Angola, Gabon and Nigeria are not in a good place right now. Through no fault of their own

A great summary on how doubling down on AfCFTA (Africa free trade) is the best response to US tariffs. Nigeria waiving tax on 90% of goods traded within Africa is HUGE. I still think some African heads of states will go to Mar-a-Lago to try to woo Trump for bilateral deals.

Endlessly proud of my guy Ryan Denu, MD, PhD - won 3 awards last night for his fellowship at the best cancer center in the world, @MDAndersonNews, and then this morning, was fixing his lawn mower and whipping up waffles for our dad for Father’s Day

Transformative national development (as opposed to nano-developmentalist nibbling at the margins) is the only way out of this. The sooner everyone is on the same page the better.

Sudan crisis finally gets attention- took 2.5 years, 150k deaths, millions displaced. Trump says he’ll push for a ceasefire, but his “solving” of DRC–Rwanda–M23 crisis didn’t translate to changes on the ground. Curious whether his Gulf business diplomacy can move the needle here

I told The New York Times that Trump’s remarks on #Sudan (at MBS’s behest) may well be a turning point in ending the war, given that it will take top-level focus from U.S. and Arab leaders to halt it. nytimes.com/2025/11/20/wor…

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🗞️ BREAKING: Ebola Outbreak in the DRC Declared Over The Democratic Republic of Congo has officially declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak after 42 days with no new cases, confirming full containment. With more than 44,400 people vaccinated and effective treatments such

2026 Africa insights / predictions via Ken Opalo: -For the first time in recent history, in 2026, African growth will outpace Asia's -Sahel accounts for half of global terror deaths -Africa’s accessible resource wealth tends to be vastly overstated africanistperspective.com/p/african-in-2…

Capital gains benefit for Congo :-)