AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoRegional Trade: Burundi’s Prime Minister Nestor Ntahontuye joined leaders at the COMESA summit in Harare, where Zimbabwe took over the bloc’s chairmanship. Leaders focused on trade, investment and industrialisation; Kenya’s William Ruto urged members to advance a levy to provide more reliable funding for COMESA programmes. Economic Diplomacy: President Évariste Ndayishimiye is due to co-chair the Russia–Africa Summit in Moscow on October 29. Organisers say commercial contracts are expected at the October 28–29 gathering, which is set to draw more than 2,000 participants. Power Investment: Burundi and Anzana’s Weza Power have signed a US$1.4 billion public-private partnership to expand electricity access, with a target of connecting eight million people by 2030.
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