa ESG Sustainability Summit 2026

"The Nexus of Next: Supercharging Africa's Sustainable & Equitable Transformation." Co-organised with African ESG Sustainability Consulting, bringing together 3,500+ leaders from 54 African nations around climate finance, energy transition and governance.

Our Partners

Working Alongside Africa's Development Partners

Our Impact So Far
500+

Entrepreneurs and leaders trained

12

Partner institutions across Africa

9

Countries with active cohorts

87%

Alumni reporting measurable impact

"As a Young Green Entrepreneurs fellow, I didn't just learn sustainability — I built a business plan investors actually funded."

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Fellowship Alumnus Climate-Tech Founder

"The Green Finance Bootcamp was the most immediately useful five days of my career — I was structuring a green loan facility within weeks of graduating."

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Executive Education Participant Banking Sector

"ASBS gave me the frameworks and the confidence to redesign our supply chain around climate resilience — within a year we cut input losses by a third."

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Postgraduate Diploma Alumna Agribusiness Sector.