Madagascar Digital ID & Cybersecurity: Madagascar is strengthening its national digital identity push with new cybercrime bills submitted to parliament, aiming to secure trust as enrollment scales and to set up a Digital Protection and Investigation Unit. Digital Infrastructure Investment: Cameroon’s Cybastion pledged $75M for AI-ready digital infrastructure in Douala, including a data center and power plant, as the country accelerates digital sovereignty. Identity for Payments: Socure and Aeropay expanded RiskOS with an integration that links identity verification to bank account connection and payment risk decisions in one flow. Biodiversity Finance for Madagascar: Kenya’s Germany-backed SYMBIOTIC project is mobilizing private capital for biodiversity, with Madagascar included and tools like green bonds and debt-for-nature swaps. Madagascar Wildlife Research: DNA work described seven new diamond frog species in Madagascar and flags most of the genus as threatened, underlining urgent conservation needs. Clean Cooking via Carbon Finance: Carbon credit financing is helping households adopt cleaner induction cooking across Africa, cutting smoke and costs while funding emission-reduction projects. Russian Cultural-Education Expansion: Rossotrudnichestvo signed agreements to establish partner Russian Houses, including a new partner Russian House in Madagascar.