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Strategic Minerals TWG Sets Course for WAIIS 2026 with US$50bn Pipeline The Strategic Minerals Technical Working Group has confirmed the architecture for West Africa’s mineral value-addition agenda ahead of the WAIIS Summit in Freetown, 16–19 November 2026. Seven outcome areas, five workstreams Seven outcome areas from
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Digital Transformation TWG Confirms Digital Embassy as Priority Product for WAIIS Summit The Digital Transformation Technical Working Group has confirmed the Digital Embassy as a priority product to carry forward to the WAIIS Summit, 16–19 November 2026 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Regionally endorsed under the ECOWAS economic integration agenda,
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WAIIS Agribusiness TWG Confirms Summit Dates and Two-Track Deal Room The Agribusiness & Food Systems Transformation TWG has confirmed the WAIIS Summit for 16–19 November 2026 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and adopted a two-track deal room structure designed to serve projects of every size and maturity. What
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A year ago, the AI Hub for Sustainable Development opened with a diagnosis. Its report Unlocking Compute in Africa named the binding constraint plainly: African innovators did not lack talent or ideas. They lacked access to compute. This week the Hub closed the loop with evidence. Its new impact report,