Jozi to Lagos

As tech companies accelerate their Africa strategy, Twitter has chosen Ghana over several strong rivals, Jamie is joined by Awande to discuss the implications of this choice.

This episode examines the fight between facebook and governments in respect to who gets to pay for the news. What does this all mean for Africa.

This episode reviews the events of the 34th African Union summit and the key issues that arose there.

A must listen. What can Africa expect from the Biden administration, how will US -AFRICA relations be shaped and reshaped. Will America challenge the oppression and brutality in Africa, or adopt a more hands off approach. This episode explores those questions and more.

We need new leadership in Africa, many say we need young people to take the helm, but is youth enough. This episode also has a cool giveaway.

Zambia is in a debt crisis and has defaulted on its payments. What does this mean for Zambia and for other countries that owe lots of money, what role is china playing in this debt crisis. In this episode we follow up on developments in Zambia since the dismissal of the central bank governor in August. Zambia has defaulted on its eurobond payments and renegotiated several others.

In this episode we speak to Shakes Rampedi a sports analyst who focuses on the continents biggest sport, soccer. We track what has been happening with the politics of African soccer and the biggest developments in the sport, including the upcoming CAF elections.

As Ghana goes to the voting booths on the 7th of December, what lessons can be learnt from the lives of its two greatest leaders? This episode examines the lives of Kwame Nkrumah and Jerry Rawlings to see the impact they had on Ghana and on Africa. Its a bit long but if you make it to  the end your grasp of Ghanaian politics will be untouchable.

Ethiopia is on the brink of a civil war, some would say it is now in a civil war, this episode fully explains how we got to this point.

What can we learn about improving the state of democracy in Africa from the Tanzanian elections. What is the impact of dominant parties on service delivery and corruption. Should Africa move away from dominant party states. This episode explores these questions.