Alexis Akwagyiram

The World Bank’s private investment arm plans to “significantly” increase its equity stakes in Africa over the next five years to drive businesses’ growth, @IFC_org chief @Diop_IFC tells me for this @SemaforAfrica story. https://t.co/qjf2jxsuU6

The market caps for top US firms rival the gross domestic product of the entire African continent — fascinating nugget in today's tech newsletter by my @Semafor colleague @ReedAlbergotti https://t.co/cm3QDFoC4Q https://t.co/4MxGsBCEUq

South Africa’s coalition is teetering on the brink of collapse in the wake of the deepening budget row and a leaked recording of President Cyril Ramaphosa. @msmkokeli reports on the latest twists for @SemaforAfrica as the government unravels. https://t.co/5wbtR15G8b

South Africa's budget row: Check out this @SemaforAfrica story by @msmkokeli for behind-the-scenes details on what drove the spending plan disagreements that have destabilised the coalition government in Africa's biggest economy. https://t.co/NSaitnKYeB

Talks over control over port and rail infrastructure have held up the budget. The DA wants the land expropriation law to be amended, and the ANC agree to a much smaller VAT hike. Behind the scenes in SA's budget impasse — via @SemaforAfrica

Semafor Africa @SemaforAfrica

🟡SCOOP: The ANC-DA power struggle behind South Africa’s unprecedented budget delay, by @msmkokeli https://t.co/reDeJUX1U3

Helios Towers, one of Africa’s largest telecoms infrastructure companies, is betting that a boom in 5G and AI technologies will drive significant revenue growth over the next five years, its CEO tells @SemaforAfrica. https://t.co/ACL81bPxRy https://t.co/hy92HjpTKp

🟡 SCOOP: Somalia offers the US ‘control’ over strategic ports in Somaliland and Puntland regions in bid to derail breakaway ambitions. https://t.co/sVCfVVkW6p — details in letter seen by @Semafor

International flower companies are fleeing Ethiopia due to a worsening conflict in the Amhara region. It's a blow to one of the country’s major exports, reports @GetachewSS reports for @SemaforAfrica. https://t.co/NDj2oIKoT4

Africa-focused @CassavaTech says it will deploy software from Nvidia at its data centres in South Africa by June before carrying out the same expansion at facilities in Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria to create an African 'AI factory'. https://t.co/LqtX6vQXDw

Great analysis by @demolaadesina on harnessing the opportunities that lie in working with artisanal and small-scale miners in Africa who play a crucial role in the global critical minerals supply chain. https://t.co/qwseLVfjQm — for @SemaforAfrica's One Big Idea series. https://t.co/MYxPdkzDgA

Britain’s development finance body @BritishIntInv is working with London’s financial district to ramp up funding for sustainable energy projects in Africa, its new CEO Leslie Maasdorp tells @SemaforAfrica https://t.co/IjgHySoRaG

🟡 SCOOP: Andries Carl Nel, a veteran ANC deputy minister, is the leading candidate to be South Africa's next ambassador to the US after the expulsion of its top diplomat in Washington, reports @msmkokeli for @SemaforAfrica https://t.co/xJWMWXE2L4

The US is expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington. It comes after he reportedly said President Trump is leading a “supremacist” movement. @Semafor first reported that he was being frozen out over his pro-Palestine views. https://t.co/ykWtAxfT5B

🟡 This @SemaforAfrica scoop earlier this week laid out the inside story of how and why South Africa's ambassador has been frozen out in Washington. Great reporting by @msmkokeli https://t.co/XFUqRFBzS9

Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio

South Africa's Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country. Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA. https://t.co/mnUnwGOQdx

🟡 SCOOP: South Africa’s ambassador to the US is being frozen out in Washington over his pro-Palestinian stance and old tweets criticising President Trump, reports @msmkokeli for @SemaforAfrica https://t.co/XFUqRFBzS9