AI & Education: Somali National University launched the Somali National Artificial Intelligence Centre (SNAIC) in Mogadishu to boost AI research, training, and locally driven solutions across sectors like healthcare, agriculture, governance, and education. Public Health: A measles outbreak linked to a Somali trip sent a 9-month-old boy to a Minnesota ventilator for 15 days, highlighting how vaccine delays and misinformation can turn travel into severe disease spread. Digital Agriculture: FAO hosted a webinar on using digital tools to strengthen Africa’s seed systems, including better seed certification, traceability, and quality assurance—supported by a Somalia-involved emergency preparedness project. Security Tech & Training: Africom and Morocco plan a tech-focused counterterrorism training and experimentation center (AMTEC) with drone and emerging systems testing, aiming to help partners tackle terrorism. E-commerce Logistics: Reuters reports how African shoppers are buying from Amazon and Walmart via package-forwarding services that use GPS delivery and mobile money to bypass missing addresses and limited banking. Regional Tech-Policy Watch: Somalia’s OIC women’s conference sidelines included bilateral talks to expand cooperation on family development, human rights, and women’s empowerment. Health Systems Research: A narrative review flags antimicrobial resistance in Somalia as a growing crisis tied to fragile healthcare gaps and weak policy response.