AGP Executive Report
Last update: 36 minutes agoLabour Migration: Tanzania took over the chair of a regional labour mobility committee for East and Horn of Africa, aiming for safer, orderly migration and stronger skills/employment coordination. Professional Equity: Black Engineers Canada launched its first national conference in Toronto, building alliances to mentor young engineers and boost representation in Canada’s built environment. Workplace Rights: Egypt’s textile workers at Misr El Amria were locked out after rejecting a pay increase calculation, escalating a wider wave of labour unrest in the sector. Anti-Migrant Politics: South Africa saw a heavily policed anti-migrant march to the SADC summit demanding leaders “fetch their people,” amid renewed scrutiny of how migrants are treated and employed. Corporate Accountability: South Africa’s DA asked for an SIU probe into Daybreak Foods, alleging irregular spending and failures that contributed to major job losses. Business & Jobs: ECOWAS selected 60 startups from 6,000 applicants for its regional awards, with seed funding and masterclasses to help early-stage firms scale. Regional Integration: Ramaphosa urged SADC leaders to speed up integration by turning commitments into trade, investment and industrial jobs. Blue Economy: Somalia is set to export duty-free fish to China next month, with potential for cold-storage, processing and jobs. Company Shutdowns: Kenya’s Registrar of Companies began dissolving 200 firms and flagged 550 more, raising fresh job-security concerns.
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