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Talking Africa is brought to you by The Africa Report. Conversations from the continent.
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#117: Mark Suzman, Gates Foundation CEO - "Stop stockpiling vaccines"
Mark Suzman is the CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
He sits astride one of the biggest charitable endeavours on the planet,...
#116: Can Africa leverage Europe's Green New Deal?
The European Union has an ambitious trillion dollar plan to slash emissions by over 50% from 1990 levels by 2030.
This can present opportunitie...
#115: Inside Mozambique's northern insurgency
What next for Al Shabaab, the insurgent group that attacked Palma in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado in March? Is South Africa on the...
#114: Zambia Hakainde Hichilema - 'We've never seen such levels of corruption'
On 12 August, Zambians go to the polls to vote in their next president.
Zambia’s ruling party, the Patriotic Front, confirmed Edgar Lungu...
#113: Nigeria - The lingering roots left by Britain's looting and killing
Today Nigeria’s political system is more fiercely contested than ever with some militants trying to break up the federation – to what extent do these...
#112 - Obiageli Ezekwesili - "Get interested by politics, or be ruled by idiots"
Former cabinet minister, co-ordinator of the #BringBankOurGirls campaign, VP at the World Bank... the multi-talented Obiageli Ezekwesili discusses why...
#111: Rwanda - 'The story of a political murder and an African regime gone bad'
When veteran correspondent Michela Wrong started researching her book, ‘Do Not Disturb – the story of a political murder and an African regime gone ba...
#110: Famine in Ethiopia's Tigray - 'I have never documented anything as relentless & systematic as what we're seeing'
A report published by US-based the World Peace Foundation stresses the looming famine disaster in Ethiopia's Tigray if the fighting does not stop.
#109: Talking Africa - Nigeria's mass atrocities: How did we get here & how do we get out?
A recent report released by the Nigeria-based Global Rights organisation, entitled 'Mass Atrocities 2020 Tracking' states 4,556 people were killed in...
#108: Niger's 'African Apocalypse'
In this week’s episode we’ll be visiting a dark moment in the history of Niger. It's a moment that few talk about. yet alone know about.
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#107: Africa's trade dreams meet Liberian roads
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which came into effect at the beginning of the year, has been heralded as a major step in increasing...
#106: Biden says America Is Back. What does that mean for Africa?
Biden has also rescinded the Visa Ban that has caused so much suffering for African students and their families.
But on the big picture q...
#105: Egypt's January 25 revolution - 'There was no plan B'
January 25 2020 marks the ten year anniversary of Egypt’s revolution in 2011. It put in motion an end to the 29-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. But lookin...
#104: Nigeria - The Making Of A Nation, from Jihad to Amalgamation
Nigeria's turbulent and hamstrung history has plenty to tell us about the current malaise. And, as says writer Maya Angelou, "If you don't know where...
#103: Zimbabwe's illicit gold mines, costing lives and money
A surge of attacks linked to Zimbabwe's growing artisanal mining sector, has killed hundreds of miners.
In this week's Talking Africa pod...
#102: Women Working For Change -- Toyin Sanni, CEO of Emerging Capital Africa
In this takeover episode, Ohenaba Ama Nti Osei speaks to leading Nigerian banker and CEO, Toyin Sanni.
From her early days in the industr...
#101: Eric Kacou - "Côte d'Ivoire needs a political settlement"
What is next after Côte d'Ivoire's elections?
President Ouattara was comfortably re-elected; but with the opposition claiming constituti...
#100: Can Nigeria's #EndSARS protest maintain momentum?
Forces unleashed against Nigeria's #EndSARS protestors suggest panicking politicians trying to manage a modern movement with the toolkit of the 1980s....
#99: William Asiko - "Agriculture is transformational, but you need government to play its role"
As head of the Rockefeller Foundation in Africa, William Asiko is on a mission.
He believes that agriculture can play a transformational...
#98: Amina Mohamed - "The WTO needs to regain its centrality in global governance"
With just a few days to go before the World Trade Organisation narrow the field of candidates from five to just two, here is a conversation with Kenya...
#97: Dr John Nkengasong on Covid-19 -- 'We need root and branch reform of healthcare'
Dr Nkengasong of the Africa Centres for Disease Control has become an authority over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.
While he is 'p...
#96 Tom Burgis: 'The rise of kleptocrats fueled by destablising the truth on social media
In our first episode in this new season of Talking Africa, we delve right into a juicy discussion about humanity's obsession with greed, looting and c...
#95: Africa and the US - 'In Africa, people don't take us seriously'
Will political change and the pandemic force a reset of US diplomatic and security priorities – and where will Africa figure in the new order?
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#94: Melinda Gates on the 'Shadow Pandemic' of violence against women
Women in power get things done says Melinda Gates; you just have to look at who has come out on top in managing the coronavirus.
Moved to...
#93: Tundu Lissu - "Magufuli's war on corruption is like a mafia shakedown"
Tundu Lissu, a prominent member of Tanzania's opposition, was driving home in 2017 when gunmen sprayed his car with over 30 bullets. He barely survive...
#92: 'Recognise public health as a part of your economic development,' Matshidiso Moeti
The number of COVID-19 infections across Africa surpassed half a million on 8 July said the World Health Organization, as it flagged growing concern o...
#91: GERD - Sudan got a raw deal from the Egyptian-Sudanese treaty of 1959
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, is due to start filling the dam in the coming weeks.
Egypt has tried in vain to put the bre...
#90: Zimbabwe on the brink: Inflation, currency, clashes - what next?
Today, many compare the political confrontation and economic meltdown in Zimbabwe with the position of the country a decade ago. Blighted by drought...
#89: Tony Blair - "Covid-19 exposes the urgency of government reform"
For the 14 heads of state that Tony Blair advises across the continent, the coronavirus pandemic has sharpened the need to overhaul government.
...
#88: Death of George Floyd: What place does the global uprising have across Africa?
The death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, has once again reignited the on-going fight across the United States for equality and the e...
#87: Ethiopia - Egypt: The dam discord
Tensions spike between Ethiopia and Egypt, as the commencement of the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam approaches.
We spea...
#86: Fred Swaniker - "Development is about human capital"
Fred Swaniker, the Ghanaian co-creator and Chairman of the African Leadership Group is well known for not just complaining about the lack of leadershi...
#85: Coronavirus lockdown easing - Nairobi, Lagos and Johannesburg
As the coronavirus lockdown eases in South Africa and Nigeria, how are governments and companies coping?
We talk to our correspondents on the g...
#84: Bill Gates on Coronavirus - "The big challenge is the urban slum areas"
Bill Gates has been pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the fight against COVID-19.
He wants an army of innovators to hit the pr...
#83: Mohamed el Dahshan - "The onus is on us, as Africans, to take the lead in this conversation"
The global pandemic of coronavirus may be waning in Asia and Europe, but it's hasn't quite peaked across Africa, and in particular North Africa.
#82: Abebe Selassie - “This is a crisis where we need to act now”
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sounded a dire warning for the continent:
“The region’s economy is set to shrink by 1.6% in 202...
#81: The Eco - is Francophone Africa ready for it now that coronavirus has arrived?
Francophone Africa is set to cut its colonial ties through the introduction of a new regional currency, the Eco.
That would put to rest t...
#80: David Cowan - "Don't underestimate Africa's resilience to coronavirus"
There are cataclysmic warnings about the impact of coronavirus on Africa's economy.
But Citibank's chief economist for Africa David Cowan...
#79: Thomas Piketty - "Dominant ideologies get challenged in times of crisis"
Thomas Piketty believes that times of crisis can reveal the fragility of dominant ideologies.
The shock delivered by coronavirus is no ex...
#78: Lagos, Johannesburg, Nairobi - Coronavirus lockdown
As Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg fall silent, how do informal workers survive?
How are governments coping?
What are the geopolitics of...