Africa Talks
Africa Talks was launched in 2020 as a web-video series in response to the absence of sustained, dynamic reporting about Africa in Germany and Europe. After a successful first series with ten editions, in which, among others, former German President Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler gave his personal outlook on European-African relations, a total of three series have now been produced.
IJP alumni have the opportunity to participate in Africa Talks with questions and suggestions, thus further promoting exchange across borders.
The series is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office.
Previous talks
Africa Talk #24 | Season 3
Hydrogen – the savior of the energy crisis
Prof. Simon Roberts, Lead Researcher, Center for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development
Saliem Fakir, Executive Director, African Climate Foundation
Dr. Gunar Hering, Member of the Executive Board at ENERTRAG
Africa Talk #23 | Season 3
A new strategy for cooperation with the African continent
Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Dr. Joseph Asunka, CEO of Afrobarometer
Dr. Elizabeth Nanziri, Director African Centre for Development Finance
Africa Talk #22 | Season 3
After the COP 15 agreement: Are nature credits the key to save the planet?
Candice Stevens, Chair, Africa’s Sustainable Finance Coalition
Prof. Patience Gandiwa, Director Zimparks
Dr. Sonja Stuchtey, Founder The Landbanking Group
Africa Talk #21 | Season 3
The Kunming / Montréal Declaration – World Nature Conference COP15 agrees on protecting biodiversity sustainably
Simangele Msweli-Ratsoana, Senior Manager for the Youth Leadership Programme at the African Wildlife Foundation in Kenya
Josef Settele, Head of Department of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Halle / Germany
Africa Talk #20 | Season 3
The War in Ukraine – how can Africa and Europe face the dramatic consequences?
Melanie Müller, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Timothy Njagi, Development Economist and Policy Analyst, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development
Christian Vooren, IJP Alumnus & Editor ZEIT Online
Africa Talk #19 | Season 3
Africa Tomorrow – Pathways to Prosperity
Jakkie Cilliers, founder and former Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Board of Trustees and head of the African Futures and Innovation Programme at the ISS
Africa Talk #18 | Season 2
Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa?
– Challenges, Expectations and Opportunities for the 6th AU-EU Summit
Dr. Christoph Hoffmann, MdB (FDP)
Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw, Associate Director, Peaceful Societies and Accountable Governance, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
Dr. Olumide Abimbola, Executive Director, African Policy Research Institute (APRI)
Africa Talk #17 | Season 2
What China is up to in Africa and what do African countries expect?
Joined IJP Asia & Africa Talk
Dr. Christian Straube, Programme Manager China Stiftung Asienhaus, Cologne
Alan Robles, South China Morning Post / Correspondent Manila
Oshodi Adbul-Gafar, Lecturer Lagos State University / Lagos
Africa Talk #16 | Season 2
One year African Continental Free Trade Area
What has worked and where are the opportunities and risks?
Mamadou Lamine Ba, Director Business Environment, Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Major Works (APIX), Senegal
Prof. Julian Hinz, Assistant Professor for International Economics, University Bielefeld
Africa Talk #15 | Season 2
How to deal with the Omicron variant of the Corona virus?
Dr. Bernhard Braune, Head of Division “Global Health Policy and Finance”, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Aileen Puhlmann, Head of Lemonaid & Charitea e.V.
Tobias Kahler, Head German Relations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Africa Talk #14 | Season 2
Good Governance – Bad Governance: How can African and European countries improve and benefit from each other?
Tundo Lisso, Opposition Leader, CHADEMA, Tanzania
Volkmar Klein, MoP, CDU
Africa Talk #13 | Season 2
Scarce housing and skyrocketing rents – disturbing developments in the housing sector?
Beatrice Mwangi, Research Manager, Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa
Christian Putsch, Africa Correspondent, Welt Media Group
Africa Talk #12 | Season 2
COP26 | Climate change hits Africa with full force – What needs to be done?
Chido Muzondo, Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Vian Musika, Renewable Energy Manager, Ecological Christian Organization
Dr. Gerrit Hansen, Programme Director Climate Change, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Julia M. Blocher, Doctoral Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Africa Talk #11 | Season 2
Election year 2021: What are the learnings in Germany, Europe and Africa? Are the issues and challenges comparable?
Moky Makura, Executive Director of Africa No Filter
Joe Chialo, Executive Vice President A&R / Universal Music Central Europe & Africa and Politician (CDU)
Dr. Wigan Salazar, Political strategist and Public Affairs Expert, CEO MSL Germany
Baidessou Soukolgue, Head of Elections and Political Processes Department, EISA
Africa Talk #10 | Season 1
Africa and Europe – a new partnership for a post-Covid world?
Special programme with former Federal President Prof. Horst Köhler
Africa Talk #9 | Season 1
Are Covid-19 vaccinations deepening rifts between the Northern and Southern hemisphere?
Dr. Andreas Wulf, MD, Berlin Representative, Medico International e.V.
Prof. Leslie London, Head, Division of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town
Africa Talk #8 | Season 1
Arts and Culture – How does Covid-19 affect sector and living culture?
Eddie Hatitye, Director, Music in Africa
Baraka Issabu, Director, Action Music Tanzania
Melissa Perales, Music Pool Berlin, Night School, Germany
Njathi Kabui, Cherf, Anthropologist, Farmer, Kenya/USA
Africa Talk #7 | Season 1
Agriculture and Food Sustainability – How Covid-19 affects our access to food?
Renate Künast, MoP (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Spokesperson for food policy
Wambui Njeru, Here and Beyond (H&B), Kenya
Federico Döhnert, Regional RAM Officer, World Food Programme Regional Bureau for West & Central Africa
Stig Tanzmann, Agriculture Expert, Brot für die Welt, Germany
Africa Talk #6 | Season 1
The role of journalism in the pandemic – How Covid-19 puts journalists under fire
Prof. Dr. Stefan Russ-Mohl, European Journalism Observatory (EJO), Germany
Meera Selva, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalistm, UK
Sally Chiwama, Chairperson, Free Press Initiative (FPI), Sambia
Kai Feldhaus, Reporter, BILD, Germany
Africa Talk #5 | Season 1
Is Covid-19 deepening gender inequality?
Memory Kachambwa, Executive Director, FEMNET, African Women’s Development and Communication Network
Mildred Ngesa, PanAfrican Transformational Leadership Coach, Gender & Communications Expert, Kenia
Anke Paetsch, Member of Management Board, Director International Relations and Diversity, Association of German Foundations
Africa Talk #4 | Season 1
In the light of Covid-19 – How to create jobs and offer Africa’s youth prospects a good future
Foster Mkandawire, Programme Manager for School Programmes, PLAN International, Malawi
Thomas Rolf, Head of Global Programme Training and Job Creation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
George Cantreph, Teacher, New Haven Montessori School, Accra / Ghana
Africa Talk #3 | Season 1
The poor loose again – Is Covid-19 pushing the African continent into poverty?
Prof. Michael Klundt, Faculty of Applied Human Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Germany
Ruwandzano Makumbe, Lawyer & Special Projects Consultant for the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimbRights)
Mase Ramaru, Community Organiser and Queer, Feminist Advocacy, South Africa
Africa Talk #2 | Season 1
The digital transformation imperative – How Covid-19 speeds up Africa’s and Europe’s digitization
Michael Pittelkow, SAP Africa, Executive Development Policy Partner
Dapo Oyeneye, Development and IT Consultant, Dakins Consulting
Africa Talk #1 | Season 1
Business as usual – How Covid-19 turns Africa’s and Europe’s economy
Christoph Hoffmann, MoP (FDP)
Geoffrey Kamanzi, Manager Policy Trade in Services, East African Business Council (EABC)
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