The ARC Insider

Making sense of the African car market in the Covid 19 era - the unique obstacles to going green in the future. 

This week on the ARC Insider, Karen Allen and Tara O'Connor are joined by Kia South Africa's Managing Director, Gary Scott. 

This week Tara O'Connor and Karen Allen speak to Kenyan political cartoonist Patrick Gathara about lockdowns, payouts and Madagascan "Muti" or Medicine. 

Today's podcast focuses on how the world is responding to the coronavirus pandemic and what it means for UK-Africa trade. 

This week's special guest is Emma Wade-Smith - the UK's trade commissioner for Africa. 

Karen Allen and Tara O'Connor chat to Kenya's former anti-corruption tsar and human rights advocate John Githongo about the coronavirus in Africa, tough states, corruption and hair.

This week Tara O'Connor and Karen Allen look back on the news on the continent from the past 7 days and discuss the different COVID-19 responses. 

They are joined by guest speaker Abel Ekele from Trivoda, a Nigeria based tech company using bluetooth technology to trace COVID-19 cases.

Karen Allen and Tara O’Connor discuss the ongoing response of governments and businesses across Africa to the coronavirus COVID-19. 

This week’s special guest is Oghenetega Iortim, founder of gricd, a Nigeria based logistics company that specialises in transporting cold storage items  -health products and food stuffs - around Nigeria.

Karen Allen and Tara O’Connor discuss how countries across the continent are curtailing the spread of the virus and the key political and security issues associated with COVID-19.

This week's episode features guest speaker Professor Alex Broadbent,​The Director of the Institute for the Future of Knowledge and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg.

The inaugural episode of the ARC Insider - a podcast series of Africa-focused conversations.