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Yinka Adegoke

East Coast United States, Lagos, London, New York

Editor, Semafor Africa at Semafor

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  • 3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Yinka Adegoke

    The NewsThe Trump administration plans to host a summit for African leaders this year in order to shift its relationship with the continent, according to the US State Department’s senior official for African affairs. “‘Trade, not aid,’ a slogan we’ve seen thrown around for years, is now truly our policy for Africa — a shift I know you have long sought and one that I am committed to strengthening,” Troy Fitrell said in a speech at an American Chamber of Commerce event in Abidjan on Wednesday.

  • 3 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Yinka Adegoke

    French food giant Danone is doubling down on its plans to invest in Nigeria, even as other multinationals have pulled out of the continent’s largest consumer market in the last two years. “We are convinced about the potential of Nigeria,” Christian Stammkoetter, Danone’s head of Asia, Middle East, and Africa, told Semafor on the sidelines of the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan.

  • 3 weeks 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.

  • 1 month ago | semafor.com | Yinka Adegoke

    Bill Gates says he has been “horrified” at the cuts to global humanitarian aid programs by the US Trump administration and will be lobbying the White House and Congress to help restore some of the axed programs. In an interview with Semafor to mark the Gates Foundation’s 25th anniversary, Gates warned that the cuts will likely cost lives in some of the most vulnerable regions of the world.

  • 1 month ago | semafor.com | Yinka Adegoke

    Several African countries are considering proposals from the Trump administration to accept deported migrants from the US, according to multiple reports. The plans would see these nations receive citizens of other countries. Rwanda is the only country that has publicly acknowledged it is in discussions with the White House to consider this plan: Kigali had previously agreed a similar arrangement with the UK in 2022, but that plan fell through after a change of government in London last year.

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Yinka Adegoke
Yinka Adegoke @YinkaWrites
11 May 25

RT @SemaforAfrica: Bill Gates ‘horrified’ by cuts to US aid overseas, warns children will die https://t.co/7g7qHjxxuf

Yinka Adegoke
Yinka Adegoke @YinkaWrites
9 May 25

RT @SemaforAfrica: Bill Gates tells us he's ‘horrified’ by cuts to US aid overseas and warns children will die — but is optimistic about im…

Yinka Adegoke
Yinka Adegoke @YinkaWrites
8 May 25

RT @semafor: “USAID was a wonderful organization that I think, if people had known what they do, they wouldn’t have cut that money,” Bill G…