AGP Executive Report
Last update: 15 minutes agoFintech & Payments: BanffPay (Liberia) secured a Payment Service Provider license from the Central Bank of Liberia, positioning its “unified Pay-In and Pay-Out” API as a single integration for wallets, disbursements, collections and cross-border liquidity—aimed at mobile-first businesses, NGOs and government agencies. Shipping & Trade Costs: CMA CGM announced new July 2026 Peak Season Surcharges affecting routes to West Africa, including a US$200 per TEU PSS from China to the West Africa North Range (covering Liberia, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau). Aviation & Connectivity: United Nigeria Airlines joined AFRAA as a full member, reinforcing its West Africa expansion plans and noting a Guinea-Bissau MoU to establish a national carrier. Energy & Industry Pipeline Talk: MSGBC 2026 in Dakar will spotlight LNG buildout and gas monetization pathways, with Senegal’s GTA–Gandon pipeline segment highlighted as a step toward reducing import dependence. Industrialization Push: Aliko Dangote urged African governments to accelerate industrialization and remove intra-African trade barriers, arguing the continent still exports too many raw materials instead of processing them locally.
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