AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoEbola Response in Congo: Congo has started vaccinating people against Ebola in the east, using the Ervebo vaccine for frontline responders as the outbreak climbs past 5,700 confirmed cases and 2,700 deaths, with insecurity, displacement, and health worker disruptions making control harder. AI, Data and Credit Ratings: A Congolese fellow argues that better national digital data systems can lower borrowing costs by improving how countries are assessed, while warning that AI tools built on delayed or incomplete information can misprice risk. AI Infrastructure Cooling Meets Congo Energy: SLB (Schlumberger) is set to buy Kelvion for about $4.1B to expand heat-exchanger and cooling tech—an angle that matters as AI data-centre power and cooling needs surge, including across African operations. FLNG Technology for Congo LNG: Wison New Energies and Shell are teaming up to bring Shell liquefaction tech into Wison’s floating LNG offerings, with Wison’s Congo FLNG unit already operational. Fisheries Transparency: A Mombasa Declaration backed by the Republic of the Congo pushes low-cost transparency reforms to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing using better shared records on vessels and licensing. App Store Pricing in Congo: Apple is adjusting App Store developer payouts in the Republic of the Congo after an 18% value-added tax change, with price shifts rolling out in phases.
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