AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoSatellite Connectivity: Airtel Africa and SpaceX’s Starlink launched Africa’s first direct-to-phone satellite service in the DRC, letting compatible smartphones connect without a dish (initially SMS and light data like WhatsApp). Regional Tech & Trade: At the 46th SADC summit in Durban, President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed faster One-Stop Border Posts so trucks don’t “spend days waiting,” alongside a drive for infrastructure, digital connectivity, and regional value chains. Critical Minerals Industrialization: UN Economic Commission for Africa urged SADC to stop exporting raw minerals and instead build processing and manufacturing capacity—turning platinum-group metals and lithium into jobs. Public Health & Water: WHO/UNICEF research says nearly one billion people rely on healthcare facilities without clean water, with major gaps also in sanitation and hygiene. Madagascar Biodiversity: DNA work split Madagascar’s baobabs: a long-misclassified northern population is now Adansonia bozy, raising the island’s baobab species count and helping conservation targeting. Health Workforce: A Lancet study finds women drove global health workforce growth, but shortages still require tens of millions more health workers worldwide.
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