#5: More than 10 billion music streams by Nigerian 🇳🇬 artists, Africa's billionaires, middle income earning South Africans 🇿🇦, Africa's top selling car, and U.S. 🇺🇸 immigration
#5: More than 10 billion music streams by Nigerian 🇳🇬 artists, Africa's billionaires, middle income earning South Africans 🇿🇦, Africa's top selling car, and U.S. 🇺🇸 immigration
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By Goodman Lepota · Jun 21, 2022
Good morning,
Today, I am bringing the Thursday edition a bit early by sharing some of Preamble’s most shared visuals on Instagram.
They are:
Seven of Africa’s billionaires have their wealth invested in diversified industries. Dewji, from Tanzania is the youngest African billionaire
Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote is the wealthiest man in Africa with a net worth of $13.9 billion
Of the middle income South Africans earning between $11 200 to $31 000 (R180 000 – R500 000) per annum, on average they lived on 20% of their monthly salary for more than 20 days in a month
Toyota was the continent’s top selling brand. Toyota Hilux sold 57.05 M units, Corolla 15.96 M units, and 14.36 M units
Wizkid is the most globally streamed African artist with a total of more than 4 billion streams on the platform and 7.4 million monthly streams on Spotify
Toyota was the continent’s top selling brand. Toyota Hilux sold 57.05 M units, Corolla 15.96 M units, and 14.36 M units
Of the middle income South Africans earning between $11 200 to $31 000 (R180 000 – R500 000) per annum, on average they lived off 20% of their monthly salary for more than 20 days in a month
Seven of Africa’s billionaires have their wealth invested in diversified industries. Dewji, from Tanzania is the youngest African billionaire
Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote is the wealthiest man in Africa with a net worth of $13.9 billion
Wizkid is the most globally streamed African artist with a total of more than 4 billion streams on the platform and 7.4 million monthly streams on Spotify
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South African emigration was led by professionals especially in the finance, medical and engineering fields, who leave to pursue work-related opportunities
You can read more about the origins of the “Chappies Bubble gum Brief” here.
On Sunday, I rewatched Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. The doc series reminded me why I was inspired to start Preamble — at heart I am a storyteller. I’ve been thinking a lot about a concept I call the “Africa data gap.” And how newsrooms across the world can bridge the gap. As promised this week I will cover most of the new topics, passport power rank, highest grossing movies, and more. See you on Thursday.