Talking To Africa

The objective of the show is to talk about African leadership and culture. Issues of leadership in an African culture, how are we creating an enabling environment for the emergent of inspirational young African leaders? And examples of leadership capacity building that work will be discussed.
Guests
Professor Shadrick Mazaza
Rachel Nyaradzo Adams

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The objective of the show is talk about the issues in Cameroon, between the Anglophones and Francophones, which have led to recent unrest in the country and the call from Anglophone Cameroonians to separate from Cameroon and form their own country. We will explore how these issues started, the common narrative around them both locally and internationally, and what can be done to tell a better story that gives all parties a voice.

Guests
Professor Yap Boum and Olivia Mukam.

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The word narrative is trending, Almost everywhere we turn, someone is talking about the narrative of this or that situation, country or person. This introductory episode will focus on the issue of narrative itself- what it means and why it’s important. Then we will delve deeper into the narrative that is specific to Africa, where it currently stands, and what can be done to get it to where we, Africans, want it to be.

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In this episode Stephen looks into Trumps views on Africa, whether its making up the country of "Nambia" or cutting aid in an environment where countries are stumbling over easchother to hand Africa money.
The Trump administration's primary response has been to sell more weapons to Nigeria and increase military engagement in Somalia. This approach misses the bigger picture;

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In this episode Stephen looks into Japan's first attempt to try to get into African politics and try to put a dent in China's growing oversees empire.

In August 2017, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told African leaders on Saturday that his country will commit $30 billion in public and private support for infrastructure development, education and healthcare expansion in the continent.

The announcement of the Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the African Development Bank (AfDB) meet in Gandhinagar in May, came days after China hosted with great pomp the first One Belt One Road (OBOR) summit in Beijing. The venture is expected to get further impetus in September during the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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In this episode, Stephen continues his study of the aftermath of IMF regulations in Egypt as well as their next strategy, work with the BRICS National Development Bank.

Egypt seeks through the 2017 BRICS summit to strengthen the economic relations with china. BRICS Summit aim to build a new platform of cooperation and create new conditions for joint development among the emerging markets and and frontier markets.

Egypt also participated in the activities of the strategic dialogue on the development of emerging markets and developing countries, which was held at the presidential level on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit.

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In this episode Stephen looks into protecting the growing African Pharmaceutical Industrial and World Trade Organisation protections and problems.

According to Frost & Sullivan,the pharmaceuticals market in Africa is expected to reach a business opportunity of $45 billion in 2020, propelled by a convergence of changing economic profiles, rapid urbanisation, increased healthcare spending and investment, and increasing incidence of chronic lifestyle diseases.

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In this episode Stephen looks into the politics that determine Europe's reactions to African migrants and some of the potential problems with being strict on refugees.

G20 countries have made commitments to support Africa’s economy by encouraging efforts to reduce illegal immigration.

The leaders have also called on Africa’s private sector to seize available opportunities to promote sustainable development which will lead to the creation of jobs.The move they say will help in the fight against poverty which will then discourage Africans from engaging in dangerous trips to Europe.

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In the second half of this interview with New York Times Bestselling author John Perkins, Stephen discusses options for African Debt, real results from taking debt from China, and a final inspirational call to action.

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Stephen sits down with a real economic hitman and discusses competition between predatory loan countries and the downside of debt relief in the first of the 2 part interview.

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