AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoDiaspora Voting Push (Nigeria): AAC presidential hopeful Omoyele Sowore will take the fight over the stalled Diaspora Voting Bill to a New York town hall, pressing for voting rights for Nigerians abroad. Debt & Cost-of-Living Clash (Nigeria): Atiku Abubakar escalated attacks on President Tinubu, citing Nigeria’s public debt jump to ₦166.79tn by June 2026 and arguing reforms are worsening hardship. Industrial Power (Ghana): IFC and LMI Holdings expanded Solar for Industries to back a 200MW solar build for Tema and Dawa industrial zones, targeting hundreds of jobs and more reliable energy for manufacturers. Refinery Build-Out (Kenya): Lamu received 2,930 tonnes of heavy machinery for Dangote’s $17bn East Africa Refinery, with groundbreaking expected soon and crude sourcing planned across East and Southern Africa. Red Sea Risk (Ethiopia): Houthi pressure around Perim and Mokha is raising Red Sea freight costs, threatening Ethiopia’s Djibouti corridor that handles most of its trade. Creative Economy (Ghana): Tourism minister Abla Dzifa Gomashie called for stronger intellectual property protection to turn Afro-Caribbean cultural growth into sustainable creator income. Energy Finance (Africa): AEW 2026 in Cape Town will spotlight how African lenders and institutions are closing the continent’s energy funding gap.
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