semafor.comadded August 2026
Semaforby Vivianne Wandera29d ago
The News Kenya’s crackdown on foreign small-scale traders is exposing a tension at the heart of President William Ruto’s economic agenda in trying to protect jobs for Kenyans while keeping the...
Semaforby Ashley Gold29d ago
The News More than two dozen organizations from both the left and right are urging the White House to publicly release its voluntary AI security framework, per a letter shared first with Semafor.
Semaforby Burgess Everett9 Sept 2026
The News New Hampshire’s premier Senate race is on after party leaders secured their top choices in what’s shaping up to be one of the tightest contests in the entire country come November.
Semaforby Liz Hoffman8 Sept 2026
The Scoop The US Justice Department is widening its antitrust inquiry into Fox’s $22 billion acquisition of streaming platform Roku, people familiar with the matter said.
Semaforby Liz Rappaport8 Sept 2026
Liz’s view There are reasons for Kevin Warsh to raise interest rates next week — though President Donald Trump’s new Fed chief was chosen to keep rates low — and there’s no shortage of possible...
Semaforby Matthew Martin8 Sept 2026
The Scoop Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is set to meet some of Wall Street’s biggest firms in New York this week as it seeks foreign backing for its spending plans amid cash constraints at...
Semaforby Tim McDonnell8 Sept 2026
Big Oil companies have always moonlighted as geopolitical risk assessment firms. That capability faces a big test now.
Semaforby Amena Bakr8 Sept 2026
Amena’s view Venezuela is not just another member of OPEC. It is one of the group’s five founders, present when the organization was conceived in Baghdad in 1960 as a counterweight to the “Seven...
Semaforby Max Tani7 Sept 2026
The News The nonprofit arm of Pod Save America’s audio empire is hoping to lure younger voters back to the Democratic Party by boosting ideologically aligned social video creators ahead of the 2028...
Semaforby Matthew Martin7 Sept 2026
The Scene HUMAIN CEO Tareq Amin recognizes Saudi Arabia’s latest effort to transform its economy for what it is: an audacious bet that it can join the US and China as a global AI superpower.
Semaforby Matthew Martin7 Sept 2026
The Scoop AI data center builder DataVolt, linked to Saudi billionaire Mohammed Abunayyan, plans to complete a 100-megawatt facility in NEOM within 13 months, focused entirely on exporting compute...
Semaforby Nana Menya Ayensu7 Sept 2026
The Strait of Hormuz crisis has exposed just how vulnerable African economies remain to energy shocks.
Semaforby Reed Albergotti4 Sept 2026
Reed’s view Antitrust advocates on the left and the right are upset that, yet again, a big tech giant has avoided being broken up after an antitrust lawsuit.
Semaforby Jake Angelo4 Sept 2026
The News Hollywood’s dirty little secret is that filmmakers do like AI, and they use it to save money.
Semaforby Yinka Adegoke4 Sept 2026
Yinka’s view West African governments are competing for something that, by definition, belongs to the region as a whole: the descendants of Africans taken during the transatlantic slave trade.
Semaforby Kelsey Warner4 Sept 2026
The Scene Fielding a question from Chinese state media on Sunday, a senior government official from Saudi Arabia touted a “great wave” of scientific innovation emerging from China, and pledged the...
Semaforby Alexander Onukwue4 Sept 2026
The News Uber ended operations in Nigeria and Uganda this week, extending a year-long retreat from Africa.
Semaforby Adrian Elimian4 Sept 2026
The News The Trump administration is warming to Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema following his disputed reelection despite growing concerns in Washington about a post-election crackdown.
Semaforby Shelby Talcott4 Sept 2026
The News Armenia is underscoring its commitment to the transit and energy corridor known as TRIPP, or the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” while also seeking to keep ties to...
Semaforby Burgess Everett4 Sept 2026
The News Congress should ultimately add teeth to President Donald Trump’s voluntary framework for data center developers to shield utility ratepayers from the cost of their power demand, Sen.
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