<p>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.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3UCszpG" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Humza Yousaf quits as Scotland’s first minister</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/4bgyJRT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WeWork agrees restructuring deal that shuts out Adam Neumann’s comeback bid</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/4bcx0Nu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Africa-focused fund draws early investors to tech industry</a></p><p><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/lifeandart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FT Life &amp; Art podcast</a></p><br><p>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.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4869af45-503a-4c63-adec-50232ea79598" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

FT News Briefing

Financial Times

Scotland’s first minister resigns

APR 30, 202411 MIN
FT News Briefing

Scotland’s first minister resigns

APR 30, 202411 MIN

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<p>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.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3UCszpG" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Humza Yousaf quits as Scotland’s first minister</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/4bgyJRT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WeWork agrees restructuring deal that shuts out Adam Neumann’s comeback bid</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/4bcx0Nu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Africa-focused fund draws early investors to tech industry</a></p><p><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/lifeandart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FT Life &amp; Art podcast</a></p><br><p>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.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4869af45-503a-4c63-adec-50232ea79598" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>