Straight Talk Africa - VOA Africa

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa host Vincent Makori discusses the US presidential election taking place on November 5th. The race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is very close and everyone is watching the seven key battleground states that can sway the election to either side. Vincent is joined VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara, VOA Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman, Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics at American University Amy K. Dacey, and Professor of International Politics at American University Kwaku Nuamah.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, talks to Vincent Makori about Africa and its future and stresses the need for good governance. Also, Chinasa T. Okolo, fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation in the Governance Studies program at Brookings Institution, discusses how Artificial Intelligence can be a tool to enhance government accountability.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa host Vincent Makori is discussing the intensifying conflict in the Middle East. He is joined by journalists Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem and Patricia Khoder in Beirut, senior resident scholar of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, Hussein Ibish and senior research associate at the Institute for Global Dialogue, Sanusha Naidu.

In this special edition of Straight Talk Africa, guest host Yeheyes Wuhib speaks with members of the African diaspora about the November 5 race to the White House between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and how the outcome impacts U.S.-Africa relations.

Panelists are : Ambassador J. Peter Pham, the first U.S. special envoy for the Sahel region of Africa, Kwaku Nuamah, a Ghanaian-American professor at American University in Washington D.C., and Philomena Desmond-Ogugua, an international development professional who promotes U.S.-Africa trade and investment.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Vincent Makori explores how Artificial Intelligence is evolving in Africa and discusses with his guests whether it can fuel economic growth. He is joined by VOA Africa technology reporter Paul Ndiho, Dr. Rose Nakasi, lecturer at Makerere University, head of Makerere AI Health Lab and fellow at Google AI for Global Goals and by Ambassador Philip Thigo Special Envoy on Technology for Kenya.

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa, host Peter Clottey discusses issues that the Africa delegation is pursuing at the United Nations General Assembly. His guests are VOA’s United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer, Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Office of Civic and Community Engagement at the State University of New York, Yetunde Omede and former United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, James Jonah.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Vincent Makori discusses the future of the Konza Technopolis in Kenya and the emergence of smart cities in Africa. He is joined by VOA Africa reporter Paul Ndiho and CEO of Konza Technopolis John Paul Okwiri.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa host Vicent Makori discusses the future of the Konza Technopolis in Kenya and the emergence of smart cities in Africa. He is joined by VOA Africa reporter Paul Ndiho and by the CEO of the Konza Technopolis John Paul Okwiri.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump face-off in their first debate on Tuesday. What are the takeaways from the Trump-Harris debate? Host Vincent Makori is joined by VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson, national security law and foreign policy expert Johanna Leblanc and political analyst Sylvester Okere.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Vincent Makori discusses the Mpox epidemic in Africa. He is joined by VOA Africa health reporter Linord Moudou, epidemiologist and chair of the Africa CDC’s Emergency Consultative Committee Dr. Salim Abdool Karim, and the Vice President of Global Health Strategy of the United Nations Foundation Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma.