Housing & Urban Tech: Central Equatoria signed a Juba housing partnership with Ethiopia’s Federal Housing Corporation, aiming to speed construction, upgrade urban infrastructure, and bring modern housing technology into city planning. Digital Skills for Youth: STEMpower South Sudan graduated 180 learners from a four-month Digital Skills Program across six STEM centers, teaching core ICT plus internet navigation, with added focus areas including robotics and AI. AI for Agriculture (Regional): Kisaan Parivar, Carnot Technologies, FvD Advisory and RBL Bank launched an AI-enabled regenerative agriculture initiative in India, using AI monitoring and data-driven farm management as a model for sustainable rural development. Public Health Watch (Ebola): DR Congo reported Ebola cases rising to 689 with 139 deaths, citing community reluctance for post-mortem swabs, limited treatment capacity, infection-control shortages, weak surveillance, and a funding gap. Ebola Risk Management (Travel): The U.S. and Kenya quarantine plans face legal and public pushback as Ebola containment measures expand regionally. Connectivity & Outages: Facebook users worldwide reported major service disruptions, affecting logins, feeds, messaging and uploads—an issue that can hit public information and online business in South Sudan too. Infrastructure & Power: China advanced a grid-forming renewable energy project with civil works on a 220 kV step-up substation, targeting better power stability as renewables scale up. STEM & Learning Access: UNDP and partners handed over 72 computers to government institutions, supporting wider access to basic digital tools.