South Africa, March 17 -- Every day the world generates an extraordinary amount of information. In response, curated newsletters are quietly finding their place again.

Delivered directly to inboxes, algorithms do not shape social media posts and can be read when readers have time.

Instead of endless scrolling, they offer a structured way to catch up on developments that matter.

Recent estimates suggest more than 400 million terabytes of data are created daily across news sites, social platforms, video, and messaging services, roughly the equivalent of hundreds of millions of full HD films produced every day.

At the same time, much of what people see online is filtered by platform algorithms designed to prioritise engagement rather tha...