24 APR 2024 · Terser Adamu speaks with Singapore based Swiss entrepreneur Raphael Dana whose super app Gozem facilitates on-demand transportation, delivery, and cashless payment solutions in Togo and Benin.

27 NOV 2023 · Terser Adamu speaks with Saikat Chowdhury, Managing Director of the engineering advisory and solutions provider Nivesal. He is plugging the information gap that inhibits domestic manufacturing in Africa from taking off.

30 JAN 2023 · Dr Arkebe Oqubay has served as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Ethiopian Prime Minister. Under his guidance Ethiopia has carried out a carefully choreographed industrialisation programme. In this episode he tells the story of the economic transformation of Ethiopia since the end of military rule and what lessons have been learnt.

29 APR 2022 · Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki has served as the Chief Executive Officer at the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD for more than a decade. Under his watch, the agency has become a spearhead for accelerating regional integration. In this episode he tells Nozipho Tshabalala and Amit Jain what it would take for Africa to achieve the vision of a well-integrated and prosperous continent in the next 40 years.

14 DEC 2021 · The NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies has been coming out with insightful articles over the years attracting following and readership all over the world. As the year comes to an end we look at the top three best read papers of 2021. Amit Jain and Nozipho Tshabalala ask Patrick Maluki to explain why the banking sector in Kenya is so formidable and get to grips with what the future holds for cryptocurrency and the creative industry in Africa as they discuss these topics with Rafiq Raji and Ronak Gopaldas. Three researchers in three different parts of the continent talking about three different topics. One good way to end the year.

27 OCT 2021 · Africa contributes less than 4% to the global greenhouse gas emissions but is a continent worst impacted by climate change. The African Development Bank has promised to mobilise US$25bn billion in climate finance over the next three years. This is not going nearly enough for Africa to counter the risk of droughts, floods and desertification that threatens its future. For Africa to adequately finance the challenge of climate it will need attract private sector capital. As world leaders gather in Glasgow, UK for the UN climate change summit (COP26) we speak to Gareth Phillips, Manager of the Climate and Environment Finance at the African Development Bank (AfDB) and find out what opportunities exist for Asian investors as Africa adapts to climate change.