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IndusTea is aimed at providing industry professionals across the entire gamut of the creative economy with rigorous, data-driven stories on the latest happenings and trends in their respective fields.

#33: Tems on Hot 100, Akunyili Crosby’s Obama Portrait, FreeTV Relaunches & What the Headies Keeps Getting Wrong

Tems and this week on the creative industry
Jun 17 • Mariam Ahmed

#31: Dave's Lagos Homecoming, Michael Markovitz On African Media, Nigeria's Cinema Screen Crisis, & Overnight Success Goes On Tour

Michael Markovitz on solving problems for the media in Africa
Jun 3 • Mariam Ahmed and John Eriomala

#30: My Father's Shadow's Second Homecoming, the Box Office Weekend, Meji Alabi Documents Biafra's Last Witnesses, Diageo's Culture Play …

Every story this week had two sides: the work, and the institution that's taking a piece of it
May 22 • Mariam Ahmed and Seyi Lasisi

#29: Who Does “My Father’s Shadow” Really Belong To?

A debate has shadowed Akinola and Wale Davies’ My Father Shadow and its identity as a “Nigerian film”
May 15 • Mariam Ahmed, Seyi Lasisi, and Oluwamayowa Idowu

#28: The Business Behind Nigeria’s Celebrity Boxing, Oscars Overhaul on African Cinema & BBNaija Under Canal+

Nigeria’s boxing scene finds a business model but who are the key players?
May 8 • Mariam Ahmed

#27: Akunna Cook Quantifies the Global Demand for African Content, UK–Nigeria Creative Fund, & MasterChef Nigeria Shoot Debate

The ongoing infrastructure gap shaping African creative industries.
May 1 • Mariam Ahmed

#26: Fisayo Longe’s #NeverGettingMarried, Submaroach’s PIVOT, MTN’s Gathering on 100, OkayAfrica’s Webby Moment, & Selar’s Milestone…

How community, culture, and personal moments are becoming economic and institutional power in Nigeria’s creative industry.
Apr 24 • Mariam Ahmed