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The Man of the Day

Removed Twice by the Same Regulator

Trajectories — Portrait No. 7 A tenure cap moves a person. It does not necessarily move power. On 21 August, Nigeria’s twelve-year limit on non-executive directors ends Tony Elumelu’s chairmanship...
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Where the Rules Get Written

Trajectories — Portrait No. 6 Every Cameroonian exporter who negotiates a letter of credit, writes “FOB Douala” into a contract, or signs an arbitration clause is applying rules drafted by...
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Three Years of Web Design

Trajectories — Portrait No. 5 Africa’s largest technology exit is usually reported as $682m. The figure adds a payment that was made to one that may never be, and excludes...
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The Man Who Bought Gatwick

Trajectories — Portrait No. 4 Infrastructure is a rent asset. Airports, ports and power grids earn their returns from the absence of a substitute, not from competitive advantage — which...
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The Financier Who Chose the Factory

Trajectories — Portrait No. 3 Central African economies pay better for trading than for making. Importing a container requires working capital and a licence; building the factory requires energy, a...
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The $6.4bn Bet That Came Undone

Trajectories — Portrait No. 2 Ursula Burns took over a company whose product was being erased by the internet, and spent $6.4bn — the largest acquisition in Xerox’s history —...
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Suing for a Dial Tone

Trajectories — Portrait No. 1 Strive Masiyiwa spent five years and most of his money in court, arguing that Zimbabwe’s telephone monopoly was an assault on free speech. He won,...
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No Longer “Almost”

For the best part of a decade, Ousmane Dembélé was football’s most tantalising unfinished sentence — all gift, few moments. Then came a June night in Boston, three goals, and...
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Alone at the Summit: The Night Mbappé Entered France’s Pantheon

Standfirst: It took a World Cup night, an opponent that refused to bend, and a strike from another planet. East Rutherford, June 16, 2026: with a decisive brace against Senegal...
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When Jeff Bezos Lands in Paris: How the Man of Space Is Propelling VivaTech Into a New Orbit

To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Europe’s largest technology show has secured the most coveted signature on the planet. On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, Jeff Bezos — founder of Amazon, of...
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Oprah Winfrey to Take the Cannes Lions Stage: A Global Icon of Influence, Storytelling and Leadership

When Cannes Lions welcomes a speaker, it is never simply about celebrating a career. It is about creating a dialogue on influence, leadership, and the power to shape culture. In...
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The Arithmetic of Power

One runs Africa’s biggest bank. One governs a country at war. One holds a presidency, one a 130,000-strong empire, one the rules of world trade. None of them was supposed...
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Marion Obam Mahel: The Woman Who Moves Forward — and Takes a Whole Continent With Her

CEO, union president, executive member of the International Federation of Journalists — Marion Obam Mahel embodies a new generation of African women leaders who refuse glass ceilings and rewrite the...
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“Afro-Caribbean cinema doesn’t lack talent — it lacks channels”

Blaise Pascal Tanguy, founder of L’Afrique Fait Son Cinéma and the driving force behind LE CLUB, champions a vision rare in the cultural sector: turning Afro-Caribbean cinema into a structured...
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