The A4D Team reflects on Africa’s Elections and Protests in 2024.

(00:03) Introduction

HIV is a disease that has plagued Africa, with its effects still being felt to this day. This disease has not only brought health challenges but has also led to societal stigma, with patients facing discrimination. How should we view this disease, and what should our response be? In this episode, the A4D team sits down with Obama Foundation leader Olerato Keegope to discuss this challenging topic and explore the way forward for Africa.

(00:30) African News Update

Trump is back! The A4D Team discuses what Trump's comeback means for Africa and what Africa should do about it.

(00:26) African News Update

(16:30) Conservative Evangelical American Values and Their Impact on Africa

(17:25) Perspectives of African Youth on the Biden Administration

Source for Trump Video Clip: The Washington Post

Would you cycle across countries for a cause? Join the A4D team as we talk to Ali Abdo, an Egyptian who’s cycling to the major climate change conference - COP 29 in Azerbaijan to spread awareness about African priorities on climate change.

(00:26) African News Segment

(03:05) Introduction

(03:46) Ali Abdo: Brief Introduction

(05:03) Ali Abdo's Story

(13:50) Ali's Guinness World Record-breaking Achievements

(22:15) What does Sustainability mean ?

(36:03) Climate Change Concerns

(43:26) The Risks of Overdependence on Hydroelectricity

(50:33) What African Youth can do 

(51:37) Conclusion

[Correction: During the protests in Mozambique at least 30 people have died & 66 injured]

African politics is full of name calling - the most slanderous ones are: “sellouts” or “puppets“. Mandela was accused of this and so was Mobutu - in this episode we discuss the complexities of these terms and what it means for future politics.

(00:10) African News Segment

(03:40) Introduction

(06:15) Spies and Allegations of Being Pro-Western

(13:00) Winnie Mandela’s Fall from Grace

(15:25) The Lasting Effect of Puppet-Calling in Politics

(28:20) The Controversy of Being Labeled Pro-Western

(35:35) African Leaders Using Their Status as Liberators

(42:01) What Should Young People Do Now?

(50:00) Conclusion

Dealing with mental health in Africa is difficult with most people. Especially men. In this episode A4D gathered different voices to speak on this and we analyzed the politics of it all.

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Chapters

(00:12) African News Segment

(04:35) Introduction

(09:56) Taking Mental Health Seriously

(17:48) Cultural Guardrails

(32:00) Self-worth

(54:35) Opening Up To Friends

(59:30) Your Responses

Recently AI technology has been used to discover huge copper deposits in Zambia. In this episode, the A4D team discusses what’s at stake for Zambian people and the fast-growing AI industry.

(00:18) Recent News in Africa

(02:23) Main Discussion

(08:10) Zambian History Anchored by Copper

(11:30) Communist China

(16:38) First Railway Line

(21:05) AI Has Been Around Since The 60s

(29:50) What Can We Now Teach Kids In This New AI World?

(36:40) Rapid Fire

(47:20) Conclusion

(00:30) Introduction

(01:20) What the results say of this election

(06:50) MK Factor

(15:00) Perception of the GNU

(23:14) Minister of Home Affairs

(35:56) Secretary General of ANC

(41:03) Friction in the Government of National Unity

(50:32) Behind the scenes of Mandela's presidency

(58:20) Conclusion

In this episode the A4D speaks to one of the protesters in Kenya’s anti- finance bill Mutua Kiania. One week ago hundreds and thousands of young Kenyans rocked the streets of Nairobi and several other cities nationwide demanding the end of the infamous Finance Bill. Kenya’s Human rights commission reports 39 died as a result of the protests.

(00:05) Introduction

(01:20) Protestor

(02:10) What made you protest?

(12:55) How could car-tax be so upsetting?

(14:15) Politician demeaning young Kenyans

(19:06) Do Kenyans feel that their Democratic space is big enough for them to express their opinions?

(22:40) Experience of the actual protests

(27:42) What is different about these protests?

(31:08) One message for the people listening

(31:35) Conclusion

This week young Kenyans rocked the country with nationwide protests against a Financial Tax bill. Why ? Find out in this episode with Dr Westen Shilaho a Kenyan scholar at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg. South Africa.

(00:05) Introduction

(01:40) What are the Kenyan protests about?

(07:40) What is the debt situation?

(13:40) What is the mood around storming Parliament?

(23:50) What are your comments on the abductions?

(34:20) Conclusion