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Transforming Africa's Food Systems

On this episode of NABA Perspectives we speak with Svein Tore Holsether, President and CEO of Yara International, about the challenges and opportunities of transforming Africa's food systems, and how private investment can help to unlock the continent's agricultural potential.

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Africa’s changing investment realities

On this episode of NABA Perspectives we sit down with Jens Thomassen, Partner at A.P. Møller Capital, about how investment across Africa is changing against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global political and economic landscape.

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Africa's Changing role in World Affairs

On this episode of NABA Perspectives we speak with Zemedeneh Negatu, Global Chairman - Fairfax Africa Fund, about the implications from a changing global economic and geopolitical order for African economies, and the continent's role in world affairs.

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Towards a New Multilateralism

In the second of our podcast series, following the Nordic-African Business Summit 2024, we sit down with Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Africa Bureau, to discuss the challenges to multilateralism from intensifying geopolitical competition between major powers, rising conflict, and a more volatile global economy, and explore Africa's role shaping a new multilateral system.

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Africa in a Shifting Global Order

In the first of our series - Navigating a New World Order - examining the implications of a rapidly changing global economic and political landscape for African economies, we speak with the Foreign Minister of Nigeria.

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Navigating new Realities for Norwegian investment in Africa

On this episode of NABA Perspectives we speak with Terje Osmundsen, CEO of Empower New Energy, about new realities shaping the continent's economic and geopolitical landscape, and how to scale up mutually beneficial investment from Norwegian companies.

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Norway-Africa relations in a New World Order

On this episode of NABA Perspectives we speak with Nikolai Astrup, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, and a former Minister of International Development of Norway.

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Changing Africa's Climate Change Narrative

On this episode we speak with Akinwole Omoboriowo II, Chairman and CEO of Genesis Energy Group - an Energy Infrastructure Development, Climate Impact Investment and Asset Management Group of Companies focused on Africa.

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Investing in Africa's energy transition

On this episode of NABA Perspectives we speak with Terje Pilskog, CEO of Norway's Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy investor in Africa.

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Development Policy in a changing world

On this episode of NABA Perspectives we speak with Norway's Minister of International Development, H.E. Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, about the opportunities and challenges of development amid rapid global change, Africa's growing international importance, the green transition, and how to drive private investment!

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Unlocking Africa's Energy Potential

We speak with Wale Shonibare, Director – Energy Financial Solutions, Policy and Regulation, at the African Development Bank (AfDB) about what is holding back Africa's vast energy potential, and more importantly, what can be, or is being done to unlock its.

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The Race for Africa's Critical Minerals

On this episode of NABA Perspectives we speak with Bady Baldé, Deputy Executive Director of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), about how the continent can “get it right” to drive investment and sustainable development, and move up the value chain.

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Navigating Africa's evolving risk landscape

On this episode of the NABA Perspectives Podcast we speak with Robert Besseling, CEO & Founder of Pangea-Risk. We discuss Africa’s evolving risk landscape, amid rising global instability and conflict, as well as persistent economic uncertainty, and what this means for doing business on the continent.

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Africa in a Multipolar World

On this episode we speak with Erik Solheim, Norway's former Minister of International Development and Minister of the Environment, as well as former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.

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Zambia's road from recovery to success

On this episode we speak to Chipokota Mwanawasa, Policy Advisor to the President of Zambia and Deputy Head of The Zambian President’s Delivery Unit, about the country's recent economic turnaround.

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What’s driving Germany-Africa relations

On this episode we discuss growing economic and diplomatic ties between Germany and African economies, and the opportunities for mutually beneficial investment, with Christoph Kannengießer, the CEO of Afrika-Verein.

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Why is Africa's power crisis so difficult to fix?

An estimated 567m people in sub-Saharan Africa have no access to power according to the UN, accounting for more than 80% of the global total. What is holding back electrification on the continent, and how can progress be accelerated? We discuss this critical challenge with Hitesh Kumbhat, Chief Financial Officer at Kalpataru Power Transmission Sweden, who argues that without a step change in policy, Africa's electrification crisis could be here for decades.

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Understanding Senegal's Constitutional Crisis

On this episode we discuss the political crisis in Senegal, triggered by president Macky Sall's decision to postpone presidential elections originally scheduled to take place on February 25, 2024. Joining us to discuss the origins of the crisis, as well as its political and economic implications, is Martin Roberts, a principal analyst in Country Risk at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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Development Finance in a Changing World

This week we speak with Tellef Thorleifsson, the CEO of Norway's Development Finance Institution Norfund. We discuss the implications of a changing global order for the world of development finance, and for engagement with Africa.

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West Africa's "Brexit"?

This week we discuss the political, economic, and geopolitical implications of what is being dubbed "West Africa's Brexit" - the announcement by Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali that they intend to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Our guest is Alex Vines, Research Director, and Director of the Africa Programme at Chatham House.

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