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Layoffs

Layoffs in tech: severance negotiation tactics, interview preparation for job loss, and strategies to rebuild your career after industry cuts.

A wide, quiet shot inside a modern African fintech office at dusk in Lagos… Fintech 4 min read
Fintech

African Tech Layoffs in 2026: Why It Wasn't Mostly AI

When the first-half 2026 figures landed, I read the headline twice before I believed it: roughly 2,574 jobs cut across African tech in six months, about a 236% jump on the year before, per the reports…

M Michael Townsend
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A photorealistic editorial photograph of a lone young African tech worker sitting on the… Careers 4 min read
Careers

African Tech Layoffs Hit a Record: What the 2,574 Number Actually Measures

The number I keep coming back to is 2,574. That is roughly how many jobs disappeared from African tech companies in the first half of 2026, according to a count from TechCabal Insights that circulated…

C Charlotte Kinsley
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A photorealistic wide-angle photograph of a nearly empty open-plan film studio office at dusk… Streaming 5 min read
Streaming

The Entertainment Industry Layoffs That Follow a Hit: Why Success and Cuts Now Arrive Together

Consider a studio that clears the billion-dollar mark on a single title, watches a beloved sequel outperform its forecast, and then, within the same fiscal window, informs several hundred people that…

G Grace Ellerton
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A photorealistic close-up of a mid-career woman seated alone at a home office desk… Careers 10 min read
Careers

What Nobody Tells You About Surviving Layoffs

The email landed at 9:14 on a Tuesday. Fourteen minutes into the workday, before I'd finished my coffee, with a calendar invite titled "Quick Sync" and no agenda. By 9:40 I was locked out of Slack.

B Benjamin Drake
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