AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoHealth Sovereignty Push: Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama used the Alamein Africa Forum to argue health should be treated as an investable, high-growth sector—announcing HINGE to streamline regulation, clinical validation and commercialisation for health innovators, and calling for more local pharma production to cut import dependence. Pharma Market Scale-Up: He also pointed to AfCFTA’s 1.4bn-consumer market to attract investment and expand regional value chains for medicines. Consumer Supply Pressure: Kenya’s Bomet faces an acute milk shortage, with deliveries dropping sharply and prices rising as farmers cite high dairy feed costs and dry weather. Agriculture Innovation: Kenya’s coffee sector is turning to science and technology—soil testing and farmer-centred policies—to reverse declining yields and improve climate resilience. Retail & Payments: Standard Bank Eswatini is bringing back its Instant Money service as it winds down Unayo, while Kenya Power warned customers not to engage with a hacked X customer-care account. Trade & Business Events: Lai Mohammed urged African governments to treat MICE as a deal-making engine, not just tourism, to unlock investment and jobs.
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