AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoRegional Industrial Push: Aliko Dangote urged African governments to speed up industrialisation and remove intra-African trade barriers, warning the continent still exports mostly raw materials and that manufacturing contributes only about 10–11% of GDP. Energy & Infrastructure: The MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2026 conference in Dakar (Dec 1–3) will spotlight gas processing, LNG infrastructure and regional gas monetisation, as Senegal moves ahead with the GTA–Gandon pipeline segment to feed domestic gas into power and industry. Policy & Development: The UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development wrapped up with a ministerial declaration, stressing that SDG delivery must be collective and integrated, not handled goal-by-goal. Governance & Trade Capacity: A political economist warned African multilateralism is under strain, with stalled progress at both rulemaking and implementation stages, pushing countries to strengthen regional cooperation. Wildlife & Research: New field work in Guinea-Bissau studies rare “accumulative stone throwing” by chimpanzees, linking behaviour to social and ecological communication.
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