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Spotlight | Cameroon, Nigeria
Trump's frontier miner, Drew Horn, eyes Abuja and Yaoundé

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American businessman Drew Horn in Nuuk, Greenland, in February 2026.
American businessman Drew Horn in Nuuk, Greenland, in February 2026. © Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
American businessman Drew Horn in Nuuk, Greenland, in February 2026.
American businessman Drew Horn in Nuuk, Greenland, in February 2026. © Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

A former first-term White House and Department of Energy adviser, the ex-US Special Forces officer now heads private critical minerals firm GreenMet. Working on the frontier of politics and business, he is taking his first trip to Nigeria, where he will launch an extractive and industrial project.

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