/// AFRICAN STORIES. TOLD DIFFERENTLY.

Synthetic
Africa

A media and intelligence house telling the stories behind Africa's most important companies. Home of Asili Africa and Dalali Wire.

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Series

Asili
Africa

Where it all began.

Long-form origin documentaries on Africa’s most important companies. How they started, what nearly killed them, and where they’re going.

Dalali
Wire

Follow the deal.

Short-form business intelligence. The deals, the funding, the moves shaping Africa’s economy — analysed weekly.

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Latest Episodes

Recent releases

Yoco

Yoco

The Yoco Story In a small restaurant in San Francisco, in mid two thousand and twelve, a young South African management consultant...
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Pesapal

Pesapal

The Pesapal Story In a Nairobi office, in two thousand and nine, a Kenyan merchant with a small e-commerce website was staring...
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Listen Now

Available on Spotify

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About

Built in Nairobi.
Heard everywhere.

A Nexus Works media venture.

From research to publish — engineered to compound.

We produce documentary-quality content about African companies because these stories deserve to be told with the same rigour and craft as any story from anywhere in the world.