On this week’s Straight Talk Africa, we are exploring cryptocurrency on the continent. Host Vincent Makori is joined by VOA Africa technology reporter Paul Ndiho, social innovator and entrepreneur Bright Simons and the CEO of Moya Technologies Mussie Haile.

On this week’s Straight Talk Africa, host Vincent Makori focuses on South Africa’s recently signed land Expropriation Act which has caused tension with the U.S.

Guests include Gaopalelwe Mathiba, a senior lecturer in the Department of Private Law at the University of Cape Town, Joshua Meservey, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, the assistant director of the Center for African Studies at Howard University.

On this week’s Straight Talk Africa; Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and created the Alliance of Sahel States. Guest host Peter Clottey discusses what this realignment of powers may mean for the region. He is joined by Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security and by Christopher Ogunmodede, analyst of West African politics, security and international relations.

On this week’s Straight Talk Africa, we focus on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region where M23 rebels seized control of Goma, a key trading city and the capital of North Kivu.

Guest host Peter Clottey will be joined by Jean Paul Ruhosha, the executive director of Congo Today, and Mulegwa Zihindura, the former spokesperson for former Congolese President Joseph Kabila.

On this week’s Straight Talk Africa, we'll discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to power and what it means for U.S. relations with Africa.

Host Vincent Makori speaks with VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson, Yetunde Omede, professor of Global Affairs at Farmingdale State College and Joshua Meservey, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.

On this week’s Straight Talk Africa, guest host Peter Clottey focuses on the ongoing fighting in Sudan between the nation’s army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Guests include: Danica Damplo, policy manager at the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Brian Adeba, senior policy advisor at The Sentry for Sudan and South Sudan and by Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, senior researcher at the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division of Human Rights Watch.

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa we take a look at major events that are shaping the political and economic landscape on the African continent in 2025. Vincent Makori is joined by Zainab Usman,

director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, assistant director of the Center for African Studies at Howard University.

In this special edition of Straight Talk Africa we will delve into the tech culture on the African continent. We’ll explore how tech entrepreneurs are building a thriving ecosystem for their industry in Africa and how big tech is supporting that. We look at why the pros want entrepreneurs who walk the talk, and why it’s important for big tech companies, and small startups to be mindful about the choices they make.

In this special edition of Straight Talk Africa we’ll examine how tech startups are using "Artificial Intelligence.” Tech giants, such as Google and Microsoft, weigh in on how they support startups using AI. And founders discuss the importance of ethical and strategic uses of artificial intelligence.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Vincent Makori discusses how the new U.S. administration under President-elect Donald Trump will engage with Africa. He is joined by Ambassador Rama Yade, Atlantic Council's Africa Center senior director, and by Ambassador Tibor Nagy, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for African Affairs during the first Trump administration.