AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoSouth Atlantic Connectivity: DE-CIX and Cabo Verde Telecom (CVTelecom) signed a Letter of Intent to explore a new Lisbon–São Paulo interconnection corridor, aiming to route data more directly between Southern Europe, West Africa and Latin America for better resilience and performance. ECOWAS Youth in Elections: ECOWAS says it will deploy youth-only election observers for Nigeria’s 2027 vote, after pilots in Côte d’Ivoire and Benin, with Cabo Verde and The Gambia also in the plan. Health-Tech Spotlight: HubPharm Africa won the 2nd ECOWAS Startup Awards in Abuja, taking a $30,000 prize; Afrikan Coders from Cape Verde also made the top finalists. Climate Diplomacy in the Pacific: World powers are meeting in Fiji (Oct 5–8) to set the course for COP31 in Turkey, with sea-level rise and a major adaptation finance gap front and center. Air Pollution Watch: A Copernicus analysis says nearly 40% of the world’s population was exposed to harmful ground-level ozone in 2026 so far, with Asia hit hardest. Panthera Camera-Trap Findings: Over 300 camera traps in western Tanzania (area about the size of Cape Verde) produced 150,000+ images, including rare serval patterns and new records for several species. African Unity Interview: Professor Hakim Adi discusses today’s Pan-African struggle and sovereignty debates in an interview tied to current US policy and far-right influence. Sports Recognition: CAVB honoured Nigeria’s volleyball figure Engineer Habu Gumel during a congress in Cabo Verde for decades of service.
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