What’s Communiqué about?

Communiqué is a publication that analyses Africa’s creative economy.

It’s the perfect resource for entrepreneurs, investors, scholars, and operators looking to make sense of the opportunities within the African media, tech, and creative economy.

Over the years, Communiqué readers have learned how African countries can
effectively export their culture, the opportunities in Africa’s creator economy,
and how Netflix is approaching its market in Africa.

Here are some reasons to subscribe

1. Ideas and opportunities. There are high-quality ideas and opportunities for anyone looking to understand how to build great creative, media, and tech businesses in an emerging economy. Communiqué gives you the insight and resources you need while exposing you to the frameworks for working through those ideas.

2. Community. As a subscriber, you will connect with some of the smartest and most ambitious entrepreneurs and operators on the continent.

3. Smart analysis. In a noisy world, Communiqué brings you analysis crafted with care and attention to detail, expert reporting, and research.

What do you get as a paid subscriber?

The paid version of Communiqué has three tiers:

1. Standard monthly subscription: This gives you access to all weekly essays and the full archive. You will also be able to post comments, share your feedback directly with our team, and help support our high-quality work.

2. Annual subscription: This offers the same benefits as the monthly subscription, but with a 33% discount. There will also be group subscriptions for corporate subscribers at an annual rate of $80 per person.

3. Founding member/diplomat subscription: Diplomat subscribers will access to all benefits of the monthly subscribers. In addition, they will receive official recognition as founding members of the newsletter, they will be financially supporting our work with the Communiqué Academy, they will receive discounts on all our products and services, including events and advisory, and they will have access to our quarterly exclusive events. Finally, you will receive a copy of the annual Communiqué print edition.

Here’s what people are saying

• "David's dispatches from the African tech scene introduce me to companies and entrepreneurs who are as fascinating as they are unfamiliar. The sharp analysis and quality-over-quantity approach to newslettering makes it stand out." - Casey Newton, Publisher, Platformer.

• “As a marketing and communications consultant who gives strategic advice to clients on content and media, Communiqué provides me with actionable insights on the African media landscape.” - Femi Falodun, CEO at ID Africa.

• “Communiqué is arguably the most valuable resource to understanding the trends and changes we’re seeing in African media.” - Ope Adedeji, Former Managing Editor at Paystack.

• “As a media entrepreneur and community catalyst within Africa’s tech and innovation scene, I’ve found the insights and commentary provided by Communiqué useful and stimulating.” - Andile Masuku, Publisher, African Tech Roundup.

• "I wish everyone in media in Africa read Communiqué - we need practitioners to better understand how this industry works. Communiqué is to media and creator economy education what Jason Njoku is to the tech space!" - Marie Lora-Mungai, Founder & CEO at Restless Global

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