AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoTourism & Air Access: Upper East youth leaders are urging Ghana to fast-track an airport project, saying better air links could unlock tourism and access to heritage sites like the Pikworo Slave Camp. Regional Development: President John Dramani Mahama told chiefs in Ghana’s Upper West Region that his government will back infrastructure, jobs and export growth, highlighting the region’s potential in agriculture, cross-border trade, renewable energy and tourism as a gateway to Burkina Faso and the Sahel. Travel Entry Rules: Namibia has published an updated visa-on-arrival list that includes Burkina Faso, while noting that many other countries are excluded and would need visas in advance. Culture & Heritage Tourism: A Paga Youth Movement event celebrated DNA ancestry research tracing roots to Paga, with organizers pointing to the tourism value of the Pikworo Slave Camp and the wider Northern Ghana–southern Burkina Faso shared history. Conservation for Nature Trips: New reporting from Benin’s Pendjari National Park says West African leopard density rose from 2017 to 2023, a hopeful sign for safari-style travel in the W-Arly-Pendjari landscape.
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