AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoEbola Response: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Kinshasa and pledged continued support for the DRC’s Ebola fight, including backing for local vaccine development and a ceasefire to protect humanitarian access. Digital Skills for Youth: The ILO, Microsoft and partners launched a 25-week digital skills and employment programme for 1,700 refugee and host-community youth in Kenya’s Turkana and Garissa counties, with up to 1,000 Microsoft certification vouchers. Burundi Digital ID & Payments: Burundi is exploring an India Stack-style partnership to speed up national identity and payments, using UPI to expand financial inclusion. Biotech Lab Capacity: Russia announced a mobile pneumoframe laboratory for Namibia, similar to deployments already in Burundi and Uganda, aimed at faster infection testing and stronger biological protection. Tech & Identity Systems: The City of London published a blueprint for a Digital Verification Orchestrator to make identity checks reusable and safer, while a report warns ICE/CBP biometrics are expanding into broader surveillance networks. Energy Tech: Morocco’s 13 MW floating solar plant near Tanger Med came online, adding major renewable capacity.
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