On October 8, Vincent Ehindero, a counsellor finished a therapy session and got paid. What made it unusual was where he had met his client: inside Lagos Life, the browser game that had taken over ...

“All those books that I read in my childhood, it’s all paying off. A day finally came when someone asked me questions about the things that I knew.” Christine Mungai was in her third year studying ...

“They don’t understand our skin tone, they don’t understand our hair texture, they don’t understand how we walk, how we talk. So when you try to create something in AI, it’s off.” Jason Harvey is ...

Last week, Aries Media Ventures announced its first venture capital fund to invest in early-stage media technology startups. The fund launched in Africa, where it made its first three investments: ...

The Continent’s new editor-in-chief on the quiz show that kickstarted her career, and the paper of record she wants to build.

Founder and Editor-in-chief of Daily Bread on rethinking how Africans consume business news, and his long and winding journey to media entrepreneurship.

1. Creative ventures must be structured like real businesses. MBO Capital’s approach to film investment reveals a broader truth for all creative economy players: financial discipline, strong team ...

Earlier this year in May, CEOs, government officials and policymakers, investors, and thousands of other businesspeople gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, for the latest edition of the Africa CEO Forum. It ...

You’ve seen the ads for platforms like ReelShort or Dramabox. They start mid-chaos. A woman in an office dress storms into a glass-walled boardroom. Her billionaire boss slides a document across the ...

In case you (somehow 🙄) missed it, we have released the African Creative Economy Database. Learn more about it here. In 2021, Olayiwola Isaac was a final-year law student at Bowen University in ...

1. Legacy institutions can be revived with the right talent. The appointment of industry-savvy leaders, such as Tari Taylaur, at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), demonstrates how strategic ...