Energy Politics: A Bloomberg report argues oil wealth is becoming a “curse” for Africa’s fastest-growing economies, where hard-currency exports often crowd out public investment and reliable power. Electricity Reliability: Ghana’s nationwide blackout is blamed on a major disruption on the national grid, with engineers restoring supply while questions grow over infrastructure resilience and sector leadership. Agri-Food Tech & Growth: Namibia’s new STAS strategy targets 6% annual agri-food growth, aiming to double the sector’s GDP contribution by 2030 through productivity, value addition, and better market access. AI for Farming: IMF analysis highlights how AI tools could help close Africa’s yield gap, but only if countries invest in digital skills, infrastructure, and supportive policy. Cyber & Sanctions Evasion: A report says Russian and Iranian “shadow fleets” use fake websites that impersonate African maritime registries to generate bogus documents and evade oil sanctions. Science & Space Interest: A new eclipse-by-country analysis maps when each nation last saw a total solar eclipse and when the next one will occur, ahead of an Aug. 12 event across Arctic Russia and parts of Europe. Regional Partnerships: Egypt and Madagascar signed cooperation deals spanning water, smart computing, telecoms/digital tech, youth policy, and education. Security & Recruitment Risks: Equatorial Guinean youths are warned about Russian recruitment traps after cases of coercion and passport confiscation tied to war-related deployments.