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Interview with
SAM MAJANI Founder & CEO of Ghafla, leading news & entertainment platform in Africa
Cool and gloomy weather couldn’t keep us off the balcony. We settled there, both Majani and I, summoned by the view overlooking the lush, carefully manicured gardens of his family residence. The conversation started off slow, discussing how small the world seemed because of all the acquaintances we shared and then dipped a toe in geo-politics and business. We discussed past mistakes and laughed at them but made sure to underscore the lessons learnt. Ghafla was is steadily growing and is currently present in 6 countries across Africa; Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa. This is an impressive feat given all that the company has been through. When the laughter peaked and started to fizzle into silence, the entire mood shifted and I fired the first question at him:
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