AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoSpace & Defense: Senegal opened a Franco-Senegalese seminar at Dakar air base focused on space as a security domain, bringing together senior military officials, French space experts, CNES specialists, and Senegal’s space sector to map how the country can become a serious space actor. Ocean Conservation: Kenya’s Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa wrapped up with 300+ voluntary commitments and $6.4bn mobilized for marine protection, fisheries monitoring, climate finance, and blue-economy projects, with attention on making safeguards real, not just symbolic. Marine Protection Recognition: The Marine Conservation Institute named six “Blue Parks,” including Senegal’s Kawawana Indigenous Community Heritage Area, highlighting co-management and durable, equitable marine protection. Green Hydrogen (Mauritania): Ohmium and Hynfra signed a master cooperation agreement to advance green hydrogen projects in Mauritania (plus Jordan and Oman), covering FEED and technical support using modular PEM electrolyzer expertise for green ammonia production. Geospatial Tech for Borders: WCO and JICA supported a GEOINT Master Trainer programme for West African customs administrations, training teams from Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo to use GIS and satellite-based tools for cross-border monitoring. Public Health (Regional): WHO validated Tunisia’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, underscoring long-term primary health care and sanitation-linked prevention.
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