#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, a $...
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#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 opportuni...
#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 Afr...
#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 in...
#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...
#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 dis...
#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 regi...
#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...
#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...
#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. Kno...
#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...
#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Biden has also rescinded the Visa Ban that has caused so much suffering for African students and their families.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 ques...
#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....
#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 k...
#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 podcas...
#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 industry,...
#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 constitutional...
#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...
#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 rol...
#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...