AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoAfCFTA Industrial Push: The African Development Fund approved a $3.48m grant (about 2 billion CFA francs) for Togo, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, and Madagascar to strengthen industrial and trade policies and improve implementation of the AfCFTA, including studies that factor in climate change, gender, and SMEs. UNESCO World Heritage: The 48th UNESCO World Heritage Committee session in Busan added 25 new sites and marked historic first listings for Comoros (alongside South Sudan and São Tomé and Príncipe), with major expansions and a criteria update also adopted. Geothermal in Comoros: Registration opened for the 11th African Rift Geothermal Conference (ARGeo-C11) in Moroni on 19–24 Oct 2026, aiming to boost geothermal research, policy, investment, and capacity-building. Digital Health Research: A narrative review highlights how digital health and community-based care could improve diabetic foot prevention and management in resource-limited settings. Biodiversity Find: Researchers rediscovered the rare palm Ravenea latisecta in Madagascar after nearly 100 years; the genus is found only in Madagascar and the Comoros, with many species endangered.
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