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... 200
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Chelsea is the one podcast topic on which he has been reassuringly consistent in his disdain... #topbloke 000
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It's a generically nice shirt, but it's not Arsenal Yellow™️. 130
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Money 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 000
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 21/08/2026How 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. 000
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 10/07/2026Just 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...semafor.comView: Africa braces for more Iran war fallout as Dangote steps upThe IMF said the biggest casualties from another disruption to the Strait of Hormuz will likely be smaller, oil-importing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. 022
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 10/07/2026honestly, 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 000
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 06/07/2026static.klipy.comYimu Sassy with Shades OnALT: Yimu Sassy with Shades On 020
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Golazo from Sidny Lopes Cabral, level again 261738519
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Yesterday’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. 100
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Oh, Uruguay are out?static.klipy.comJerry Seinfeld: That's A ShameALT: Jerry Seinfeld: That's A Shame 010
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Ah! I wasn’t watching by the end I had plucked my eyes out. 000
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The ultimate hydration break in Philly…#FRAIRQstatic.klipy.comAlhamdulillaah: Rainy Night Park, Sleep & DreamALT: Alhamdulillaah: Rainy Night Park, Sleep & Dream 000
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Not 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.media.tenor.coma cartoon of a bear holding a bottle of water and the words water break below itALT: a cartoon of a bear holding a bottle of water and the words water break below it 010
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Gorgeous! But as it’s Britain, at this price I have to ask: Does it come with the sun? 120
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @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...semafor.comExclusive: Trump administration to end PEPFAR funding for South AfricaThe State Department is expected to formally notify Pretoria it is cutting off HIV/AIDS assistance as soon as next week. 94236
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 18/06/2026#GHAPAN is easily the lowest quality match I’ve watched at #WorldCup so far.. 100
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Even Telemundo has David Beckham commercials in English …😑 000
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 15/06/2026Trump is dismantling the tools that gave the US leverage in Africa, argues Yinka Adegoke. Read the full view: www.semafor.com/article/06/1...semafor.comView: Trump is dismantling the tools that gave the US leverage in AfricaThe White House wants African deals but keeps cutting its diplomatic tools. 1109
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Enjoyed the Swedes not quite understanding the ref's 'After review' accent and had a full couple of seconds before celebrating...😂 000
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: 010
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 14/06/2026This World Cup TV commentary on Haiti reminds me of early commentary about African teams… 000
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Has anyone ever see Jon Voight and Christopher Walken in the same room? 000
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 12/06/2026Momentum grows for Africa’s largest-ever initial public offering by Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...semafor.comMomentum grows for Africa’s largest-ever IPO by DangoteThe company’s refinery aims to raise $5 billion from an IPO this year. 001
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 11/06/2026The complicated economics of Africa’s football success www.semafor.com/article/06/1...semafor.comView: The complicated economics of Africa’s football successAfrican talent has never been more prominent on the global stage, but migration continues to reshape who benefits from that success. 001
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 10/06/2026African talent has never been more prominent on the global stage, but migration continues to reshape who benefits from that success.semafor.comView: The complicated economics of Africa’s football successAfrican talent has never been more prominent on the global stage, but migration continues to reshape who benefits from that success. 010
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 10/06/2026The 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.semafor.comDenial of World Cup ref from Somalia prompts scrutinyOmar Abdulkadir Artan “was determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns,” the Trump administration said. 188
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 06/06/2026South 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...semafor.comPretoria sends envoys across Africa over migrant attacksMozambique said five of its citizens were killed across South Africa, while Kenya, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe have issued security advisories to their nationals. 076
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 04/06/2026The 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:semafor.comA 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. 033
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...semafor.comA 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. 100
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 03/06/2026US 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...semafor.comUS slashes visa processing hubs across AfricaThe cutbacks will require citizens of countries without a hub to travel to an approved site to apply. 123
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeSemafor @semafor.com · 03/06/2026For 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...semafor.comView: Africa’s leverage with China is growingBeijing’s dependence on critical minerals is creating bargaining power for African governments — but debt pressures threaten to squander it. 052
Reposted by Yinka AdegokeRyan Musser @ryanmusser.bsky.social · 27/05/2026African 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...semafor.comView: Africa’s tax push is clashing with the reality of its informal economiesCritics argue the measures could slow digital adoption and push more activity back toward cash-based channels. 131
Yinka Adegoke @yinka.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I love that this is both petty and absolutely correct. 010