Alexander Onukwue is a Reporter at Semafor. He covers regional interest and world news with a focus on finance, investment, and the energy and mining sectors, including topics such as mining operations and oil & gas. His work has been featured in Quartz, Newswav, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, and Semafor.
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Alexander's coverage is primarily focused on business, finance, and government announcements in Nigeria and across Africa. He frequently cites data as well.
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Nigeria unveiled a $500 million fund to invest in agriculture in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, where farmlands and waterways have suffered from decades of environmental pollution.
Ghana has opened the bidding and award process for 5G licenses, a move aimed at making the telecommunications sector more competitive.
West African leaders approved a plan for a $25 billion pipeline to transport natural gas from Nigeria to Morocco, a major step in expanding the region's gas exports to help meet global demand.
By: Alexander Onukwue, Tiisetso Motsoeneng
Living costs in sub-Saharan Africa's two largest economies are moving in opposite directions, with Nigeria's consumer price increases cooling off while South Africa's inflation rate jumped to levels last seen two years ago.
A new analysis warned that the black market sector risked opening the country up to terrorist activity.
The number of startups raising $100,000 or more fell to its lowest level since 2021.
S&P Global said it will take a majority stake in Nigeria's oldest credit ratings agency, expanding the financial data company's ground presence in
By: Alexander Onukwue
Nigerian energy retailers called for the state to create local strategic reserves of petrol and other fuels to buffer from supply shocks in the global oil market.
The short-lived intrusion of tens of thousands of Moroccans into Spanish territory last week highlighted a trend of risky migration expeditions by African youth seeking to escape difficult economic conditions at home.
Despite a prohibition on commercial uranium export from the Central African country, “significant quantities” have gone to China.
