AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoMauritius in the spotlight: A 19-month-old child from Mauritius has undergone rare robotic kidney removal surgery in Delhi, highlighting growing access to advanced healthcare tech across the region. Biodiversity tech for conservation: Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2026 warns the biodiversity crisis is still poorly mapped, but points to AI and digitisation to speed up species assessment and protect threatened plants and fungi. Digital identity and governance: At ID4Africa 2026 in Abidjan, experts pushed the shift from digital identity pilots to sustainable digital public ecosystems, stressing trust, regulation, and capacity for production rollouts. Crypto regulation: Zimbabwe legalised its first dedicated crypto framework, requiring virtual asset service providers to register and follow AML/CFT rules—raising questions about real-world adoption. Markets and tech finance: India’s NSE filed draft IPO papers with SEBI for an estimated ₹30,000 crore offer-for-sale, while B2PRIME launched an AI assistant inside its B2TRADER platform to bring market analysis directly into trading workflows. Energy access: Inspired Evolution launched Zafiri, a $176m blended vehicle aimed at expanding electricity access across sub-Saharan Africa via private-sector distributed renewable energy.
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