Semafor Africa

The landmark agreement would allow the west African nation to enter the booming insulin industry as diabetes rates surge across the continent.

Markets remain fractured four years into the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, but integration is still possible.

Washington’s top Africa official admitted that fighting was still taking place while separate negotiations between M23 rebels and Kinshasa were being mediated by Qatar.

The Kenyan president said he expected to sign a trade agreement with the US before the end of the year.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization, described Beijing’s move as a “momentous occasion.”

Massad Boulos drove home the message that Washington’s relationship with the continent is shifting from one based on aid to trade.

CEO Mark Suzman made the comments during Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion summit on Wednesday.

The CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign secretary on Wednesday called for a new era of aid.

Data consumption will quintuple over the next five years, the CEO of Helios Towers, one of Africa’s largest telecoms infrastructure companies, told Semafor.

Josh Parker told Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion summit that renewable energy will be critical to powering AI in the long term.

Actor Idris Elba spoke at Semafor’s Next 3 Billion summit about his development charity and his thoughts on AI in entertainment.

Former Colombian President Iván Duque said the evidence shows countries must act now to combat climate change.