AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoClean Energy: Kenyan universities have signed research partnerships with Chinese institutions focused on renewable energy, hydrogen, energy storage and low-carbon construction. Trade and Investment: The African Development Bank and Trade and Development Bank expanded business financing by $200 million, while African leaders at COP31 pressed for more climate finance and stronger action. Women’s Enterprise: A US nonprofit says its microloan and mentoring programmes have helped nearly 200,000 women in East Africa start businesses. Ghana is also exploring ways to make smartphones more affordable and encourage local assembly, giving informal workers tools to grow their incomes. Youth and Sport: Senegal’s hosting of Africa’s first Youth Olympic Games is being hailed as a landmark, with former Olympian Amadou Dia Ba calling for better facilities, coaching and access to competition to help develop athletes. Science: Researchers have found pronounced thinning of the Earth’s crust in the Turkana Rift between Kenya and Ethiopia, offering new insight into the slow geological splitting of eastern Africa.
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