EAC Agriculture Funding: A regional webinar on the EAC’s CAADP push says the real bottleneck is no longer political will, but the ability to finance, execute, coordinate and sustain agrifood transformation—amid funding gaps, weak budget execution and heavy donor reliance tied to the new RASIP 2026–2035 plan. AI Cybercrime Surge: INTERPOL reports AI is now linked to over half of reported cybercrime across Africa, with losses jumping to $484 million and attacks scaling via automated phishing, deepfakes, synthetic media and identity fraud—while legal frameworks across countries often predate the tech. Education & Tech Links with Russia: Equatorial Guinea’s ambassador meets Rossotrudnichestvo to expand university quotas and cultural cooperation, with growing interest in Russia and support for students in economics, infrastructure, IT and industrial fields. Wildlife Forensics in Trade: A pangolin DNA study links Cameroon’s local wild meat markets to international trafficking routes, using a DNA database to map shared sourcing areas and highlight how local supply can feed global networks. Solar Science for Public Interest: A new global eclipse timing analysis maps when each country last saw a total solar eclipse and when the next one is due, ahead of an Aug. 12 total eclipse across parts of Arctic Russia, Greenland, Iceland and Spain. Energy Reliability Watch: A major power outage in Ghana spotlights fragile electricity infrastructure and the need for stronger resilience planning across the grid.