Blue Food Push (Ghana): Ghana unveiled Africa’s first Blue Food Innovation Hub to spur fisheries and aquaculture innovation, backed by a startup accelerator, research partnerships and improved access to finance, targeting at least $10m in private investment by 2032. Data Sovereignty (Kenya): Three tech firms launched Servernah Cloud, Kenya’s first sovereign-hosted cloud and AI platform for regulated workloads, hosted in Nairobi and aimed at keeping sensitive data local. Ebola Operations (Africa CDC): Africa CDC chief Jean Kaseya warned the expanding Ebola response in DRC and Uganda is running in a difficult environment, citing gaps in contact tracing, labs, logistics and infection-control supplies. Climate Finance Delivery: A dialogue in Africa stressed that national and local governments must work together to unlock subnational climate funding, where barriers often block money reaching frontline projects. Stablecoins & Payments (Nigeria): The IMF flagged “pronounced” risks from dollar-pegged stablecoins in Nigeria, warning of monetary sovereignty erosion and pressure on traditional banking. Fintech Deal (Nigeria): Ripple took an equity stake in Flutterwave’s Series E, with plans to integrate RLUSD and Ripple Payments into Flutterwave’s network across 34 African markets. Youth & Jobs (South Africa): On Youth Day, South Africa’s government said it won’t directly create jobs, urging entrepreneurship and growth-led opportunity instead. Soweto Anniversary (South Africa): Analysts and officials revisited the roots of South Africa’s crisis, with renewed calls for accountability and a proper reckoning of the 1976 legacy. SME Funding Gap (South Africa): Bridgement highlighted a large SME funding mismatch, pointing to cash-flow realities and invoice delays that leave viable businesses rejected.