Content Lead

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🔥 13 hours ago

🌐 Kenya, Nigeria – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👨🏼‍💻 Content Manager

👻 Ghost score 14%

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Talent Safari

1 - 10 employees

🎯 Recruiter

🤝 B2B

👥 HR Tech

Recruitment • B2B • HR Tech

Talent Safari is dedicated to connecting Africa's best talent with innovative startups, facilitating quality-first hiring with a focus on customer success. The company expertly finds high-quality, vetted candidates for startups within two weeks, allowing clients to focus on their growth. With a team that has startup expertise and a vast community of professionals in various fields, Talent Safari provides an efficient recruitment process while ensuring satisfaction through a 90-day probation guarantee.

📋 Description

• Research and write Tech Safari's weekly feature edition on the business and economy of African tech • File the weekly feature edition on time • Write at least one edition of The Big Move each month • Find stories using original sources, company filings, funding data, and conversations with founders, investors, operators, and regulators • Cover fintech, logistics, energy, health, agritech, policy, and capital across West, East, North, and Southern Africa • Edit Tech Safari's weekly roundup, This Week in African Tech • Edit work from junior writers and freelance contributors and provide developmental feedback • Review pitches submitted through the open pitch programme • Develop new formats, content pillars, and engagement initiatives with the Head of Growth and Editorial • Respond to readers and use feedback to improve editions • Advise on adapting journalism for podcasts, video, and other formats • Maintain consistent voice and standards across Tech Safari, Ag Safari, and The Big Move • Report to and act as the closest editorial partner to the Head of Growth and Editorial

🎯 Requirements

• At least four years of experience writing about business, technology, or economics • Published work that the candidate reported and wrote themselves • Experience editing other people's writing • Existing network among African tech founders, investors, operators, or policy officials • Understanding of how African tech companies make money, raise money, and fail • Ability to meet deadlines independently and communicate clearly in writing and on calls • Ability to disagree professionally with an editor • Must write original drafts without relying on AI to produce them • Comfortable completing and being evaluated through a writing task • Curiosity about podcasts, video, and other media formats • Ability to adapt quickly when stories, plans, or formats change • Must have read Tech Safari, Ag Safari, and The Big Move before applying • Newsletter experience, understanding of open rates, replies, and subscriber growth (nice to have) • Comfort with funding data, company reports, and simple spreadsheets (nice to have) • Reporting experience from more than one African market (nice to have) • Experience with beehiiv or a similar newsletter platform (nice to have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time remote work • Room to own editions and work independently • Access to AI tools for research, transcription, and administration • Opportunity to shape new formats, content pillars, and newsletter growth

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