AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoHigher Ed Oversight: South Africa’s Parliament is questioning why some public universities still rely heavily on foreign academics at senior levels, despite big investment in local capacity-building. Health & Policy: Civil society warns that U.S. PEPFAR HIV funding is being phased down, with adolescent girls and women among the first groups feeling the impact. Biotech Access: Ethiopia is set to benefit from a new Africa-wide Biotech Africa Database that consolidates biosafety and biotechnology regulatory information to speed up cross-border trade and approvals. Space & Research: A new analysis of Homo naledi fossils from South Africa’s Rising Star cave suggests the individuals were all female, reshaping ideas about early human burial practices. Digital Payments: LIFT expands flight payments in South Africa with Apple Pay, Google Pay and crypto via Ozow. Cyber/Finance: The National Gambling Board briefed Parliament on cracking down on illegal offshore gambling platforms draining billions of rand, with a push to update rules and taxes. Tech Market Watch: A report projects South Africa’s ICT market could nearly double to USD 89.64bn by 2035 as cloud, AI and connectivity demand rise.
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