AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoHealth Cooperation: Zanzibar and Comoros pledge experience-sharing to strengthen malaria prevention and treatment, building on Zanzibar’s gains in community education, diagnosis, and care, with both sides pointing to shared conditions and frequent people-to-people movement. Regional Tech & Policy: South Africa hosts the 46th SADC summit in Durban on 16–17 August, with leaders pushing a regional agenda for resilient, sustainable, and inclusive industrialisation via infrastructure, agriculture, and critical minerals transformation—an approach that could shape how member states plan tech, trade, and development. Earth Science: A new Science study links deep Earth signals to East Africa’s volcanoes by combining seismic imaging with chemical analysis of volcanic rocks, helping explain where magma sources may originate beneath the crust. Procurement & Capacity Building: Kenya has been named the regional base for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) East Africa office, aiming to professionalise procurement across 13 countries through standards and public-sector engagement. Happiness & Economics (Data): A Remitly analysis uses Purdue University research on “income satiation” to estimate a “price of happiness,” ranking Comoros among the lower tiers in Africa for the income level needed to reach peak happiness.
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