Netflix’s new reality series Young, Famous and African follows entertainment icons from Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, and Uganda through the ups and downs of romantic and professional life. The brainchild of British-Ghanaian entrepreneur Peace Hyde, YFA’s big personalities and interpersonal drama will be familiar to fans of this genre of reality television. Yet profiling the luxury of African entertainers has not been without its critics.

African artists had a big night at the Grammys. Angelique Kidjo’s Mother Nature took the award for Best Global Music Album, her fifth Grammy award. Subconsciously, by South African artist Black Coffee, won for Best Dance/Electronic Album. A record nine African artists were nominated for awards including Wizkid, Burna Boy, Femi Kuti, and Rocky Dawuni. While some Wizkid fans took to twitter in anger at his loss, the artist himself has congratulated Kidjo and Black Coffee for their wins “continuously shining light to the continent.”

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• Nigeria’s opposition party, PDP, has formally announced it is ending “zoning” a practice that saw presidential candidates alternate between the country’s north and south, ahead of the 2023 elections: https://guardian.ng/politics/pdp-jettisons-zoning-throws-open-contest-for-presidential-ticket/
• Kenya and Ethiopia agree on joint military drills and strengthening East African Standby Force: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-ethiopia-agree-on-joint-military-drills-3766312
• Aliko Dangote predicts his new refinery, the first private one in Nigeria, will be operational in early 2023: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/dangote-complete-nigerian-oil-refinery-q4-executive-2022-04-04/
• ECOWAS retains sanctions on Mali’s military government over delayed election timeline: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220326-west-african-bloc-ecowas-maintains-mali-sanctions-over-delayed-elections