New data on jobs and layoffs this week points to more job cuts and lackluster hiring plans, indicating 2026 might not be the fresh start many job seekers are looking for. A monthly survey of layoff announcements from the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas released Thursday found that U.S. employers announced 108,435 job cuts…
Today we have seven new Top Videos to recommend. If there’s a theme, it’s genres colliding from reggae to rap, Afrobeats, a dreamy ballad, classical music elements, and a couple of unlikely collaborations, notably between Burna Boy and Mick Jagger. Check out the full Afropop Top Videos playlist for all our recent selections. And remember,…
Benjamin Fernandes, founder of Nala, at the 2025 Africa CEO Forum. When Benjamin Fernandes returned to Tanzania in 2017 after completing his MBA in the US, he had a plan: build a digital money transfer company from the ground up. What followed was a turbulent path marked by investor rejections, threats from large competitors and…
