AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoEnergy Access & Finance: CrossBoundary Access secured a $10m equity investment from IFC to expand mini-grids and battery-as-a-service projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, including a Madagascar partner (ANKA), aiming to bring power to more communities. Agribusiness & Trade Policy: Kenya’s CS Mutahi Kagwe urged African leaders to fight tariff escalation that keeps countries exporting raw commodities while importing processed goods at higher prices—arguing this blocks industrialisation and value-chain growth. Food Systems Summit: DialogueNEXT in Africa brought together African ministers, scientists and agripreneurs in Nairobi, with Madagascar’s livestock minister among senior officials, to push regulatory reforms and farmer-centred innovation under the “Born to Feed the Future” theme. Water Infrastructure Accountability: A World Bank “Water Forward” review found lead testing is largely missing from active drinking-water projects, raising concerns that lead contamination risks may not be properly monitored. Electricity Targets: A World Bank Mission 300 update highlights progress in electrification (with Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria leading) but notes major gaps where some countries still record zero new connections. Madagascar in the Spotlight: Madagascar’s prime minister attended a Russian Defence Ministry concert in Antananarivo, with promises of healthcare and road-construction supplies from Russia.
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