AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoCloud Connectivity: Cassava Technologies (via Africa Data Centres) has been designated a Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Metro peering location in Johannesburg, enabling more resilient, secure private cloud links for mission-critical workloads. Public Health: WHO warns Botswana’s National Blood Transfusion Service faces structural gaps—fragmented coordination, ageing equipment, weak information systems, and recurring lab supply shortages—calling for urgent reforms to protect safe blood availability. Food Safety & Regulation: Gaborone City Council records in a High Court case show Spar Broadhurst was fined after a customer claimed food poisoning linked to allegedly expired Spar-branded mabele mageu. Gene-Editing Training: CHOP will train Abu Dhabi scientists under a five-year partnership focused on building local gene-therapy expertise, including base-editing treatments. Energy & Labs: ReconAfrica reports first hydrocarbons produced to surface during testing at Kavango West 1X in Namibia, with samples headed to US labs and further testing moving to the Huttenberg Formation. Diamonds & Tech: Lucara Diamond Corp recovered a 1,305.4-carat diamond at Botswana’s Karowe mine using Mega Diamond Recovery X-ray Transmission tech, adding to the country’s record-shattering finds.
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