Africa’s Fastest Growing Company is… A Tech Startup!
On 3 May 2022, the Financial Times (FT) announced the official release of its first-ever list of the top 75 fastest-growing companies in Africa, ranking the continent’s leading public & private businesses by highest revenue growth between 2017 and 2020. The
Abraham Augustine, TechCabal
This week we feature Abraham Augustine, Senior Writer at TechCabal. Abe speaks about his journey into journalism which began with his love of writing poetry and fiction, before landing his first opportunity in tech and development journalism.What led you into
Juliana Olayinka, Channels TV
In our latest conversation with a leading journalist focussed on telling stories of African innovation, broadcaster Juliana Olayinka, from ChannelsTV, explains how her childhood love of reading and curiosity about storytelling led her into journalism. She also tells us about
Victor Oluwole, Business Insider Africa
This week we feature Victor Oluwole, Head and Editor at Business Insider Africa. Victor talks about his journey into journalism, the importance of audience engagement and why everyone wants a piece of the African pie.What led you into the journalism
Ogheneruemu Oneyibo, TechPoint Africa
This week we feature Ogheneruemu Oneyibo, Reporter at TechPoint Africa, whose innate curiosity led her into journalism and the art of masterful storytelling. Ogheneruemu sees writing as an art with the power to help shift a more empowered narrative of
Lehlé Baldé, Businessday Weekender Nigeria
This week we feature Lehlé Baldé , Editor of BusinessDay Weekender which is the weekend publication for BusinessDay – a daily business newspaper based in Lagos. It has both daily and weekend titles circulating in Nigeria and Ghana. She tells
Justin Norman, The Flip
This week we feature Justin Norman, Founder of The Flip - a podcast and newsletter exploring contextually relevant insights from entrepreneurs changing the status quo in Africa. Justin tells us how he was inspired to start his podcast, the sectors
How Africa’s Tech Innovators Are Attracting Chinese Investment On Their Own Terms
Over the last few decades, China’s significant investment in emerging markets has elicited opinion across a spectrum of views, largely due to the volume of infrastructure investment and eye watering bilateral deals that some feel generations will be repaying for
Uche Okoronkwo, CGTN
This week we feature Uche Okoronkwo, Anchor at CGTN Africa. She talks about the dangers of a single African story, why she loves tech and how the continent’s dynamic culture leads to great storytelling opportunities.What led you into the journalism
Tage Kene-Okafor, TechCrunch
For our third edition of our African Media Spotlight series we spoke to Tage Kene-Okafor, Reporter at TechCrunch. He talks about how he would be a founder if he wasn’t a journalist, why fintech is still grabbing his attention and