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🔥 Hot Topics

1 • Crypto is becoming a financial asset in South Africa

Earlier this week, South Africa’s financial watchdog categorised cryptocurrency assets as financial products, allowing them to be regulated and legally traded. With Gen Zs being the largest adopers for crypto in Africa, this could mean a shift in payments infrastructure for South African Gen Zs and a parallel shift in how they shop. Are we ready?

2 • The Gen Z brand pioneering meme fashion

After gaining popularity from having Kendall Jenner wear one of their ‘J’adore cowboys’ t-shirts, the British fashion brand, Cowboys of Habit, has continued to sell out. According to Vogue, “Cowboys of Habit has been struggling to meet demand for its tongue-in-cheek designs, which are based on meme culture, pop culture references and slogans.” Check them out.

3 • Gen Z’s top pet peeves at work

There’s been a lot of talk about how and who Gen Zs are professionally, but few get it right. But when the source is TikTok, you’re more likely to find the truth. This piece curated a list of TikToks created by mostly Gen Zs about the different aspects of work culture that irritate them. It’s a really fun read!

4 • The Great Emoji Divide

In a world where it’s become virtually impossible to communicate, informally at least, without emojis, the ambiguity of such communication media continues to widen the gap between Gen Zs, the emoji generation, and older generations—especially at work. Axios wrote a really thorough analysis on this emoji divide that’s worth checking out.

⭐️ Z-Brand Spotlight

Flove, founded by Girabawe Gloria, is a Rwandan-based fashion social enterprise that manufactures eco-friendly, reusable handbags driven by our social commitment to uplift the livelihoods of teenage mothers in Rwanda. The company is challenging the predominant culture around teenage pregnancies in Rwanda and enforcing self-esteem in young Black women who purchase or help make Flove’s products.

✨ New on Kenga

A few days ago, we released the third issue of Kenga Magazine—The Silicon Issue.

With this issue, we were curious about the different ways technology shapes the identities and cultures of Afro Gen Zs. The stories, photography, and art in the issue are all cohesive pieces of the message in this issue.Gracing our headline cover is the multitalented creative storyteller, Eniola Korty Olanrewaju, more popularly known as Korty EO.Korty’s rise as a YouTuber is a story of grit, genius, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. Her journey is a testament to what is possible with technology for Gen Z’s in Africa who are increasingly plugging into the continent’s emerging creator economy.Her story sits among our curation of inspiring, raunchy, insightful, and funny stories in The Silicon Issue.

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