AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoSports: South Africa kept rolling in the rugby and cricket spotlight. The Springboks beat New Zealand 29-24 in Johannesburg to go 2-1 up in the four-match Test series, with Ardie Savea scoring two tries and Siya Kolisi making history as the most successful Springboks captain. In Namibia, South Africa also clinched the T20I Tri-Series trophy, crushing Zimbabwe by 48 runs in Windhoek after Jordan Hermann’s 53 and a strong bowling show. Football/CAF governance: Morocco’s Walid Regragui broke his silence over the 2025 AFCON final controversy, where Senegal’s late protest and CAF’s ruling left the title tied up in legal processes. Women and business finance: AXIAN and the AfDB launched a digital finance push to support 34,000 women-led enterprises across five countries, while B Lab Africa opened its seventh Resilient Sustainable Business cohort for SMEs. Climate and agribusiness: VCMI and the East Africa Alliance partner to strengthen carbon markets and climate finance, and IFAD with AgDevCo signed a $10m loan for early-stage agribusinesses. Human trafficking prevention: Next2None and NAPTIP unveiled Africa’s first international fashion-for-social-impact campaign, “Threads of Resilience: Fashion for Freedom,” running to 2034. Policy and diplomacy: UN-backed “Correct the Map” efforts gained traction as Africa pushes for fairer global representation on world maps.
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