AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoAfCFTA & MSMEs: Lesotho’s Ministry of Trade and Business opened the third day of an AfCFTA-focused MSME workshop with a B2B seminar that linked about 40 exhibitors to potential buyers, aiming to tackle two big hurdles for small firms: access to finance and access to markets. Energy access: LEWA granted seven mini-grid licence exemptions to One Power Africa for rural communities including Ketane, Tosing, Tlhanyaku, Sehlaba-Thebe, Matsoaing, Thaba-Tseka and Berea, to speed up electricity delivery where grid expansion is slow. Media & AI: A Maseru tax journalism training urged reporters to use AI to improve speed and accuracy, but stressed that ethics, judgment and verification must stay with journalists. AFCON 2027 qualifiers (Lesotho): Morocco beat Lesotho 2-0 in Bloemfontein with goals by Brahim Díaz and Azzedine Ounahi, keeping the Atlas Lions on six points from two matches. Regional football shocks: Ghana were thrashed 4-2 by Gambia, while Nigeria lost 3-0 to Guinea-Bissau in other qualifier results.
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