AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoClimate Finance: Guinea-Bissau joined a Ghana workshop with four other West African countries to strengthen forest monitoring and governance systems needed to access results-based REDD+ funding. Regional Trade: ECOWAS is targeting mutual acceptance of its biometric ID card at borders by December, which could ease travel and trade; Guinea-Bissau is among seven countries that have launched it. Energy Prospects: Chevron included Guinea-Bissau among frontier areas for exploration, as it plans more than $1.5 billion in conventional exploration spending in 2026; no country-specific allocation was reported. A proposed Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline, backed by NNPC funding for related projects, is also planned to cross Guinea-Bissau. Digital Payments: Guinea-Bissau has seven institutions among 175 providers approved for the BCEAO’s regional instant-payment platform, which is designed to enable transfers across banks, fintechs and mobile-money services.
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