Kings and queens, Africa welcomed 81 million international tourists in 2025, up 8%, the fastest growth of any region (UN Tourism, via Ecofin). That is about 5.3% of the 1.52 billion global total (our calculation). Poll: who should keep more of that spend: local guides and hosts, hotels, or airlines and tour operators? Answer below, and repost for someone building Africa's travel economy.
Kings and queens, only one African port made the world's top ten in 2025: Tanger Med, 6th of 400 (World Bank and S&P Global CPPI, via Ecofin). It handled 11.1 million containers, up 8.4% (Reuters, 2 Feb 2026). Poll: what should Africa fix first at its ports: capacity, links to the hinterland or competition between ports? Answer below, and repost for someone who moves goods across Africa.
Kings and queens, only one African port made the world's top ten in 2025: Tanger Med, 6th of 400 (World Bank and S&P Global CPPI, via Ecofin). It handled 11.1 million containers, up 8.4% (Reuters, 2 Feb 2026). Poll: what should Africa fix first at its ports: capacity, links to the hinterland or competition between ports? Answer below, and repost for someone who moves goods across Africa.
Kings and queens, only one African port made the world's top ten in 2025: Tanger Med, 6th of 400 (World Bank and S&P Global CPPI, via Ecofin). It handled 11.1 million containers, up 8.4% (Reuters, 2 Feb 2026). Poll: what should Africa fix first at its ports: capacity, links to the hinterland or competition between ports? Answer below, and repost for someone who moves goods across Africa.
Kings and queens, only one African port made the world's top ten in 2025: Tanger Med, 6th of 400 (World Bank and S&P Global CPPI, via Ecofin). It handled 11.1 million containers, up 8.4% (Reuters, 2 Feb 2026). Poll: what should Africa fix first at its ports: capacity, links to the hinterland or competition between ports? Answer below, and repost for someone who moves goods across Africa.
Kings and queens, only one African port made the world's top ten in 2025: Tanger Med, 6th of 400 (World Bank and S&P Global CPPI, via Ecofin). It handled 11.1 million containers, up 8.4% (Reuters, 2 Feb 2026). Poll: what should Africa fix first at its ports: capacity, links to the hinterland or competition between ports? Answer below, and repost for someone who moves goods across Africa.
Africa holds just 0.6% of global data centre capacity, but that is set to roughly triple to about 1.2 GW by 2030, and the Kigali AI Declaration carries a $60 billion commitment. The kings and queens question: who owns the compute, the data and the models? Train our people, keep the talent home, build on our terms. Repost for a builder you know. Source: Data Centres in Africa 2026 via Techeconomy. #africaai #celebisland
Nollywood edged past Hollywood at the West African box office in 2025, 49.4% to 48.8%, on a record N15.6 billion, up 34.7%. The first half of 2026 is already near N8.8 billion. Streaming money is shifting, so the real question is ownership: of the film, the rights and the screen. Back our storytellers. Repost for a filmmaker you know. Sources: FilmOne via BusinessDay. #nollywood #celebisland
Kings and queens, the capital is coming home. African startups raised $797M in Q3 2026, with $580M of it equity, the best Q3 for equity since 2021 (Technext24, 7 Oct). Another tracker counts $583M. Different maths, same direction. Moove alone took $250M. Poll: will Africa's next unicorn be fintech, mobility or energy? Answer below, and repost to every founder you know.
Queens build here too. In 2025, women-only founding teams raised just 0.9% of the $3.2B African startups raised (Africa The Big Deal via Technext). In Jan to May 2026, 7.1% of capital went to startups with a woman co-founder (Disrupt Africa). Poll: what closes the gap fastest: more women investors, grants or bigger first cheques? Answer below, and repost for a founder who deserves a cheque.
