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@Africa_Conf: Six months before elections, #Tinubu's government faces a choice: protect a national refining champi...
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@Africa_Conf: #AlikoDangote's refinery is racing to a $5bn Lagos IPO in October while suing to escape Nigeria's ow...
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@Africa_Conf: In eastern #Libya, 13 #Chinese companies have signed up to build a 1,000-hectare industrial zone sou...
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@Africa_Conf: #SaddamHaftar just signed a 13-firm Chinese industrial deal in the east — while #MarcoRubio feted hi...
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@Africa_Conf: #Beijing's cash is quietly rewriting #Libya's power map. As #China signs deals with both #Tripoli an...
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@Africa_Conf: #China is deepening its economic ties with #Libya. Among other developments, the Central Bank of Lib...
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@Africa_Conf: On Subtack: #Zambia’s #Copperbelt delivered a warning from voters. #AfricaConfidential explores how ...
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@Africa_Conf: On Subtack: #Zambia’s election result is under mounting scrutiny. The missing data may matter as muc...
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@Africa_Conf: #BrianMundubile's line has shifted from '#ECZ bias' to 'coup against me'. Six in custody including #...
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@Africa_Conf: #HakaindeHichilema's lead has stretched to 62% with 71% of constituencies in, #BrianMundubile down t...
August 14, 2026
@Africa_Conf: Structural problems dog #Africa’s AI futures - even if techno-optimists’ forecasts come to pass, mos...
August 14, 2026
@Africa_Conf: We are now on #Substack. Click to stay up to date on our Editor's musings and more. You can read our...
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
@Africa_Conf: Dario Amodei of #Anthropic believes ‘powerful’ #AI will be with us in one to five years, and tha...
August 14, 2026
@Africa_Conf: On 27 April, the South African government withdrew its #AI policy - after it was itself shown to inc...
August 11, 2026
@Africa_Conf: The #Africa section of @biztradegovuk has seen cutbacks from 117 posts to 45 over the past five year...
August 10, 2026
@Africa_Conf: #UKAfrica: British policy has grown increasingly parochial in the past few years – with Britain fa...
August 10, 2026
@Africa_Conf: After losing ground to rebels, #AES regimes are turning to Washington for help – with #Trump’s a...
August 10, 2026