Digital Transformation: Hammitt names its first Chief Digital Officer, Kyle Brucculeri, to drive ecommerce, customer experience, and an omnichannel tech roadmap. Clean Energy & Industry: The IEA’s Global Hydrogen Review says low-emission hydrogen could scale in Africa from ~6 kt today to ~1.2 Mt by 2030, led by Egypt, Morocco and Namibia. Regional Infrastructure for Trade: Cameroon advances the Ebolowa–Ambam highway upgrade with deeper topographic and geotechnical surveys (0 to 47+600 km), aiming to strengthen a key corridor into Equatorial Guinea. Central Africa Payments: BEAC joins PAPSS, enabling faster cross-border instant payments across CEMAC and linking the region to wider African rails. Macroeconomic Resilience: A study urges BEAC to create an emergency liquidity facility (CFA1.7–2.3 trillion) to protect essential imports during geopolitical shocks. Energy Governance: APPO’s NOC-CEO Forum in Cape Town (Oct 12, alongside African Energy Week) will push regional refining, gas markets, and harmonized petroleum rules. Biodiversity Discovery: A new orange-lipped monkey species is reported from DRC’s Lomami National Park region, underscoring how much remains undocumented. Science, Space & AI Policy: Frontier AI access controls remain a live risk as governments can suspend advanced model availability with little warning. Environment: New reporting highlights how intact forest landscapes are shrinking faster, with fires and mining/drilling/exploration among major drivers.