The Africa Briefing

We're updating you on the proposed Nigerian Diaspora Trust Fund, unrest in the horn of Africa and Togo being run as a family business. There's also a bunch of quick takes like Amazon landing on the continent. Join us in keeping it brief across the continent. 

https://www.instagram.com/thebrief.xyz/

https://www.instagram.com/thebrief.xyz/

We're updating you on the broad themes across the two year's we've been gone namely what's been going on in Nigeria, elections across Africa, the acquisition of Multichoice etc. Join us in keeping it brief across the continent. 

https://www.instagram.com/thebrief.xyz/

Today we’re updating you on: From state to prison capture, prosecutors becoming the prosecuted and Access Bank’s Kenya movements.

Subscribe to theBrief newsletter at getthebrief.substack.com for your weekly dose of bitesize African news, brought to you by Loye Oyedotun and Fola Pinheiro. Get in touch at [email protected].

Today we’re updating you on: DSTV's exclusivity rights, too Lissu too late, and the Okada ban in Lagos.

Subscribe to theBrief newsletter at getthebrief.substack.com for your weekly dose of bitesize African news, brought to you by Loye Oyedotun and Fola Pinheiro. Get in touch at [email protected].

Note: this episode was recorded before we heard about the #OwoMassacre. Our official statement on the Massacre is in theBrief Newsletter.

Today we’re updating you on: a constitutional referendum in Tunisia, sleeping sickness taking a permanent snooze, and the phone tax for healthcare in Nigeria

Subscribe to theBrief newsletter at getthebrief.substack.com for your weekly dose of bitesize African news, brought to you by Loye Oyedotun and Fola Pinheiro. Get in touch at [email protected].

Today we’re updating you on:  5G in Ethiopia, Meta trouble in Kenya, and Meffy's effrontery.

Subscribe to theBrief newsletter at getthebrief.substack.com for your weekly dose of bitesize African news, brought to you by Loye Oyedotun and Fola Pinheiro. Get in touch at [email protected].

Today we’re updating you on:  the criminal charges against the former President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, and his Boys, Mali severing ties with France, and how Nigeria's Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, might be running for President.

Subscribe to theBrief newsletter at getthebrief.substack.com for your weekly dose of bitesize African news, brought to you by Loye Oyedotun and Fola Pinheiro. Get in touch at [email protected].

Today we’re updating you on:  The tech talent wars, More Turmoil in Tunisia and African Gas is Hot. 

Subscribe to theBrief newsletter at getthebrief.substack.com for your weekly dose of bitesize African news, brought to you by Loye Oyedotun and Fola Pinheiro. Get in touch at [email protected].

Today we’re updating you on:  Europe’s African gas pivot, Kenya’s strategy to end its fuel scarcity, the ride-hailing app hightailing it out of Tanzania, and the UK's plan to keep refugees off its shores.  

Subscribe to theBrief newsletter at getthebrief.substack.com for your weekly dose of bitesize African news, brought to you by Loye Oyedotun and Fola Pinheiro. Get in touch at [email protected].

Today we’re updating you on:  the end of a 35 year old political murder mystery in Burkina Faso, the President of Tunisia (Kais Saied) turning the country into a full blown autocracy, and Kenya’s new internet infrastructure.

Subscribe to theBrief newsletter at getthebrief.substack.com for your weekly dose of bitesize African news, brought to you by Loye Oyedotun and Fola Pinheiro. Get in touch at [email protected].