AGP Executive Report
Last update: 15 minutes agoMining-Regulation Push: Uganda’s energy regulator chief Irene Batebe urged East African regulators to expand their mandate to include mining, arguing harmonized rules could unlock investment and strengthen critical-minerals value chains. EAC Infrastructure & Trade Links: Kenya’s KeNHA started the feasibility phase for the Ksh130bn Mau Summit–Eldoret–Malaba highway (245 km), a PPP expected to improve road connectivity between Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and the DRC. Ebola Response Pressure: The DRC’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is worsening as contact tracing lags; vaccine funding of up to $50m was announced, while protests and a court challenge in Kenya target a planned U.S.-funded Ebola isolation facility. Burundi-DRC Security Ties: Burundi intelligence arrested a Congolese national in Bujumbura over alleged links to AFC/M23, amid tighter Kinshasa–Gitega cooperation. Agribusiness Export Boost: China will admit eligible coffee beans from all 53 African countries with diplomatic ties from July 20, with unified phytosanitary rules—good news for Burundi’s coffee exporters. Public Health & Youth: Burundi faces growing concern over cheap, high-alcohol drinks sold in Bujumbura and provinces, with reports of very high alcohol content.
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