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Preeti Jha

Preeti Jha

Africa News Editor

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Preeti Jha is Semafor’s Africa News Editor. She was previously a Southeast Asia correspondent for AFP and a political journalist at the BBC. Preeti spent a decade living and reporting across Asia with a focus on authoritarianism, gender, and civil resistance before she returned to London two years ago.

Warnings over Kenya’s rising foreign debt burden

Last week Moody’s said the country’s debt servicing costs would remain stubbornly high.
Customers queue at the Equity bank on Mama Ngina street in Nairobi.Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Ethio Telecom marks 80% profits surge

The state-owned company attributed the rise to an increase in customers.
Ethio Telecom giant billboard advertisement in Addis Abba.Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images

Mozambique opposition leader hit with five charges

Venâncio Mondlane faces charges including inciting terrorism following a deadly crackdown on post-election protests.
Mozambique opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane.Regulo Cuna/File Photo/Reuters

Africa tops China’s Belt and Road investments

Oil and gas spending surged to a record high of about $44 billion — higher than in all of 2024.
Maintenance workers check locomotive parts in the repair workshop of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Nairobi, Kenya.Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

South African education minister fired ahead of vote

The move appeared to be a bid to defuse tensions ahead of a critical budget vote, after the Democratic Alliance Party accused the minister of misconduct.
Nobuhle Nkabane, former South African Minister of Higher Education and Training.Nobuhle Nkabane, former South African Minister of Higher Education and Training. Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images.

Africa’s four wealthiest men richer than half the continent: Report

Oxfam’s report on rising African inequality shows how the billionaires are richer than 750 million of the continent’s population combined.
A group of women pose for a picture at a restaurant in an upscale mall in Sandton on Jun 1, 2024. in Johannesburg, South Africa.Chris McGrath/Getty Images

South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya scores human rights court win

Europe’s top human rights court ruled she was not given a fair hearing in 2019, which had barred the track athlete, born with differences of sex development, from competing.

Prioritizing African publishing could double its value, UNESCO report says

Africa’s $7 billion book industry could be worth $18.5 billion, a UNESCO report argued.

Trump’s African leaders summit focuses on deportation deals

The US pushed five West African countries to accept migrants deported from America, though its unclear if any have accepted the proposals.

South Africa’s Ramaphosa hits back at US tariffs

The South African president said the suggested 30% tariff was “not an accurate representation” of trade data.

Indian PM Modi eyes Namibian minerals as part of state visit

Modi’s stop in Windhoek marks the final destination in Africa of a multi-continent tour that began in Ghana last week.

Africa braces for US tariffs

The White House will today deliver the first set of new, unilateral tariff levels, with a three-month reprieve set to expire on Wednesday.

Afreximbank’s rating downgraded again

The decision by ratings agency Moody’s follows a downgrade by Fitch last month, pushing the development bank closer to junk status.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s FDI flows drying up: Report

The region received around 5% of global cumulative FDI flows since 2005, due to “rising trade and investment barriers,” the report said.

World Bank forecasts marginal economic gains for sub-Saharan Africa in 2025

It is the only region other than the Middle East and North Africa that projects such acceleration, though it is lower than the region’s long-term average.

China offers total tariff relief for Africa

The move is a clear counterpoint to US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime that could hit some African nations with duties as high as 50%.

African green hydrogen ‘prohibitively expensive’ for Europe: Report

The fuel, known as “green” hydrogen, has drawn much interest globally as a way to decarbonize heavy industries that are hard to electrify.

Illegal gold mining poses ‘global threat’: UN report

Criminal groups are taking advantage of weak oversight to infiltration gold supply chains along trade routes in Africa, the report said.