AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoResearch Partnerships: Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Yacoub Ould Moyne met Turkey’s ambassador in Nouakchott to discuss expanding cooperation in higher education and research. Mauritania also held research-cooperation talks with Russia during the Russia-Africa forum in Sochi. AI and Digital Skills: A Nouakchott symposium on artificial intelligence launched a training course for 30 journalists on using AI in media while retaining human oversight. An ISESCO conference also examined technology’s effects on families and society. Desert Science: Chinese desertification-control methods are informing Africa’s Great Green Wall, an initiative that includes Mauritania and aims to slow the Sahara’s spread. Uranium Project: Aura Energy’s feasibility study for Mauritania’s Tiris project raised estimated construction costs, putting financing at the center of plans for a final investment decision by year-end.
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