Alexis Akwagyiram
Managing Editor, Africa at Semafor
Managing Editor @SemaforAfrica. Previously @FT, @Reuters Nigeria bureau chief, @BBCWorld. Ghanaian family, British accent. Sign up: https://t.co/1BAR5cVDu6
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1 day ago |
semafor.com | Alexis Akwagyiram |Yinka Adegoke
African policymakers and bankers are exploring ways to unlock trillions of dollars tied up in the continent’s institutional funds to build infrastructure amid growing uncertainty around international investment caused by erratic US trade policies.
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6 days ago |
semafor.com | Alexis Akwagyiram
KoBold Metals, a mining startup backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, reached a preliminary agreement to buy into the Manono lithium deposit in DR Congo. The agreement to acquire AVZ Mineral’s stake in the project in the southeast of the country would give KoBold access to one of the world’s largest deposits of hard rock lithium, a crucial component in batteries used in electric vehicles and renewable energy sources.
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1 week ago |
semafor.com | Alexis Akwagyiram |Preeti Jha
African investment funds are starting to struggle to raise capital for women-led businesses because many previous backers do not want to be associated with a gender-driven ethos that goes against executive orders signed by US President Donald Trump. Gender-lens investing, which incorporates considerations about the role of gender in achieving a financial return, has emerged in the last decade as an approach that can identify untapped opportunities ordinarily overlooked by funds.
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1 week ago |
semafor.com | Alexis Akwagyiram |Alexander O. Onukwue
Nigerian traditional boxing is set to get a boost on the global stage with backing from an African private investment firm and a Hollywood producer. Silverbacks Holdings, a firm domiciled in Mauritius, invested late last year in Nigeria-based sports venture African Warriors Fighting Championship whose major product is Dambe, a centuries-old boxing sport indigenous to the country’s northern region. Sanford R.
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2 weeks ago |
semafor.com | Alexis Akwagyiram |Alexander O. Onukwue
Africa’s startup ecosystem needs a surge of “big exits” to help grow the pool of investors and capital available, a top official at the World Bank’s private investment arm told a summit of venture capitalists in Lagos. If investors start realizing returns on their high-profile bets, it will create the “watershed moments” needed to accelerate the industry, said Shruti Chandrasekhar, head of the Africa private equity division at the International Finance Corporation.
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African investment funds are struggling to raise capital for women-led businesses because many previous backers don't want to be associated with a gender-driven ethos that goes against President Trump's anti-DEI push. https://t.co/9bPekvrAtt — via @SemaforAfrica
