AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoWomen’s Finance Push: AfDB and AXIAN launched a digital finance programme to support 34,000 women-led businesses across Madagascar, Tanzania, Senegal, Togo and the Comoros, using AXIAN platforms Mixx and Mvola for digital lending plus training to close the $49bn financing gap. Blue Economy Skills: Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute is scaling up training, adding ship design and shipbuilding courses as blue economy investment grows, ahead of the Fifth International Blue Economy Conference. Comoros in the Spotlight (Football): Zambia’s U-20 coach Perry Mutapa says he’s optimistic for COSAFA qualifiers after drawing Comoros in Group C, while Brave Warriors coach Collin Benjamin named a provisional Afcon 2027 qualifiers squad including players based abroad. Energy Investment Data: A new analysis says Africa’s solar boom is largely “hidden” in distributed systems, with 36 of 54 countries set for record PV installs in 2026 and rapid growth in places like the DRC, Zimbabwe and Egypt. Migration & Regional Politics: Comoros condemned French PM Sebastien Lecornu’s remarks linking development aid to stronger cooperation on irregular migration around Mayotte.
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