AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoClean Cooking Finance: The African Development Bank and Italy-backed Rome Process/Mattei Plan Financing Facility launched a clean cooking programme in Brazzaville with an initial €25m envelope, aiming to reach about one million African households and cut millions of tonnes of CO2. Press Freedom Watch: Reporters Without Borders’ 2026 World Press Freedom Index shows a sharp global decline, with over half of countries now in “difficult” or “very serious” categories and the world at a 25-year low. Mauritania-Linked Energy & Trade: Sahara Group’s Mauritania bunkering operations are highlighted as boosting Africa’s maritime trade corridor. Mining & Industrialisation Agenda: AfDB’s Africa Industrialisation Index puts Morocco first in Africa for the first time, while Mining On Top Africa 2026 in Paris spotlights how critical minerals can drive jobs and industrial growth. Regional Business Context: A weekly investor briefing flags Senegal’s political shake-up and IMF-linked fiscal pressure as a key risk for West African markets.
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