AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoPorts Push: Nigeria’s ports chief, Abubakar Dantsoho, says Africa can’t grow with obsolete infrastructure—calling for modern deep-sea ports and digital upgrades as Nigeria handles over 70% of West and Central Africa’s cargo. Security + Drugs: US AFRICOM links Nigeria’s terror surge to expanding transnational drug trafficking, pointing to a massive $1bn cocaine seizure and NDLEA’s dismantling of a N480bn meth network tied to Mexican collaborators. Counterterror Momentum: Nigeria and the US report renewed strikes against ISIS/ISWAP in the northeast, adding to the week’s high-profile operations that killed senior commanders around the Lake Chad Basin. Trade Corridors: Cameroon and Chad signed a deal to speed the Douala–Kribi to N’Djamena route with linked information systems, electronic tracking, and simpler transit. Infrastructure Pipeline: Nigeria also cleared five deep-seaport projects for investment, while Cameroon secured CFA130.4bn to revive the long-delayed Ebolowa–Kribi road.
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