Africa Public Radio

We ae back and bigger than before, it is the Big Shot show with the coolest Hosts to ever grace your air waves, your lady Olga AKA Olgeezy and the one who reigns from the centre of Africa, Coco de Congo bringing you what your favourite African celebrities are up to in business and how they keep hot! It’s 7pm CAT! If you are listening to us on the African Business Radio App, we send you nothing but love & blessings!

Stay tuned to hear who we have as guests this. Be prepared to be educated and electrified as We are here to inspire you by bringing on the show your favourite celebrities who own businesses and I also give you tips & tricks on how to be just like them and flourish, grow, inspire in business.

Since it’s the beginning of the year, we thought it would be a good idea to start with entrepreneurship. I know we are not all called to be entrepreneurs, but if you ever get the calling, well today it is all about you. We look into what makes an entrepreneur, how do you know you’ve been called to be an entrepreneur, and how to stay winning! With us today we have the beautiful lady called Dolapo Lawal. She has worked for a couple of businesses but something kept pushing her towards entrepreneurship. She couldn’t resist the force so she started her own company called Circle25. We can’t wait to hear from her and what Circle25 is all about. 

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Since it’s the beginning of the year, we thought it would be a good idea to start with entrepreneurship. I know we are not all called to be entrepreneurs, but if you ever get the calling, well today it is all about you. We look into what makes an entrepreneur, how do you know you’ve been called to be an entrepreneur, and how to stay winning! With us today we have the beautiful lady called Dolapo Lawal. She has worked for a couple of businesses but something kept pushing her towards entrepreneurship. She couldn’t resist the force so she started her own company called Circle25. We can’t wait to hear from her and what Circle25 is all about.

Agriculture markets are not working for the smallholder farmer, there is need to:

•Create a level playing field by supporting equitable participation and benefits by all value chain actors (i.e., marketing of products taken over by middle man).

•Generate evidence to advocate for a policy environment conducive for smallholder farmers (e.g. (i) impact of export ban on agricultural commodities by government, (ii) increasing taxes, levies and production costs, and (iii) low inter-regional trade). 

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Thandi Mgwebi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation & Engagement at the Tshwane University of Technology South Africa, she chats about Revamping agricultural research and development (R&D), there is a need to:

•Increase financing of agriculture research and development to support implementation of National Agriculture Investment Plans.

•Adopt participatory approaches to agricultural research and development to amplify the voices of smallholder farmers including women and youth

•Capacitate women and youth to broaden the base of researchers supporting agriculture 

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Agriculture should form the backbone to any solution or strategy to the developmental challenges bedeviling the continent. It will be impossible to effectively advance social and economic transformation that addresses the challenges confronted by women, the youth and children on the continent without collective efforts targeted at transforming agriculture in Africa, in a way that addresses food and nutrition insecurity. The Malabo declaration on accelerated agricultural growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods provides the direction.

The 2018 High-level Food and Nutrition Security Policy Dialogue for Africa was a collaborative effort of four organizations - the Food, Agriculture and Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the Graça Machel Trust (GMT), the Mandela Institute or Development Studies (MINDS), and Center for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) together with local, regional and global partners – engaged in transformative and sustainable agenda aimed at ensuring a food and nutrition secure African continent based on active and meaningful engagement of women and the youth. 

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1. Transformation of Africa’s agriculture begins with us - All relevant stakeholder groups need to change: 

· Donor agencies and development partners need to change their investment priorities and strategies.

· Governments should institutionalize an efficient and effective policy implementation culture, characterized by review of existing policies to ensure that they are pro-smallholder farmers, women, children and youth. 

· Participatory research processes should be adopted to ensure that the voice of the smallholder farmers, women and youth is heard, to facilitate for the co-creation of solutions.

· Private sector should collaborate with civil society and government to develop innovative financing mechanisms to support the agriculture value chains. 

· Farmers should accelerate adoption of new climate-smart technologies and practices which are gender and nutrition-sensitive.

· Youth should proactively claim their space and drive innovation for agriculture transformation.

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We, 192 delegates from 21 African countries attended the 2018 Regional Policy Dialogue convened through a collaborative partnership between the Food, Agriculture and Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the Graca Machel Trust (GMT), the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), and the Centre for Coordination of Agriculture Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA). The delegates represented the following stakeholder groupings attending the 2018 regional Policy Dialogue: 

24      (13%) Government representatives; 

6      (3%) Intergovernmental Organizations;      

66      (34%) Civil Society;      

29      (15%) Research Institutions;      

10      (5%) Private Sector;      

11      (6%); Farmer Organisations;      

5      (3%) Donors; and

34      (18%) not disclosed. 

With regard to specialised groups 40 (21%) Youth and 77 (40%) Women attended the 2018 Regional Policy Dialogue.

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The First Ever Guest on The Lion Show blows us away with her sophisticated insights on the challenges of starting and maintaining an online community. Join us as we talk social media brand management on the African continent with phenomenal visionary founder of WeTalk, Nolly Qunta. Nolly speaks candidly about the complexities of monetizing social media content with sober advice on what you need to keep in mind when seeking sponsorship

“Always remember your value. We have been approached by brands before but their proposition didn’t match the value that we think our platform holds. Not every offer is an opportunity”

A young visionary mind who says she’s sees herself being “BIG” in the next five years. You don’t want to miss this conversation.

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On the last show of 2018, we have an incredibly powerful conversation with speaker extraordinaire and young entrepreneur, Sibusiso Molimi of AYEYE consulting. We have an honest conversation about the role of motivational speakers in improving society & transforming the way people perceive themselves. Mr. Molimi also challenges us to ask ourselves “What are you willing to sacrifice to get to the next level” in a spirit to take accountability of your future and success. You would be doing yourself a disservice if you don’t tune into this show.

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