SME Finance Boost: ITC and Access Bank signed a three-year deal to expand financing, market access and skills for SMEs across 14 African countries, starting with a Ghana pilot before rolling out to Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, DRC, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. Digital Skills Mobility: Kenya will lead the first national rollout of “Masterkey” under the Accra Reset, aiming to let workers securely verify and share qualifications and work experience across borders—so a record issued in Nairobi can be verified in Kigali. Power Reliability Push: Rwanda’s government says it will add over 500MW by 2029, with solar set to cover dry-season shortages, alongside work on grid substations to improve access. Climate-to-Policy Link: Rwanda held a climate science symposium focused on turning research into practical national decisions for resilience and risk management. Electric Mobility Funding: Africa Go Green Fund doubled its commitment to Spiro to $36m to expand electric motorcycle deployments and battery-swapping infrastructure in Uganda and Rwanda. Energy Infrastructure Global Move: The UN backed a Global Grids Accelerator to make electricity grid projects investment-ready, targeting Africa and Southeast Asia where clean power uptake is slowed by grid bottlenecks. Rwanda–China Trade Ties: Rwanda and China reaffirmed commitment to deepen cooperation across infrastructure, health, energy, trade and investment.