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Talking Africa

Talking Africa is brought to you by The Africa Report. Conversations from the continent.

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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

40mins

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20mins

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