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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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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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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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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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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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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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