AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoEbola Response Boost: WHO and partners say the Republic of the Congo will receive 70,000 doses of Merck’s Ervebo vaccine to help contain the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, with 20,000 doses earmarked for a Phase 3 trial and 50,000 for frontline health workers. Public Health Watch: WHO also confirmed polio type 2 transmission has been interrupted in five African countries, including the Republic of the Congo, after targeted vaccination and expanded environmental surveillance. Mobile Money Modernization: Ericsson and MTN Group Fintech completed migration of MTN MoMo to a cloud-native system across markets including Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda and Eswatini, and are now looking at expanding the same transformation path to Cameroon and discussions for Benin and the Republic of the Congo. Digital Media Expansion: Equator Voice Africa says it’s growing its digital journalism footprint from Kampala, adding more coverage across politics, business, tech, culture and health for pan-African audiences. Tech & Infrastructure in CEMAC: Energy Conference Network announced an inaugural CEMAC Data Center, Energy & AI Infrastructure Summit in Brazzaville, focused on sovereign data infrastructure, cloud readiness, cybersecurity and sustainable power for data centers.
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