Africa
+2
Feb 13, 2026
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16 min read
Six Weeks: Nigeria Went From Rejecting US Framing to Welcoming US Soldiers. Tonight: Ramaphosa Promises Growth.
Trump bombed Nigeria six weeks ago. Tonight, 200 American troops arrive at Nigeria's request. Ramaphosa delivers SONA with 42.4% unemployment and two ministers already handling a water crisis.
Ghana
+2
Feb 9, 2026
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20 min read
Nigeria: Coup Plot Narrowly Failed. Tax Agency Can't Verify Billions. Ghana: Free Healthcare in April. Kenya: Cattle Dying.
Nigeria's Defence Minister narrowly avoided assassination. Nigeria's Revenue Service can't track billions in spending. Ghana promises free healthcare. Kenya's cattle are dying. Institutions admitting they can't govern.
Ghana
+4
Feb 2, 2026
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22 min read
The Daily Briefing : 2/02/2026
Nigeria Denied a Coup for 90 Days. Ghana's Cedi Lost 28%. Africa's Roads Killed 300,000.
Business
+3
Jan 26, 2026
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23 min read
The Daily Briefing: 25-01-2026
Bobi Wine is hiding from Uganda's military. 163 Christians are still captive. The international response: concern statements.
Ghana
+3
Jan 19, 2026
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22 min read
Senegal Won The AFCON. Ghana Deported Trump's Refugees. Both Happened This Week.
Senegal celebrated in Rabat, while Ghana violated court orders, floods killed 200+, and 55 million face starvation.
Tech
+2
Dec 22, 2025
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18 min read
The Daily Masala - 22nd Dec 2025
AFCON 2025 + DRC refugees + Nigerian kidnappings + Morocco's Gen Z protests = the bifurcation in real time
Kenya
+3
Dec 19, 2025
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15 min read
Trump banned 17 African countries. Africa didn't blink.
Good morning, TDM Fam. Trump just banned 17 African countries from entering the United States. The African Union's response? Crickets. Meanwhile, African startups crossed $3 billion in funding for the first time in three years, Kenya's central bank is threatening its own banks with sanctions, and South Africa just arrested seven Kenyans for helping white Afrikaners claim refugee status in America.Today's edition: when your citizens stop caring about American validation, when your funding rebounds but concentration risk is back, and when your central bank has to weaponise lending rates because nobody trusts your economy.Let's get into it.
Kenya
+5
Dec 15, 2025
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6 min read
The Unicorn Exits, The Super-App Bank, and The BRICS Pivot
Good morning! ☕ The waiting game is over. In Kenya, the biggest fintech is officially divorcing its telco parent to become a bank. Bolt drivers in Accra are fighting algorithms with strikes, and Egypt just swapped the Dollar for the BRICS Pay blockchain. Public listings, banking licenses, gig economy battles, and de-dollarisation. Let's get into it.—
Ghana
+3
Dec 12, 2025
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5 min read
The Markets Don't Care About Your Feelings
Good morning! ☕ While diplomats are ghosting summits and politicians are issuing threats, the markets are doing something unexpected: they’re making money. Kenya just slashed rates to 9% (the pivot is real), Mauritius officially stole Nigeria’s PE crown, and Sun King proved that "real world" tech can still raise nine figures.Interest rates are dropping, capital is moving offshore, and solar panels are selling out. Let's get into it.
Tech
+2
Dec 8, 2025
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6 min read
The G20 Breakup, The Great PoS Purge, and Chowdeck’s $1M Day
Good morning! ☕ Another coup attempt in Africa, the diplomatic cold war just went hot: The US has officially uninvited South Africa from the 2026 G20 Summit. In Nigeria, the CAC has given PoS agents a drop-dead date to register or shut down. Chowdeck proved Nigerians still have money (at least for food), hitting $1M in Black Friday sales. Safaricom gave retail investors the cold shoulder, and DStv might be losing CNN.Diplomatic divorces, regulatory deadlines, consumer resilience, and corporate gatekeeping. Let's get into it.—The Daily Masala Team
Ghana
+4
Dec 1, 2025
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16 min read
Money Gets Cheaper in Ghana, Starlink Comes to SA, and Kenya's Taxman Gets Smarter
Good morning! ☕Ghana just cut interest rates for the third time—money is getting cheaper in Accra. South Africa might finally let Starlink in (bypassing the 30% ownership rule). Trump threatened to kick South Africa out of the G20—and the Rand wobbled. BusinessDay published a rare, honest autopsy of why Nigerian tech startups fail. And Kenya's taxman just closed the profit-shifting loopholes.Money getting cheaper, internet getting faster, currencies getting volatile, failures getting documented, and tax authorities getting smarter. Let's get into it.—The Daily Masala Team
Ghana
+5
Nov 10, 2025
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13 min read
Gates' $200B Pledge, Mali's Fuel Crisis, and Kenya Jails a Coder for Making Democracy Too Easy
Welcome to a new week! As we hurtle towards the end of the year, it might be time to begin planning for the new year. Here at TDM, we are planning even more amazing ways to deliver your daily briefing. Stay tuned as we work on it. Grab your morning cup of masala chai or coffee or tea and lets get right into your daily briefing.
Ghana
+3
Nov 7, 2025
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8 min read
Markets Don’t Flinch: Nigeria Raises $2.25B, Ghana Beats Inflation, Lagos Stuns the Runway
It's Friday—and what a week.Nigeria shrugged off Trump's military threat with a $2.25B Eurobond that was oversubscribed 477%. The government became a VC investor for the first time. Ghana's inflation dropped to single digits. And Lagos Fashion Week reminded us that Africa's creative economy is booming.Sometimes, markets speak louder than threats. Let's dig in.
Africa
+3
Nov 3, 2025
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6 min read
Trump threatens military action against Nigeria
The weekend brought a geopolitical earthquake. Trump designated Nigeria a "Country of Particular Concern" and threatened military intervention. It's the biggest diplomatic crisis Nigeria has faced in years—and it has immediate business implications.Plus: COMESA just launched a digital payments system that could reshape African trade, and Tanzania's election chaos ended with a landslide for the incumbent. Let's break it down.
Tech
+3
Oct 31, 2025
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7 min read
Cameroon and Tanzania erupt in deadly election protests
This week has been brutal for African democracy. Cameroon's 92-year-old president "won" his eighth term after deadly protests. Tanzania descended into chaos with opposition leaders jailed and internet blackouts. And Nigeria just made fuel more expensive—again.But there's good news too: NVIDIA is betting big on African AI infrastructure. Let's break it all down.