Semafor africa

Kenyan President William Ruto heads to Beijing this week, the first African leader to be hosted by Xi Jinping since Washington unleashed its unprecedented global tariffs.

The head of the IFC told Semafor the aim is to enable companies to grow without the “burden” of debt repayments.

A month ahead of AfDB elections for a new president, an analyst writes about how he would sharpen the institution’s focus.

Mcebisi Jonas, a former deputy finance minister, was appointed this week amid mounting tensions between Pretoria and Washington.

The country’s main opposition party overwhelmingly endorsed the 62-year-old, who previously served as a planning and development minister.

Moniepoint launched a money transfer for Nigerians in Britain this week.

Nearly a third of investors came from the continent last year, up from a fifth a decade earlier.

The US Department of Homeland Security said it was ending the Temporary Protected Status program for an estimated 7,900 Cameroonians from June.

The West African country is looking to curb smuggling and streamline gold trading by small-scale miners.

The UK foreign secretary said a lack of political will to end the conflict presented the biggest obstacle to its resolution.

Already fragile structures are coming under new pressure with the withdrawal of traditional donor aid.

On the second anniversary of a deadly conflict, the Sudan army is well-placed to make a strategic peace move but it’s more likely to risk a “perennial state of war.”