Local Content & Energy Skills: A reflection from Equatorial Guinea to Mozambique argues that “local content” is really about building local people’s readiness to run projects, not just writing rules. Tax & Digital Reform: Ghana’s tax-to-GDP is still below Africa’s 16.1% average, while Central African oil economies like Equatorial Guinea are cited for gains from non-oil reforms using digitalization and simpler systems. Data Governance & AI: Equatorial Guinea’s region-wide policy push gets a boost as a data protection chief calls for stronger African regulator cooperation to rein in the growing power of global tech and AI platforms. Energy Deal-Making: Africa’s energy calendar spotlights Energy Week in Cape Town as a commercial marketplace for ministers, national oil companies, financiers, and service providers to turn projects into signed deals. Deep-Sea Port Tech & Industry: Cameroon’s Kribi deep-water port story shows how major infrastructure reshaped roads, services, and logistics—an engineering-to-economy case relevant to regional trade. Girls in Tech: “Girls Talk Tech” highlights hands-on cybersecurity and software learning reaching thousands of girls, with pilots including Equatorial Guinea. Third-Country Deportations: US Supreme Court moves to let rapid deportations to third countries resume, with Equatorial Guinea named among destinations—raising due-process and human-rights concerns. Culture & Materials Research: Spanish-Equatoguinean ceramicist Bisila Noha wins Italy’s Tacchini Prize, spotlighting contemporary ceramics as research and design.