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Hosted by Africa Policy Research Institute · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 21 episodes
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A Pan-African show that discusses public policy issues from diverse viewpoints, and breaks down analysis into a context that is easily digestible by listeners. The podcast explores different themes and examines their manifestations in African countries.
Africa Policy Research Institute hosts The Africa Hour, a society show with 21 episodes published.
If we know the ingredients needed to industrialize, who brings them together? Who decides where industries are built, coordinates infrastructure across borders, and creates the conditions for countries to complement rath
Cement is a system enabler - the essential foundation shaping the world around us. From houses and offices to roads and highways, it is the superstructure of urban society and key for renewable energy infrastructure. Acr
Aluminum is omnipresent, from beverage cans to the cars we drive. It is also at the heart of the global green energy transition, serving as a key input for clean technologies. But while aluminum powers this transition, p
Across Africa, countries hold the minerals that underpin modern industry. But turning these into higher value products depends on something less visible: the technical expertise, training systems, and institutional linka
Southern Africa holds some of the world’s most important minerals for steelmaking. South Africa alone dominates global chrome reserves and remains a major producer of iron ore, manganese, and vanadium. Yet despite this r
Copper powers everyday life, from phone chargers and power grids to electric cars and data centres. Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo are central to the global copper supply, yet most of the value generated fro
This season of The Africa Hour explores minerals-based industrialisation and development in Africa, asking a simple but difficult question: how does Africa turn its mineral wealth into lasting economic value? Each episod
Before we dive into this episode, we want to say a huge thank you to our listeners who have been tuning in for the past year. This episode concludes The Africa Hour’s first season on digitalization on the African contine
Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, remote working has become an important part of business cultures across the world, including in Africa. Namibia, with its deserts and beaches, wants to capitalize on that opportunity, and
Ethiopia is marketing itself as the leading artificial intelligence (AI) player in Africa. The country is not just mouthing off though – it has some credits to back its claim. Some parts of Sophia the robot were develope
Cabo Verde has always been, to many on the African continent, a small slice of beach resorts perfect for a holiday get away. Tourism is one of the key revenue earners for this small west African country, along with manuf
Digital disaster and climate risk management in Mozambique holds immense potential for bolstering the country's resilience in the face of increasing climate-related challenges. With its vulnerability to cyclones, floodin
Algeria seemed on track with its renewable energy transition. Like many north African countries, Algeria has experienced negative climate change impacts and recognises that there’s a global shift towards renewables that
Cameroon really has no excuse for poor internet: Some of Africa’s biggest internet service providers operate in the country, including MTN and Orange, and the country is connected to five fiber optic submarine internet c
Around 1 billion people in the world are unregistered, with no means or documents to identify them. According to the World Bank, half of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Across the continent, governments are stru
Cash is still king in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, despite a decades-long push by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to switch to alternative modes of payment. Some 90 percent of transactions are cash-based, accordi
There’s no doubt that we are in the golden age of African music: The industry is experiencing an unprecedented era of recognition around the world. Some of the most streamed artists and songs hail from South Africa, part
Kenya is perhaps one of Africa’s most advanced cashless economies. MPesa - the mobile payment platform - has gained almost total dominance of the market. At least 30 million Kenyans of the country's 53 million population
Since Elon Musk took over Twitter in October, 2023, he has laid off thousands of staff, cutting the company’s workforce by more than half. In Accra, Ghana where the Africa team is based, Musk disengaged all but one emplo
Welcome to The Africa Hour, the podcast that takes a deep dive into pressing policy issues in African countries, providing expert analysis and insights from various perspectives. In today's episode, we are focusing on Gh
Dr. Claude Kabemba
Southern Africa Resource Watch
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Marit Kitaw
UN Economic Commission for Africa
1 appearance on this show
Ebipere Clark
Frontier-Alpha LLP
1 appearance on this show
Karabo Mokgonyana
Power Shift Africa
1 appearance on this show
Carla Olympio
Agency Seven Seven
1 appearance on this show
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