AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 minutes agoHigher Education Boost: UDST signed an MoU with Somalia’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education to expand joint diploma programmes in IT, construction engineering, electric power & renewables, and healthcare management, including faculty development and quality assurance. Early Warning to Action: FAO Somalia’s FSNAU Early Warning–Early Action Dashboard and SWALIM programme were highlighted as practical models for turning food and water data into faster, coordinated decisions across Africa. Digital Infrastructure Push: WIOCC secured $300m from Africa Finance Corporation and Vision Invest to expand open-access fibre, data centres and subsea assets—aimed at closing Africa’s widening connectivity gap. Maritime Training Update: Maritime College announced MARAD will activate its training ship Empire State for temporary federal service, affecting the school’s training calendar. Famine Data Alarm: Rockefeller Foundation warns that FEWS NET ending monitoring in Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen will leave millions without timely hunger forecasts. Somalia Tech Governance: World Bank debarred eCitizen/Webmasters over alleged “fake” expert listings, a blow to the digital government platform’s credibility.
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