AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoAviation & Trade Links: Air Peace secured Brazil approval to operate scheduled passenger, cargo and mail services between Nigeria and Brazil, cutting Lagos–São Paulo travel time to about seven hours, as it also pushes landing rights for Toronto and New York and prepares to resume routes to Jeddah and Guangzhou. Regional Integration: AfCFTA’s Secretary-General Wamkele Mene sealed an implementation partnership with Gabon after high-level talks with President Oligui Nguema and trade officials, aiming to turn Gabon’s industrial and export potential into real access to the single market. Electricity & Development Finance: World Bank and AfDB’s Mission 300 says it has connected over 50 million people to electricity across 40 African countries, with faster delivery attributed to coordinated investment across the power value chain. Cost of Credit in CEMAC: BEAC data show borrowing costs in Central Africa rose sharply in Q1 2026, with Gabon posting the biggest jump in average lending rates. Forestry Skills & Jobs: France’s AFD backed ADEFAC 2 with CFA 3.3 billion to expand continuing training for forestry and wood-processing across Central Africa, including Gabon. Digital Economy Push: Cameroon secured EU grants of over CFA 37 billion for digital transformation and export-support programmes that also cover Gabon through cross-border initiatives.
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