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The business of arts and creativity is one of Africa’s biggest exports, but stories of how music genres like Afrobeats and Amapiano became global pop culture or how Nollywood ended up as the second-biggest movie producer after Bollywood are missing in business stories about the continent. Arts and creativity are one of 35 trends journalists can use to write about business in Africa.

February was monumental. We launched a ground-breaking narrative report, used our voice to call for more alternative stories about Africa and announced the second cohort of the Kekere Storytellers Fund.

Le mois de février a été mémorable ! Nous avons lancé un rapport narratif inédit, nous avons utilisé notre voix pour réclamer davantage d'histoires alternatives sur l'Afrique et nous avons annoncé la deuxième cohorte du Fonds Kekere pour les Storytellers.

Podcasts are taking Africa by storm as more storytellers turn to the medium to build digital communities and possible revenue streams. Nairobi-based Africa Podfest has been tracking the development of podcasting in Africa since 2018, when the organisation launched their crowd-sourced database of African podcasts and podcasters.

L'année 2022 a démarré sur une bonne note. Nous avons débuté la deuxième année de Africa No Filter sur une note positive avec notre premier rapport annuel. Deux projets de ANF ont suscité l'intérêt des médias, et notre communauté de champions du discours comprend désormais la première cohorte du programme de bourses pour artistes émergents et le premier blogueur culinaire de Côte d'Ivoire.

2022 kicked off on a high note. We started year two of Africa No Filter on a high note with our first annual report. Two ANF projects got the media talking, and our community of narrative champions now includes our first cohort of the Emerging Artists Fellows programs and Ivory Coast’s first food blogger.

Still think TikTok is for prepubescent teens showing off their dance moves? Think again. Tiktok is becoming the go-to social media platform for publishing news content. And some publishers believe that paying more attention to Tiktok and Instagram will be a game-changer. Spanish start-up Ac2ality is what happened when TikTok meets news. They built up around 3 million followers for a service that includes a one-minute round-up of top stories.

Cette année ne se résume pas à Omicron, aux coups d’État et aux élections en Afrique. En revanche, le continent a obtenu sa première cryptomonnaie de conception africaine. La Tanzanie a remporté son premier prix Nobel de littérature.