Journalist- TechCabal

About Big Cabal Media

Big Cabal Media (BCM) is on a mission to create a new generation of media brands and provide content for the digital African audiences, both on and off the continent. Our brands, TechCabal and Zikoko deliver smart and sophisticated content in relatable and easily digestible ways. Through our Cabal Creative Studio, we work with a wide range of clients across different industries, creating video content, graphic design, providing marketing strategy and related services.

About TechCabal

TechCabal has been one of the most important publications covering technology and the startup ecosystem in Africa over the last five years. From reporting on the most important happenings to providing insight and analysis, and seminal events and hosting conversations with major players, we’ve played an essential role in understanding tech in Africa.

We are in the middle of a pivotal transformation, aiming to go beyond providing insight and news to tech insiders to a broader mission that will see us become the most important publication covering the business and impact of technology in Africa, speaking not only to insiders but to everyone affected by and curious about technology on the continent.

Two statements guide us in this transformation:

1. There is technology in everything

Most current tech coverage on the continent narrowly focuses on startups and a few big and obvious larger tech companies. We counter that approach by noting that technology will be the biggest driver of growth across all industries on the continent over the next few decades. Therefore we must look beyond the funding announcements and exciting but economically inconsequential startups to documenting the real business and impact of technology on the continent.

2. Everyone is invited

The impact of technology isn’t limited to founders, VCs and tech bros on Twitter. It encompasses everyone from hopeful youth looking to tech to create opportunities in high-unemployment markets, to business people looking to bring their organizations into the 21st century, government officials looking for growth in their economies and everyone else curious about where technology is taking us all.

What you’ll be doing

• Conceiving, sourcing, researching, and writing stories

• Providing engaging coverage of big corporate and startup, policy, and human angle technology stories in Africa that competes with the most important technology and business publications in the region

• Developing and maintaining relationships with key decision-makers in business, technology, and government

• Representing the publication at events or speaking engagements

• Working with TechCabal’s social media and newsletter teams to drive strong and aggressive audience growth and relevance for TechCabal among key audience segments

What makes you qualified for this role;

• You are passionate yet clear-eyed about the potential of technology to transform and impact life and business across Africa

• You have a good understanding of tech and/or business in Africa

• You possess great interpersonal skills and access to leaders, decision-makers and employees of top tech companies in the region

• You have strong analytical and excellent communication skills

• You are willing to learn and ambitious to win prestigious journalism awards.

• You’re a talented and self-motivated writer, able to seize initiative and pursue stories with doggedness and deliver high-quality work consistently

Why you should join us

🤝 Great Team - You’ll work with a group of insanely talented, creative, and really cool people.

🚀Supercharged Career - You’ll be trusted with building one of Africa’s most audacious media brands, and we will provide a platform for you to do original, amazing & impactful work.

🏠 Remote Friendly - While we work out of our Lagos office sometimes, you can work from anywhere, and be part of our distributed team.

🏖️ Generous Vacation - In addition to taking time off on all public days, we offer 20-days of paid time off annually, which we encourage everyone to use up.

🏥 Healthcare Plans - We want you healthy, so you get access to healthcare plans.

🥳 Fun Hangouts - We like to have fun while we work, and word on the streets is that BCM hosts the coolest team hangouts.