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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 at the Covid-19 pandemic, funding all manner
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 African farmers out of EU markets? Will it l
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 decade of drug money done to local politics?D
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 campaigns now open since 21 May, 19 candidate
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 of Britain’s commercial exploitation of the t
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 to create a nation, rather than just a count
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 Karegeya, she knew it was going to prompt fier
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 government in Addis Ababa back in November,
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% jump from the number of casualties in 2019. Of
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 Voulet in 1898. in just a few months, he sp
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 increasing intra-continental trade with the potential to stimulate growth, industrialisation and generat
Biden has also rescinded the Visa Ban that has caused so much suffering for African students and their families.But on the big picture questions: the relationship with China, the investment in African security challenges, the way in which the U
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. But looking back to the start of those unprecedented protests, was it all in naught or did some good com
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 know where you have come from, you don't know where you are going." That is what Nigerian authors Feyi Fa
A surge of attacks linked to Zimbabwe's growing artisanal mining sector, has killed hundreds of miners.In this week's Talking Africa podcast, we speak to Piers Pigou, one of the authors of the International Crisis Group has just published a re
In this takeover episode, Ohenaba Ama Nti Osei speaks to leading Nigerian banker and CEO, Toyin Sanni.From her early days in the industry, to the battles and challenges that made her grow, Sanni has straddled both worlds, from Group CEO at one
What is next after Côte d'Ivoire's elections? President Ouattara was comfortably re-elected; but with the opposition claiming constitutional foul, and ex-Premier Guillaume Soro calling for a mutiny in the army, things are fragile.A wide-ranging
Forces unleashed against Nigeria's #EndSARS protestors suggest panicking politicians trying to manage a modern movement with the toolkit of the 1980s.They are unlikely to get the toothpaste back in the tube. But the amorphous leadership of the
As head of the Rockefeller Foundation in Africa, William Asiko is on a mission. He believes that agriculture can play a transformational role, but only when all stakeholders are playing their part. The state, unfashionable as it is, is a critic
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 with Kenya's candidate, Amina Mohamed.But in a world where economic nationalism and protectionism are th
Dr Nkengasong of the Africa Centres for Disease Control has become an authority over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. While he is 'proud and pleased' of the five African countries now manufacturing diagnostic tests for Covid-19, he believes
In our first episode in this new season of Talking Africa, we delve right into a juicy discussion about humanity's obsession with greed, looting and corruption, and if there's hope for a better future.How can African nations stop the looting of
Will political change and the pandemic force a reset of US diplomatic and security priorities – and where will Africa figure in the new order? This week on Talking Africa, we try to dissect the evolving relations and questions between Africa an
Women in power get things done says Melinda Gates; you just have to look at who has come out on top in managing the coronavirus.Moved to action by what the UN calls a 'shadow pandemic' of violence against women during lockdowns , the co-founde
Tundu Lissu, a prominent member of Tanzania's opposition, was driving home in 2017 when gunmen sprayed his car with over 30 bullets. He barely survived, and went into exile.Now he is returning to Tanzania; but he has not lost any of his vehemen
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