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Scotland’s first minister resigns

FT News Briefing

30-04-2024 • 11 mins

Humza Yousaf is resigning as Scotland’s first minister, and WeWork’s senior creditors are poised to take control of the reorganised co-working space provider. Plus, an Africa-focused venture capital firm has steered one of the region’s biggest fundraising efforts of the past five months.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Humza Yousaf quits as Scotland’s first minister

WeWork agrees restructuring deal that shuts out Adam Neumann’s comeback bid

Africa-focused fund draws early investors to tech industry

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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