Africa · Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Malawi
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Rising
Rising
Plus TV Africa, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Top today
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Rising
Rising
Plus TV Africa, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Mensah Memories, CC BY 3.0 10Asake
Falling
Everyday apps here: Facebook app · TNM Smart App · WhatsApp · Flo · WPS Office-AI Doc, PDF, Sheet. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 592 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
Survey · 2023 88% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.1positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.7The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual3.0 words per 1,000usually 3.3The GDELT Project
- Fear1.0× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
- Anger0.8× usual4.6 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.5 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty0.9× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 6.2The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
Pro The news mood day by day for the last 90 days, with each issue’s share, as CSV and PDF. Try Pro free for 7 days →
By category
Business & economy
3LinkedIn: Community & Network
Falling Everyday app
Commerce B2B avec Alibaba
Money & crypto
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Movies & TV
Everyday app
3ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
Falling Everyday app
Music
Rising
Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Rising
Celebrities & creators
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Sports
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 HOTSPOTATL, CC BY 3.0 Everyday app
Travel & places
Everyday app
Industries here
Music 46Tech & software 9Media & entertainment 8Advertising & marketing 5Fashion & beauty 3Education 3Sports & fitness 2Telecom & internet 2Travel & tourism 1Health & pharma 1Legal & professional services 1Jobs, HR & staffing 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation11.2%Feb 2020 · −0.1 pts since Jan 2020World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment5.1%2025 · +0.0 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth1.9%2025 · +0.2 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment6.9%2025 · +0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Society
- People online19.0%2024 · +1.0 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change39.1%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority71.2%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Apple Music · Artists
1Eli Njuchi
Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 2Future
Rising
3Yo Maps & Makhadzi
Rising
Mensah Memories, CC BY 3.0 5Asake
Falling
9DJ Zinhle, Nayvee Womculo & Young Stunna
10Bien-Aimé Baraza
Apple Music · 2026-11-12
App Store · Free apps
1Facebook app
Breakout
2TNM Smart App
Breakout
3WhatsApp
Rising
4WhatsApp Business
5My Airtel Africa
Falling
6Tiktok
7ChatGPT
8CapCut
9Nzika Wallet
Falling
10Instagram
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-12
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.