Kenya
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.
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.
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
+4
Oct 20, 2025
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7 min read
OpenAI picks Lagos + Kenya legalizes crypto
Last week was all about governments falling and political giants passing. This week? We're talking opportunity.OpenAI just picked Lagos for Africa's first AI Academy. South Africa hit 150 days without blackouts. Kenya legalised crypto. These aren't just headlines—they're market signals.Grab your masala chai (or coffee, we don't judge) and let's dig in.