Podcasts

Foodclimate and a just energy transition: Round-up from the 2022 African Development Bank Annual Meetings
Solomon Quaynor, AfDB vice president for private sector, infrastructure and industrialisation, Professor Kevin Urama, AfDB acting chief economist, and Omar Ben Yedder, MD of IC Publications, share their views on the AFDB's Annual Meetings.
Conservation and ESG in Africa with Alexander Rhodes
Alexander Rhodes, Chair of Tusk, tells us how the charity is working to amplify the impact of progressive conservation initiatives across Africa
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be Africa’s moment says Dr Alex Vines of Chatham House
Dr Alex Vines, director of the Africa Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, talks to us about the African dimensions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
North Africa update with Amine Antari, Head of Middle East, Kroll
Amine Antari unpicks three contemporary crises – Covid-19, climate change and the invasion of Ukraine – and outlines how he sees them unfolding across Africa and the Middle East.
UNDP’s Achim Steiner: Can Africa avoid climate catastrophe?
The latest IPPC climate report, which details the disastrous consequences of climate change for Africa and other regions is an urgent wake-up call for global policymakers, says the administrator of the UN Development Programme
Mike Whitfield: Nissan plans African manufacturing but cautious on EVs
As Nissan boosts its manufacturing capacity in Ghana, its managing director for Africa talks to us about the prospects for the automotive market in Africa.
Political economy outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022 with Barnaby Fletcher of Control Risks
Barnaby Fletcher, associate director at Control Risks, joins us to discuss the risks and opportunities for Africa in 2022.
Funke Opeke: Building a $320m data centre player
MainOne CEO and founder Funke Opeke talks to African Business about the data centre market in Africa and the future of the firm after its $320m takeover by NASDAQ-listed Equinix.
Shalini Soopramanien, Assistant General Counsel US DFC: Development priorities for the US DFC
Shalini Soopramanien fills us in on the US International Development Finance Corporation's vaccine funding for Gavi, and its climate and gender equality agendas for Africa.