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Yinka Adegoke

@yinka.bsky.social
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Writer. Editor. Consultant. Creative Strategist. @Semafor.com

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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“When you are coming to Namibia, you don’t want to be a briefcase business,” President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah told me on stage on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week. “You have to put up a processing plant in our country.” semafor.com/article/09/2...
Photo of Yinka Adegoke of Semafor interviewing President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at Invest Africa on Sept 24.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Chelsea is the one podcast topic on which he has been reassuringly consistent in his disdain... #topbloke
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's a generically nice shirt, but it's not Arsenal Yellow™️.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Money isn’t everything but $20M a year definitely is. Pleased for him and his family for all the sacrifices they’ve made and he’s still young enough to return to a top league at the peak of his powers. #ObrigadoGabi
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
How is @nbcsportsoccer.bsky.social’s #ARSCOV ‘live’ broadcast is more than a full minute behind the actual match on cable TV? #Arsenal I’m getting goal alerts ahead of two phases of play on TV.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Four four two, guys!” 🤣❤️
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Ah, Timber! Was trying to work that out…
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Semafor @semafor.com · 10/07/2026
Just as African capitals were working out the cost of the US-Iran war, the prospect of renewed fighting has returned. That should worry policymakers across the continent, argues Yinka Adegoke. www.semafor.com/article/07/1...
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View: Africa braces for more Iran war fallout as Dangote steps up
The IMF said the biggest casualties from another disruption to the Strait of Hormuz will likely be smaller, oil-importing economies in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
honestly, my mother-in-law in Long Island just brought him up...as 'England are going to be against the big Norway guy tomorrow' she has NEVER discussed football with me before
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Yimu Sassy with Shades On
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Golazo from Sidny Lopes Cabral, level again
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yesterday’s loss was one of those, fairly or unfairly, ‘this sets African football back’ results. There was next to no reason that should have happened. The early Senegalese fallout over the coach shows there was a weaker foundation than we might have realized.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Fairplay
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Oh, Uruguay are out?
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Jerry Seinfeld: That's A Shame
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Ah! I wasn’t watching by the end I had plucked my eyes out.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Chirpy or chippy?
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The ultimate hydration break in Philly…#FRAIRQ
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Alhamdulillaah: Rainy Night Park, Sleep & Dream
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Suspect the Portuguese might love Messi too…😅
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Not sure which is worse about the enforced hydration breaks: having to watch yet another David Beckham commercial or having to listen to the 80s pop-rock tunes playing in the stadium.
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a cartoon of a bear holding a bottle of water and the words water break below it
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Gorgeous! But as it’s Britain, at this price I have to ask: Does it come with the sun?
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Semafor @semafor.com · 18/06/2026
🟡 SCOOP: The Trump administration plans to permanently end funding for PEPFAR in South Africa, according to a State Department official and two congressional aides briefed on the decision. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...
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Exclusive: Trump administration to end PEPFAR funding for South Africa
The State Department is expected to formally notify Pretoria it is cutting off HIV/AIDS assistance as soon as next week.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
So bad…
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#GHAPAN is easily the lowest quality match I’ve watched at #WorldCup so far..
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Does he have serious critics?
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Even Telemundo has David Beckham commercials in English …😑
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Semafor @semafor.com · 15/06/2026
Trump is dismantling the tools that gave the US leverage in Africa, argues Yinka Adegoke. Read the full view: www.semafor.com/article/06/1...
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View: Trump is dismantling the tools that gave the US leverage in Africa
The White House wants African deals but keeps cutting its diplomatic tools.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Enjoyed the Swedes not quite understanding the ref's 'After review' accent and had a full couple of seconds before celebrating...😂
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#NEDJPN Commentator in patronizing tone: “Japan keep crossing it into the box without result, surely they’ve got to go short this time?” Japan:
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This World Cup TV commentary on Haiti reminds me of early commentary about African teams…
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
😑
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Has anyone ever see Jon Voight and Christopher Walken in the same room?
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Endorsed.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 12/06/2026
Momentum grows for Africa’s largest-ever initial public offering by Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...
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Momentum grows for Africa’s largest-ever IPO by Dangote
The company’s refinery aims to raise $5 billion from an IPO this year.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 11/06/2026
The complicated economics of Africa’s football success www.semafor.com/article/06/1...
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View: The complicated economics of Africa’s football success
African talent has never been more prominent on the global stage, but migration continues to reshape who benefits from that success.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
African talent has never been more prominent on the global stage, but migration continues to reshape who benefits from that success.
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View: The complicated economics of Africa’s football success
African talent has never been more prominent on the global stage, but migration continues to reshape who benefits from that success.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 10/06/2026
The denial of a World Cup ref from Somalia is triggering some scrutiny on Capitol Hill, where at least one Democrat is demanding Artan’s denial be reversed.
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Denial of World Cup ref from Somalia prompts scrutiny
Omar Abdulkadir Artan “was determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns,” the Trump administration said.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Something something…mummy and joining bad gangs…
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Welcome to New York! Good luck for the tournament!
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Never. In. Doubt. #Knicks.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 06/06/2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will dispatch special envoys across the continent to manage the diplomatic fallout from weeks of attacks targeting migrants. www.semafor.com/article/06/0...
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Pretoria sends envoys across Africa over migrant attacks
Mozambique said five of its citizens were killed across South Africa, while Kenya, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe have issued security advisories to their nationals.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
#AfterReview #NBA #Knicks #Arsenal
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Semafor @semafor.com · 04/06/2026
The owners of a soccer team had to move fast. It was the final game of the season. The club was on the brink of losing millions in lost revenue. So they turned to Kalshi, placing a multimillion-dollar bet against itself, in case they lost. Read more from Liz Hoffman:
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A soccer team bet against itself. This is the (good) future of prediction markets.
Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are beginning to outgrow their YOLO beginnings and could one day underpin big parts of traditional finance.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
@philippeauclair.bsky.social You might find this one worth your time www.semafor.com/article/06/0...
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A soccer team bet against itself. This is the (good) future of prediction markets.
Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are beginning to outgrow their YOLO beginnings and could one day underpin big parts of traditional finance.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 03/06/2026
US to slash the number of embassies and consulates in Africa authorized to process visas from nearly 50 to just 20 “hubs,” further restricting entry to the US for African citizens. www.semafor.com/article/06/0...
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US slashes visa processing hubs across Africa
The cutbacks will require citizens of countries without a hub to travel to an approved site to apply.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 03/06/2026
For 25 years, the defining logic of China-Africa trade has been simple: Africa exports raw materials, China manufactures products, and Africa buys them back. That leverage with China is growing, Yinka Adegoke argues. Read the full view: www.semafor.com/article/06/0...
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View: Africa’s leverage with China is growing
Beijing’s dependence on critical minerals is creating bargaining power for African governments — but debt pressures threaten to squander it.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
So good! 👏
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Ryan Musser @ryanmusser.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
African governments are trying to tax their way toward stronger states, while much of the population remains informal precisely because the state has historically been weak, says @yinka.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
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View: Africa’s tax push is clashing with the reality of its informal economies
Critics argue the measures could slow digital adoption and push more activity back toward cash-based channels.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I love that this is both petty and absolutely correct.
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Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#Arsenal #DeclanRice #ItsNotDone #ItisNow
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