The Africa SDGs Interactive Portal aims at fostering coherent integration of environmental dimensions of Sustainable Development Goals in regional and national policy frameworks through capacity development for environmental data, statistics and reporting for strengthened science-policy nexus. In Africa it focuses on strengthening national capacities of at least 19 African countries for the sustained, regular production of a priority set of environmental data and statistics, including through digital innovation and providing capacity development support to at least 19 UNCT and other country-level and regional environmental stakeholders in the integration of environmental dimensions of SDGs in country programming and prioritization strategies, including CCAs and UNSDCF.

The objectives of The Africa SDGs Interactive Portal are to be accomplished through targeted institutional capacity development for environmental data and statistics, as well as reporting and foresights on the state of their environment. As a result, the Portal directly contributes to the UNEP's sub-programme on Environment Under Review, and its Expected Accomplishment (EA), including on the need for 'Governments and other stakeholders use quality open environmental data, analyses and participatory processes that strengthen the science-policy interface to generate evidence-based environmental assessments, identify emerging issues and foster policy action'.