Talking Africa Podcast
1) #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 $50bn endowment that has in the last 18 months thrown itself a...Show More
2) #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 opportunities to African countries... but also threats. Will it lock ...Show More
3) #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 hook financially and now militarily? What has a d...Show More
4) #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 April as its candidate in this year's polls.With electoral c...Show More
#114: Zambia Hakainde Hichilema - 'We've never seen such levels of corruption'
53:53 | Jun 14th, 2021
5) #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 schisms have their roots in the extreme violence o...Show More
#113: Nigeria - The lingering roots left by Britain's looting and killing
1:20:40 | Jun 4th, 2021
6) #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 Nigeria's political elite missed a golden moment ...Show More
#112 - Obiageli Ezekwesili - "Get interested by politics, or be ruled by idiots"
1:15:17 | Apr 30th, 2021
7) #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 bad’ on the killing of Rwanda’s spymaster Patrick Ka...Show More
#111: Rwanda - 'The story of a political murder and an African regime gone bad'
1:15:56 | Apr 23rd, 2021
8) #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.Since the first foray into the Tigray by the Ethiopian...Show More
9) #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 2020 between January and December.That's a 43% jum...Show More
10) #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.Known as the Voulet-Chanoine mission, it was led by captain Paul...Show More