Yinka Adegoke
Writer. Editor. Consultant. Creative Strategist. @Semafor.com
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- China keeps pulling back on funding big African projects semafor.com/article/01/2...
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- Listened to Fareed Zakaria and Jon Stewart discussing US foreign policy in these times and Stewart referred to it as "Colonial mentality". Hmm, where have we heard that before? Same title, different side of same coin. #FelaKuti #Baba70 #Afrobeat www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC6o...
- And for having the nerve to grumble on here I'm being punished with an additional long phone call in front of me and a Zoom call in Portuguese across the aisle....
- “Can’t really talk cos I’m on a train.” *proceeds to talk nonstop for next 20 minutes. #Amtrak
- “Can’t really talk cos I’m on a train.” *proceeds to talk nonstop for next 20 minutes. #Amtrak
- No! The Wire & Your Honor….but really The Wire…RIP
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- Exclusive: Tanzania is looking for Washington lobbyists to help quell US criticism over its post-election violence
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- On Trump's ‘myopic’ but 'honest' approach to Africa in the White House's new US security strategy paper www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
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- African fintech startups are evolving into multifaceted, multinational companies, against the expectation revenues could reach $47B in 2028, a near five-fold increase from 2023, according to McKinsey.
- A former dep. governor of Nigeria's central bank writes that Africa's most populous country needs to wake up to Trump's threat
- Read how Nigeria's government got outspent by Biafra separatists with DC lobbyists ending with a Trump clash
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- Great 'stay humble' stat.
- Banks from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania are betting on DRC's fast economic growth, mining promise despite the conflict and chaos of the east
- The world's oldest president, in power for 42 years, claims an election win for the 8th time.
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- A letter from Ted Cruz to the White House and a recent off-the-cuff response from Trump to a journalist's question has set DC's Somaliland lobbyists and diaspora supporters abuzz...but people with knowledge tell us nothing has actually changed...yet.
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- Strong thread
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- As several mineral-rich African countries seek to generate more value at home, a few local startups and African entrepreneurs are looking beyond fintech and e-commerce to play a vital role in enabling a homegrown supply chain
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- 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. semafor.com/article/06/1...
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- #1 Circles #2 Silver Shadow #3 Touch a Four Leaf Clover #4 When Love Calls #5 Secret Lovers Wayne Lewis, Singer With the R&B Mainstay Atlantic Starr, Dies at 68 #RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/a...
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- I spoke with Bill Gates about the impact of Trump's cuts to USAID, why he's trying to give away $200B by 2045 and sunset his foundation, and how he became a bogeyman on African social media