AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoRwanda–Pakistan Trade Push: Rwanda and Pakistan signed a Trade Cooperation Agreement in Kigali to expand trade and investment, diversify products, and connect firms to supply chains, with talks ahead on a possible PTA and eventual FTA. Aviation & Jobs: Qatar Airways retired its remaining Airbus A330 passenger jets and seconded some pilots to RwandAir, citing higher fuel costs and weaker demand amid the Iran war. Digital Inclusion: GSMA and PDAA launched a roadmap to close Africa’s “covered but offline” gap, warning that mobile network deployment alone won’t bring 906 million people into digital services. AI Governance: Rwanda’s PM Justin Nsengiyumva told the UN that countries without frontier AI should not just trust others, and Rwanda’s National AI Agency is ready to host shared testing. Climate & Health Preparedness: Rwanda used UNGA events to argue climate vulnerability is a development “tax” and to stress pandemic preparedness as continuous investment after its 2024 Marburg response. Plastic-to-Construction Innovation: Researchers in Rwanda turned recycled plastic waste into sisal-reinforced tiles, hitting strong compressive results with low water absorption.
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