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The startups helping African countries capture the value of their mineral exports - feat. @sabiam_africa, @Kemcore, @matta_trade, @gyude_moore semafor.com/article/07/14/… via @SemaforAfrica

DR Congo inks soccer deals with Barcelona, AC Milan, Monaco to promote tourism in the "Heart of Africa" semafor.com/article/07/18/…

📺WATCH: @semafor Africa managing editor @alexisak joined @AJEnglish to discuss the legacy of former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, who died in London yesterday. 🌍For more from @SemaforAfrica, sign up here: semafor.com/newsletters/af…

How to write about Africa 2.0 semafor.com/article/07/07/…

Medicine to treat babies suffering from malaria is approved for the first time and is expected to be rolled out in Africa within weeks, with the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives each year. semafor.com/article/07/08/… — via @SemaforAfrica

How to write about Africa 2.0 With fond apologies to the late great Binyavanga Wainana, @zainverjeemedia breaks down how to deploy AI to subvert tropes about Africa in international media coverage. semafor.com/article/07/07/…

How to write about Africa 2.0 In the spirit of Binyavanga Wainana, her Kenyan compatriot, @zainverjeemedia breaks down how AI can be used to subvert many of the African tropes of international media. semafor.com/article/07/07/… via @SemaforAfrica

Ethiopia has completed its $5 billion Nile mega-dam, the continent's largest hydroelectric project. But with it comes controversy and opposition from Egypt and Sudan. — via @SemaforAfrica semafor.com/article/07/04/…

To beat China in Africa, US should deploy American businesses semafor.com/article/06/30/…

First Trump-Africa summit to be held next week with five African presidents semafor.com/article/07/02/…

Air travel passengers pay more in taxes to fly from Africa than counterparts departing from Europe or the Middle East, a report by the African Airlines Association shows. semafor.com/article/07/02/…

Standard Bank CEO raises concerns on African credit ratings, geopolitical headwinds semafor.com/article/07/01/…

The CEO of Africa's largest bank tells me he's concerned with the impact of Africa's credit ratings and geopolitical headwinds in the Trump era semafor.com/article/07/01/…

To beat China in Africa, US should deploy American businesses semafor.com/article/06/30/…

South Africa’s pay-as-you-go presidency: Ramaphosa’s calculated flex semafor.com/article/06/30/…

“Somebody, maybe Boulos, needs to tell him that this directly hurts US business,” - veteran US-Africa investor. The contradictions of Trump’s ‘commercial diplomacy’ in Africa semafor.com/article/06/27/…

Exclusive: US State Department layoffs could land Friday, by @ShelbyTalcott for @semafor semafor.com/article/06/25/…

“I was stripped naked and tied upside down to a pole,” After saying they were abducted and tortured in Dar es Salaam by security agents @bonifacemwangi & @AAgather sue Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda at the International Criminal Court and E African Court semafor.com/article/06/18/…

Fewer than 400 people from Chad (49.5%) overstayed in the US in 2023 and 200 from Eq. Guinea (22%) did the same. Both face travel bans. This compares to 20,000 overstays from Spain (2.4%) and 15,000 from the UK (0.4%) neither country faces US travel restrictions.…