Julian Pecquet
UN Correspondent at The Africa Report
🇺🇸 🇫🇷 Washington/UN correspondent @theafricareport @Jeune_Afrique. Founder @foreign_lobby. WhatsApp +1 202-770-9958 [email protected]
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1 day ago |
theafricareport.com | Julian Pecquet |in Abidjan
From raising tariffs to slashing support for the African Development Bank, US President Donald Trump’s disruptive policies have been central to countless distressed discussions at this week’s Africa CEO Forum (ACF) in Abidjan. America’s top diplomat for the 49 nations of sub-Saharan Africa, Troy Fitrell, says everyone needs to take a beat. The acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs expounded on US policies in an exclusive interview with The Africa Report.
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2 days ago |
theafricareport.com | Julian Pecquet
South Sudan appears to be getting back into America’s good graces after incurring the wrath of the Donald Trump administration over accepting Africans deported from the US. On 5 April, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on X that he was “immediately” moving to revoke visas for South Sudanese passport holders and restrict the issuance of new ones “due to the failure of South Sudan’s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner”.
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3 days ago |
theafricareport.com | Julian Pecquet |in Abidjan
Good morning and Happy Monday from balmy Côte d’Ivoire, where The Africa Report’s parent company, the Jeune Afrique Media Group, is hosting its annual Africa CEO Forum (ACF).
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4 days ago |
jeuneafrique.com | Julian Pecquet |Carien Du Plessis
Publié le 11 mai 2025 Lecture : 3 minutes. Fichier généré le L’heure n’est pas encore arrivée d’aborder publiquement ce sujet sensible. Lorsque nous rencontrons Patrice Motsepe à Los Angeles, aux États-Unis, en marge d’une conférence de l’institut Milken, le magnat sud-africain et président de la Confédération africaine de football (CAF) préfère esquiver les questions sur ses ambitions présidentielles. « Concentrons-nous sur cette annonce passionnante »,
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5 days ago |
theafricareport.com | Julian Pecquet
Despite its potential for boosting growth and development, pan-African integration lags the rest of the world, with intra-continental commerce accounting for just around 15% of Africa’s global trade. The winner of this year’s $1m Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech aims to change that with technology that enables small African companies to move money seamlessly across fragmented regulatory environments. Get full access to The Africa Report
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