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Offscript with Ify Mogekwu
The media entrepreneur on leaving law for food storytelling and building a business around it.
Jul 15
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Favour Damilola Olaiya
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Communiqué 125: African music’s missing millions
MEDI has put a price tag on Africa’s weak music infrastructure: $286 million a year in Nigeria and Kenya alone.
Jul 14
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Oritsejolomi Otomewo
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Nominations are open for the Communiqué Person of the Year award
Help us find the African whose work moved the creative economy forward this year; nominations close September 1.
Jul 10
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Favour Damilola Olaiya
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Offscript with Michael Markovitz
The journalist, activist, lawyer, regulator, and academic on his contributions to building an independent media and journalism ecosystem in South…
Jul 8
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Oritsejolomi Otomewo
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Communiqué 124: The reluctant journalist who built Nigeria’s business paper of record
Frank Aigbogun wanted to leave journalism entirely. But 25 years and a multimillion-dollar bet later, he’s built BusinessDay into the publication that…
Jul 7
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Oritsejolomi Otomewo
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Offscript with Keagile Makgoba
The TikTok communications lead on stumbling into a career by accident and helping to create more opportunities for creators in Africa.
Jul 1
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Favour Damilola Olaiya
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June 2026
Communiqué 123: The rise of the news creator
As trust in traditional media erodes, the 2026 Reuters Institute Digital News Report shows Nigerians and Kenyans turning to news creators in record…
Jun 30
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Oritsejolomi Otomewo
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Offscript with Motolani Alake
The music journalist-turned-executive on what it’s like to go from writing about the industry’s decisions to making them.
Jun 24
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Favour Damilola Olaiya
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Communiqué 122: A dispatch from London
Notes from Communiqué IRL London: Diaspora data, the operator gap, and why mobility is the creative economy’s most urgent policy problem.
Jun 23
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David I. Adeleke
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Creative Capital Ep. 1: How Jola and FK Built “the Greatest Podcast in the World”
Turning virality and cultural relevance into sustainable revenue is hard to do in Africa.
Jun 19
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Favour Damilola Olaiya
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Offscript with John-Allan Namu
The co-founder of Africa Uncensored on what it means to do investigative journalism in Africa.
Jun 17
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Favour Damilola Olaiya
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Communiqué 121: Africa’s most ambitious creative economy investor finally has a thesis
Afreximbank built a serious investor in Africa’s creative economy, with a clear thesis, a growing portfolio, and problems it can’t solve alone.
Jun 16
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David I. Adeleke
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