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The IMF is back
The IMF is back
Africa's debt profile has tanked; and the IMF - those economic sanitary inspectors - are back.But with Chinese lending n... Read more
10 Sep 2018
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40mins
Ranked #2
Private equity, right-sized for Africa
Private equity, right-sized for Africa
There have been some spectacular failures in African private equity. Large funds entered the market at the peak of the A... Read more
24 Jan 2019
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35mins
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Kagame hosts The Africa CEO Forum in Kigali
Kagame hosts The Africa CEO Forum in Kigali
How do you make a continent great? Integrate, of course. And with great difficulty, as it happens. We speak to three lea... Read more
1 Apr 2019
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13mins
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#69: William Davison - "The Ethiopian constitution encourages self-determination of peoples"
#69: William Davison - "The Ethiopian constitution encourages self-determination of peoples"
Ethiopia is heading into a tricky political moment. Prime Minister Abiy has to navigate elections in 2020, the push for ... Read more
17 Dec 2019
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48mins
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Angola: Where did all the money go?
Angola: Where did all the money go?
Angola made $600bn after the war ended in 2002. So where did all the money go?The Africa Report investigates...
17 Jul 2019
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45mins
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#66: Alex Magaisa - Zimbabwe after Mugabe, plus ça change...
#66: Alex Magaisa - Zimbabwe after Mugabe, plus ça change...
The violent crackdown on Zimbabwe's opposition continues. Well-connected businessmen continue to strip the state of reso... Read more
23 Nov 2019
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43mins
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#67: João Lourenço -- Angola's dream deferred & Nigerian fintech
#67: João Lourenço -- Angola's dream deferred & Nigerian fintech
What do Angolans think about their new president João Lourenço? Are the reforms sticking? Are there green shoots in the ... Read more
29 Nov 2019
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17mins
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A new generation of leaders? Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and South Africa's Julius Malema
A new generation of leaders? Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and South Africa's Julius Malema
A new generation of leaders? Julius Malema and Abiy Ahmed are worlds apart. But the one thing they have in common is the... Read more
5 Oct 2018
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12mins
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So how much is China really investing in Africa? -- with Brad Parks of AidData
So how much is China really investing in Africa? -- with Brad Parks of AidData
When Aid Data came out with its 2013 data set on Chinese finance in Africa, it was quick to be picked up by media houses... Read more
17 Jan 2019
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38mins
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The Buhari 2.0 cabinet
The Buhari 2.0 cabinet
After the 'budget of continuity', will it be more of the same from a new administration?And what are they up against?Ser... Read more
28 May 2019
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37mins
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Gold smuggling; a How To guide
Gold smuggling; a How To guide
The spate of informal mining has moved from the 'romantic image' of the lone miner with his mule, to the semi-industrial... Read more
29 Apr 2019
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32mins
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Uganda's Museveni targets the DRC
Uganda's Museveni targets the DRC
For Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, the recent clashes with Rwanda is small beer. The real prize, some believe, is p... Read more
22 May 2019
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24mins
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Carlos Lopes - Africa in Transformation
Carlos Lopes - Africa in Transformation
We hear a lot about the East Asian Development Experience - But what is the African Development Experience?A new book bo... Read more
28 Jun 2019
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38mins
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#64: Jon Marks - Understanding the Maghreb
#64: Jon Marks - Understanding the Maghreb
A strategic crossroads between East - West - Africa - Europe, the Maghreb has become hard to read in recent years.Electi... Read more
4 Nov 2019
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41mins
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#68: Iginio Gagliardone - Is China exporting authoritarian politics via its technology?
#68: Iginio Gagliardone - Is China exporting authoritarian politics via its technology?
Is China exporting its authoritarian politics via its export of communication technologies?While the world debates 5G te... Read more
6 Dec 2019
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45mins
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African leaders are not delivering progress -- Abdoulie Janneh of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
African leaders are not delivering progress -- Abdoulie Janneh of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
African governments have failed to translate economic growth into improved sustainable economic opportunity for their ci... Read more
24 Nov 2018
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29mins
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#76: Coronavirus: The economic and political risks for Africa
#76: Coronavirus: The economic and political risks for Africa
In conjunction with Invest Africa, we map out the political and economic impact of coronavirus on the continent. From sp... Read more
13 Mar 2020
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1hr
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Politicians dance to popular anger in South Africa, Algeria and Sudan
Politicians dance to popular anger in South Africa, Algeria and Sudan
It's a sign of the times: popular pressure on creaking political structures across Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa is walking a ... Read more
8 Mar 2019
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51mins
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From middle class to consuming class - Fraym CEO Ben Leo
From middle class to consuming class - Fraym CEO Ben Leo
Back in 2011, the African Development Bank claimed Africa's middle class was over 300m people strong, sparking controver... Read more
16 Nov 2018
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38mins
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"A Nigerian election fandango"
"A Nigerian election fandango"
As Nigeria heads to the polls tomorrow, Patrick Smith and Nick Norbrook discuss the big concerns; security, voter cards,... Read more
22 Feb 2019
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20mins