Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Tanzania’s top bank to expand regionally
CRDB is actively exploring new markets in its landlocked neighbors and beyond the continent, its chair told Semafor.
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Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Africa-focused asset manager Enko Capital raises $100M
The fund aims to provide US dollar-denominated private credit to companies across sub-Saharan Africa.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Africa is struggling with systemic ‘misallocation’ of funds, report says
Africa is sitting on around $4 trillion in untapped capital resources, according to a new report from Nigeria’s United Bank for Africa.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Madagascar put on credit watch following coup
Ratings agency S&P Global placed Madagascar on ‘CreditWatch’ with negative implications.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
BNP Paribas ordered to pay $20.5M damages over Sudan genocide
A US jury found France’s largest bank helped Sudan’s former government commit genocide by providing its leaders with banking services.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Trump urges Ukraine to cede territory to Russia
The US president had seemed willing to provide long-range missiles to Kyiv, but pivoted after speaking with Putin.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Bollywood, Hollywood, and gaming collide in Saudi
Shaquille O’Neal, Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, and YouTuber MrBeast were among the guests at the Joy Forum in Riyadh.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Gulf construction awards slump in third quarter
Contract awards fell to the second-lowest level in ten quarters, an analysis found.
Semafor • Oct 20, 2025
Saudi eyes permanent spot on top tennis tour
The kingdom’s Six Kings Slam, complete with a gold racket trophy and $6 million in prize money, is reigniting talk of a Masters 1000 as Saudi Arabia pushes deeper into global sport.
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