AI Infrastructure Partnership: UNDP and GSMA teamed up to strengthen Africa’s AI ecosystem, with a clear focus on giving developers better access to compute infrastructure for priority pilots, linking mobile networks, UNDP innovation platforms, and local AI deployments. Digital Skills for Youth: Ecobank Togo launched a program in Lomé for 80 top high school graduates (plus 20 from Ablogamé), covering AI, cybersecurity, finance, and employability, with each of the 80 receiving a laptop and one year of internet. Space for Agriculture: Togo expanded space cooperation with Kyrgyzstan, using satellite Earth-observation data to help monitor crops, drought risks, yields, and water/forest resources, while training Togolese specialists. Togo-Russia Tech & Science Links: Lomé and Moscow broadened cooperation via a joint commission covering mining, energy, IT, science, education, and skills transfer, with draft agreements to follow. Local Industry Training: AED and Chinese contractor WIETC signed a three-year deal to align work-study training at Togo’s renewable energy and building IFADs with WIETC’s construction workforce needs. Payments Upgrade in WAEMU: BCEAO published the updated list of 175 authorized institutions to offer interoperable instant payments (PI-SPI) across eight countries, including fintech and mobile money players. Conservation Model Spotlight: São Tomé and Príncipe highlighted a new conservation approach that ties biodiversity protection to sustainable livelihoods and community-led economic activity. UN Map Decision: The UN General Assembly backed a move toward more accurate equal-area world maps, with Togo leading and the US voting against.