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Rest of World hires Adeleke as Africa editor

David Adeleke

Rest of World has hired David Adeleke as Africa editor.

Recently, Adeleke worked freelance for various publications, including The Continent.

Previously, he served as managing editor of Business Insider Africa and held editorial roles at Ventures Africa and TechCabal. He also launched and runs a Substack “Communiqué,” which talks about Africa’s tech scene.

He was chosen to be a Substack Grow Fellow and was a Media and Journalism Fellow at the Charles Koch Institute.

Adeleke graduated from Covenant University and has a certificate in Storytelling for Modern Media from Yale University.

You can congratulate Adeleke on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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