Nigeria and the US signed an agreement to increase Washington’s investment into the West African country’s minerals sector. The investment framework is the latest step in Abuja’s push to compete for investment dollars flowing into Africa’s minerals sector. semafor.com/article/09/25/20…

Namibia’s president has a message for foreign investors eyeing the country’s critical minerals: build processing plants at home, or look elsewhere. semafor.com/article/09/25/20…

🟡SCOOP: Zambia is close to resolving its $1.5B health data dispute with the Trump administration - minister semafor.com/article/09/25/20… via @semafor @SemaforAfrica

Nigeria’s trade minister described the country’s relationship with the US as “actually quite good” despite a 12.5% tariff Washington imposed on Nigerian exports. semafor.com/article/09/22/20…

Kenya took the stage at Semafor's The Next 3 Billion in New York today. Cabinet Secretary @GovLeeKinyanjui, Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, sat down with Yinka Adegoke, Editor of @SemaforAfrica , for a session titled Building Kenya's Future: the reforms behind Kenya's investment pipeline, the projects now moving from paper to ground, and what the Authority is doing to shorten the distance between an investor's first conversation and their first shilling deployed. The room around him set the terms of the day. Kristalina Georgieva of the IMF, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of the WTO, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa of the DRC, Makhtar Diop of the IFC and Ben Black of the US DFC each spoke to the same question: where the next three billion consumers, workers and savers will be, and who will finance the infrastructure they need. Invest Kenya was in the room, with one message. Kenya is open, it is reforming, and it is ready to be measured on delivery. #UNGA81 #InvestInKenya #Next3Billion #Semafor #Kenya

The African diaspora is often discussed as a vast reservoir of capital and goodwill waiting to be tapped for the continent’s development. But that may undersell its value, argues @YinkaWrites. Read more of his full view: semafor.com/article/09/18/20…

Next Tuesday, September 22 in New York City, Sim K. Tshabalala, Group Chief Executive, Standard Bank, will join Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion as we unpack the next wave of global growth. As AI reshapes economies and opens new markets, Semafor editors will explore how leaders are turning rapid technological change into lasting opportunity across the world’s fastest-growing regions. Request your invitation here: events.semafor.com/n3b26dele…

President Irro suggested "Somaliland could name Berbera’s airport after Trump or welcome him to build a Trump Tower in Hargeisa." Somaliland’s president is putting everything on the table for Trump semafor.com/article/09/16/20…

🟡 SCOOP: Somaliland’s president puts everything on the table for Trump by offering US investors access to a strategically located port and mineral resources while leaving open the possibility of expanded military access. semafor.com/article/09/16/20…

On September 22 in New York City, @WilliamsRuto, President, Republic of Kenya will join Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion to explore a defining question for the next era of global growth: Will the technologies reshaping the world expand opportunity or concentrate it? As new technology transforms economies and creates new markets, Semafor will examine how leaders are harnessing rapid change to unlock growth across the world’s fastest-growing regions. Request your invitation here: events.semafor.com/n3b26dele…

Aliko Dangote is mulling a major US stock listing for his Lagos refinery after its planned expansion makes it the largest in the world, reports @onu_kwue semafor.com/article/09/16/20…

🟡 Interview: Somaliland’s president is putting everything on the table for Trump to gain US recognition - via @semafor @SemaforAfrica semafor.com/article/09/16/20…

Nigeria’s worsening insecurity tests President Tinubu’s second-term bid, by @onu_kwue in Lagos for @semafor @SemaforAfrica semafor.com/article/08/28/20…

Africa’s Amazon turns to World Bank for economic shock absorber semafor.com/article/08/13/20…

Economic concerns in focus as Zambia heads to the polls semafor.com/article/07/29/20…

A new ETF, which tracks African sovereign bonds, is aimed at helping to make African debt 'cheaper' and more liquid for governments semafor.com/article/08/12/20…

Africa’s bankers and investors are excited for a busy M&A + IPO season coming with Dangote's record-breaking $5B listing at the center of it - via @semafor @SemaforAfrica semafor.com/article/08/10/20…

Africa’s dealmakers are betting on IPO wave triggered by Dangote's Refinery's recordbreaking listing - via @semafor @SemaforAfrica semafor.com/article/08/10/20…

President Paul Biya’s shuffle of key army positions during a two-month absence from Cameroon has stoked fresh speculation about political stability. The absence of Biya, who at 93 is the world’s oldest president, has prompted renewed questions about his health. semafor.com/article/08/07/20…