3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (773+ words) “Two days before the trip I was called and told, ‘Can you be in Nairobi in two days?’” Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy was 26, a junior reporter at a Paris-based magazine called L’Autre Afrique, when the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General called....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (436+ words) In June, the Music Economy Development Initiative (MEDI) launched a new online portal documenting the music industries of 55 countries, including every country in Africa. It is the first attempt to build a standardised, publicly accessible dataset that measures music not…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (590+ words) “I’m going to finish my term unless someone says I’ve done something wrong. And can prove it. I’m not resigning.” It was only in high school, through contact with older students already at university, that Markovitz began to understand the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (445+ words) The Challengers captures a moment when a generation of ambitious young professionals looked at the aftermath of a global economic collapse and saw opportunity. Their story unfolds alongside broader shifts in Nigeria’s financial services industry, creating a corporate record of…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (196+ words) We are excited to announce that the second edition of our research report on the state of the African creator economy is now available to everyone. Developed in partnership with Technology Media (TM) Global, the report is a follow-up to…...