Women’s Finance Push: AXIAN and the AfDB launched a digital finance programme for 34,000 women-led businesses, using mobile money, digital lending and training across Madagascar, Tanzania and Senegal. Senegal–IMF Deal: Senegal reached a staff-level agreement with the IMF for a US$2.2bn, three-year programme to restore debt sustainability after previously misreported borrowing, with reforms focused on debt management, fiscal transparency and spending controls. Regional Leadership: Senegal’s Lieutenant General Birame Diop was installed as President of the ECOWAS Commission, taking charge of priorities like regional connectivity and the Eco single currency rollout. Trade Talks (UAE–Senegal): A UAE delegation met President Faye in Dakar to expand trade and investment, highlighting opportunities in mining, renewable energy, infrastructure, food security and logistics. Mining Power for Senegal: Wärtsilä will supply engines for a 14MW captive power plant at Senegal’s Diamba Sud Gold Project, supporting reliable off-grid electricity with room to integrate renewables. Sickle Cell Manufacturing: Senegal is set to become the first African country to locally manufacture a generic sickle cell treatment, strengthening access to hydroxyurea. Logistics & Port Tech: An interview on Trucks Transit Parks’ Ètò system shows how technology can reduce port truck congestion by moving from fragmented access to scheduled, monitored flows.