AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoDigital Finance in CEMAC: BEAC rolled out a CEMAC QR code system to speed up interoperable payments across Cameroon, Chad, CAR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo, routing transactions through GIMAC/GIMACPAY to support financial inclusion goals. Bioko Biodiversity Discovery: A Canadian entomologist used dung-baited traps in Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko rainforests to formally describe three new dung beetle species, underscoring how much local biodiversity still needs cataloguing. Aviation Decarbonisation Study: Cameroon’s Civil Aviation Authority began a feasibility study for a national sustainable aviation fuel industry, aiming to cut air-transport emissions and align with CORSIA. Regional Aviation Expansion: Nigeria’s Ibom Air added an Airbus A220-300, pushing plans for more domestic and regional routes including Malabo, as it targets broader hub growth. Oil & Trade Context: Uganda branded its crude “Pearl Sweet” ahead of exports via the EACOP pipeline, while China highlighted supply-chain cooperation at CIFIT—both signals of shifting regional logistics and energy flows. Migration Safety Concern: Reuters reports Equatorial Guinea police pulled firearms on US third-country deportees in Malabo, raising fresh alarms about detainee treatment and legal access.
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