BBC Africa Debate
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BBC Africa Debate
Current issues that matter to Africa go under discussion and are brought to the attention of a global audience.Each month an invited audience engages robustly with a distinguished international panel to help inform global perceptions of the continent. If it matters to Africa, we shall debate it in...
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Can You Trademark Culture?
September's Africa Debate comes from Cape Town, a hub of design and fashion, where we focus on the appropriation of national or traditional designs, c...
Is Uganda the Best Place to be a Refugee?
Uganda is now home to the largest number of refugees in Africa, according to the United Nations refugee agency. More than one million South Sudanese h...
What Will Fix Africa’s Air Transport?
Often the quickest route from one African country to another is via Europe. More than 80% of airlines operating in the continent are foreign. Can Afri...
What Will it Take to Rebuild The Gambia?
After more than 20 years under the authoritarian rule of former President Yahya Jammeh, Gambians have great expectations of the new administration.
Is Journalism in Africa Threatened by Fake News?
Plastic rice. Death hoaxes. ‘Marry twice or go to jail’. How can journalists preserve audience trust in an era of social media and – some say – fake n...
What is Life Like for Women Without Children in Africa?
What are the options for childless couples? And, is choosing not to have children taboo? In many African communities fertility is highly prized and wo...
Should Street Vendors be Regulated?
Over 55% of Africa’s GDP comes from the informal sector, that’s about 80% of the labour force. Many of those are street vendors selling everything fro...
Is corruption Africa's biggest killer?
Recorded in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania where President John Magufuli has declared war on corruption. Many think corruption is an African problem, but is i...
Should social media be regulated?
Recorded during the Social Media Week event in Lagos, the programme picks up an issue that is current to the concerns of many Africans who have used s...
Has Africa outgrown development aid?
Ten years ago, the UK-government-led Commission for Africa was launched at the British Museum. It coincided with a popular global movement to Make Pov...