Podcasts

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.

Digital Africa executive director Stéphan Eloise-Gras talks about the potential of Francophone tech and France’s €130m plan to support startups

This week we talk about the economic and political implications of the coup in mining hub Guinea that removed President Alpha Condé, we review the success of the NBA's Basketball Africa League in Rwanda, and take a look at the booming fintech unicorns of West Africa.

Dr Chitiyo talks us through the recent political and economic history of Zimbabwe and the outlook for the country's investment environment.

Kevin Kariuki, Vice-President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), joins us to discuss the ways in which the AfDB is supporting Africa's energy transition.

We talk about South Africa's proposed deal to sell a 51% stake in South African Airways to a private consortium, the implications on the tech industry of Nigeria's surprise Twitter ban, and ask how Ethiopia will deal with the developing famine in Tigray.

We talk about the implications of Total's decision to call force majeure on its $20bn LNG facility in Mozambique amid a deadly insurgency, the disappointing Ethiopian telecoms auction, what Africa can learn from India's disastrous Covid-19 crisis, and whether Africa's diamond market is again sparkli…

Art law expert Amanda Gray from leading law firm Mishcon de Reya joins us to discuss trends in the global art market and the recent surge of interest in African art.

Tariye Gbadegesin talks to us about the current priorities and initiatives at ARM-Harith and how to create a sustainable pathway for Africa's development.