AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPublic-sector crackdown: South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs is rolling out a “world-class” real-time biometric verification portal to wipe out ghost employees, after National Treasury flagged 4,000+ on the payroll and said ghost-pay and irregularities cost nearly R4bn in 2025. Digital identity momentum: Nigeria’s NiRA is rallying stakeholders ahead of Tech Convergence 3.0 on .ng adoption, cybersecurity and digital sovereignty, pushing back against Africa’s heavy reliance on servers outside the continent. Regional telecoms: The EAC is consulting on a harmonised cross-border mobile roaming framework to cut call and data costs and speed up the single digital market. Energy transition: Africa’s power build-out is shifting toward solar, wind and storage, with investors chasing faster, cheaper reliability as grids struggle. Ebola watch: Russia claims a vaccine that could protect against the Bundibugyo strain as cases rise in Central Africa. South Africa exams: June exam prep is exposing learning gaps, especially in maths, where missing basics snowball into higher grades.
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