AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoMinerals & Industrialisation Push: ECOWAS ministers met in Accra to back a “mine together, process together” agenda, urging West Africa to move beyond exporting raw minerals and build factories, standards, and transport links to boost jobs and intra-African trade—TVET Skills Drive: Liberia’s Agricultural and Industrial Training Bureau (AITB) is running a two-day workshop at the Monrovia Vocational Training Center to align TVET licensing, quality assurance, curricula, and apprenticeships with labour market needs; Insurance Sector Reform: Liberia’s House passed a bill to create an independent Insurance Commission, shifting insurance regulation from the Central Bank to a standalone regulator; Cocoa & Coffee Investment: Zeno Industries says it is expanding investment in Liberia’s cocoa and coffee value chain, employing hundreds of workers and working with thousands of farmers under EU deforestation rules; Coffee Deal for Value Addition: JR Farms signed a $60m public-private coffee concession with Liberia’s Ministry of Agriculture to revive production, processing, farmer training, and value-chain infrastructure; Port Growth Milestone: Liberia’s National Port Authority reports the fastest berthing and discharge of the largest container vessel ever handled at the Freeport of Monrovia; Ebola Preparedness: Africa CDC urged stronger border exit screenings for countries at risk of Ebola spread from the DRC, focusing on preparedness rather than travel bans.
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