Elite Africa Roundup - November 11
Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia's former head of parliament and current leader of the opposition, is back in court facing money laundering charges. Ghannouchi and his party claim these charges and others have been invented by President Saied, who dissolved parliament last year. https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/10/tunisia-opposition-chief-back-in-court-for-money-laundering/
The UN COP27 climate conference is being held in Egypt, November 6-18. The conference has drawn criticisms for not extending invitations to African activists, amidst larger conversations about the co-optation of the conference by fossil fuel companies and the balance between Africa’s commitment to climate action and need for industrialisation. Nigeria’s President Buhari even wrote an op-ed on the latter in the Washington Post.
- Sendy, a Kenyan logistics company, receives funding from a Japanese venture capital firm, after laying of 30% of its workforce. https://techcabal.com/2022/11/09/after-laying-off-30-of-its-workforce-sendy-receives-funding-from-japanese-vc-mol-plus/
- Twitter has fired all but one of its staff in its only African office, with no severance offered. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63569525
- Elesin Oba, the last film by Nigerian director Biyi Bandele, is now on Netflix. The film is an adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman. https://www.okayafrica.com/biyi-bandele-the-kings-horseman/
- The song list for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever releasing Friday, November 11, is out and features musicians from Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/african-artists-feature-black-panther-wakanda-forever-soundtrack-album
