AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPort & Trade: Conakry Terminal appoints Édouard Leno as Managing Director, aiming to lift performance toward one million containers handled and boost Guinea’s competitiveness in West Africa. Mining & Shipping: Rio Tinto says first cargoes from its Guinean project have landed in China, adding a second iron-ore leg beyond Pilbara as Atlantic demand stays strong. Critical Minerals Push: A new wave of global competition is putting Africa’s copper, cobalt and lithium at the center of policy debates—yet the big question remains whether countries can move from raw exports to local processing. Energy & Power Reliability: Gambia’s blackout protests have turned into a crackdown, with police banning protests without permits after days of unrest over outages. Logistics & Exports: SolitAir expands its African freight network with new Ghana services via Accra, targeting cargo flows including gold and foodstuff. Biodiversity & Community Conservation: Liberia launches a €4.7m biodiversity project to protect the Tai-Grebo-Krahn forest complex, with surveillance and community-led conservation support.
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