AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoGabon Infrastructure Push: AGL and Algest Investment Bank have started construction of the Kobe-Kobe port, a key part of the Belinga logistics corridor, with a 550-km rail line planned to move high-grade iron ore to a new four-berth mineral port—aiming for exports of over 100 million tonnes a year and tens of thousands of jobs. Regional Energy Signals: In CEMAC, BEAC’s Composite Commodity Price Index rose 0.7% in Q1 2026 as global energy prices rebounded—oil averaged $75.7 a barrel (+22%) and natural gas jumped 23.2%—after a prior decline. Housing Finance & Governance: Shelter Afrique’s AGM in Rabat elected Central Africa’s Célestine Ketcha Courtès to the Board, marking a milestone in the bank’s reform and its push to tackle the continent’s huge affordable housing deficit. Conservation Monitoring in Gabon: A new bioacoustics approach is building acoustic baselines for intact forests, showing how logged areas in Gabon can look similar from above while their dawn and dusk wildlife sound patterns shift. Public Health Research: The DENSTAR project (€11.09m) launched June 1 to accelerate dengue vaccine trials and approvals across sub-Saharan Africa, citing climate and urban growth as drivers of rising mosquito-borne risk.
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