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AfroVerdict episodes
- Salmon-Pink – Just a Colour?Besides being popular amongst people, what else, apart from its appealing hue, does the colour found in salmon, prawns and other marine animals have? Your host, Viktor Anokhin, sits down with a biochemical researcher to talk about astaxanthin - the molecule responsible for the colour and the health benefits it offers.
“Vitamin C is a very common oxidant. Astxanthin is actually several times stronger in terms of antioxidant capacity than vitamin C. It's I think somewhere maybe around 100 times or even more times capable,” Osman Kawungu, a Ghanaian biotechnology researcher and PhD candidate at Ural Federal University (URFU) in Russia, says.
31 min - Angel to Some, Devil to Others: What Role Does AI Play in Africa?We currently live in a world where it is at times hard to keep up with the rapid development of technology. When artificial intelligence joins the picture, things might get a little overwhelming. But where does Africa find itself in this complicated technological environment?
For today's episode of the AfroVerdict podcast, host Viktor Anokhin invited Adegoke Oyeniyi, a technology journalist and former editor-in-chief at TechCabal, one of the leading technological publications on the African continent, to walk us through the exciting and at times confusing world of today's technologies.
30 min - What Is Community Driven Approach in Fight Against HIV & How Can It Be of Help to Africa?As May 21 marked World Remembrance Day of AIDS Victims, AfroVerdict' host Viktor Anokhin, is joined by Dr Anthony Ajayi, a researcher with the African Population and Health Research Center in Kenya, to discuss community-based approaches in managing the rate of the deadly infection.30 min
- Nigerian Entrepreneur Champions 'Common Sense' Africa-Russia CooperationAs we get closer to July’s Second Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia's unofficial northern capital, AfroVerdict's host Viktor Anokhin welcomes Nigerian entrepreneur and youth leader, David Okpatuma, who shares his take on the current state of Russia-Africa cooperation, explaining why such partnership is "common sense".30 min
- Returning 'Star of Africa' Diamond Involves 'Catch-22 Situation', Activist SaysIn today’s AfroVerdict podcast episode, your host Viktor sits down with Mothusi Kamanga, a social justice activist and law graduate from the University of Johannesburg, to discuss the problem of repatriating objects of African historical significance.30 min
- 'He's Our Moses': Mandela Inauguration Witnesses ReminisceIn honor of Nelson Mandela's inauguration of May 10, 1994, AfroVerdict featured a clan relative of Mandela and an SADF veteran. They offered their take on the meaning of the inauguration and what Mandela’s rise to power meant for the country.30 min
- African Heritage Day: Descendant of 'First People of Southern Africa' Shares Story of His CommunityIn turbulent times, preserving cultural heritage is as relevant as ever. Today, as we are joined by Dirk Pienaar, a conservation and tourism manager at the Khomani San Community Property Association, we learn that heritage encompasses more than architecture and objects of cultural significance.30 min
- World Needs Multipolarity as Current System ‘Unfair & Imbalanced’, South African Pundit StressesMultipolarity means there's an opportunity for the world to collaborate at a much deeper level on issues of trade, economic development and even on climate change, Mikatekiso Kubayi, a researcher at the UNISA Institute for Global Dialogue reveals in a dialogue with AfroVerdict.30 min
- Connecting the Dots: BRICS & Today's Tectonic Shift Towards Global South & EastSouth African sherpa to BRICS and a research associate with the Institute for Global Dialogue discuss BRICS development in the energy sphere and how the development of an alternative currency within BRICS could affect African countries.30 min
- As South Africa Set to Mark Freedom Day, SACP Chief Remembers Anti-Apartheid Hero Chris HaniAs South Africa gears up to celebrate Freedom Day, which marks the first democratic elections held in South Africa on April 27, 1994, AfroVerdict host Viktor Anokhin sits down for an interview with the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party to hear the story of Chris Hani, one of the nation's most prominent anti-apartheid heroes.24 min
About AfroVerdict
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As the multipolar world steadily gains ground, Africa's role in it is
growing side by side. Welcome to AfroVerdict where you hear the voices
of Africa’s youth, experts and prominent figures expressing their take
on issues from around the world and on the continent.