Into Africa
Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. With the world’s youngest population, the decisions made across Africa today—good or bad—will shape the world’s future. Featuring in-depth interviews, the CSIS Africa Program sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics, and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the people and stories shaping cultural, political, and economic trends across the continent today and for decades to come.
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Health Workers Need Mental Health Care Too
Rawan Hamadeh, Program Officer for Mental Health Programs at Project HOPE, highlights Project HOPE’s mental health and resilience initiatives.
30 min
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A Trying Chapter for Africa’s Black Star
Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar, Executive Director of West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism, diagnoses Ghana’s politics, socioeconomic, and security landscape.
41 min
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A Peek Into the African Land Forces Summit
Major General Todd Wasmund, Commanding General of the Southern Europe Taskforce Africa discusses various goals and objectives of the 11th ALFS.
32 min
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VP Harris Takes U.S. Promises One Step Further
Mvemba is joined by Maria Burnett and Gyude Moore to discuss the slate of high-level U.S. government visits to Africa and their impacts on U.S.-Africa relations.
27 min
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Sudan Conflict: How Did We Get Here?
Mvemba is joined by Cameron Hudson to unpack the long-term drivers of tensions between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
27 min
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The Clerics Forging Peace in the Sahel
Catherine Nzuki, Associate Fellow with the CSIS Africa Program, is joined by two Ghanaian clerics: Bishop Alfred Agyenta and Sheikh Dr. Hazic Hussein Zakaria.
45 min
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Diving Deeper: U.S.-Africa Engagement on Mariti...
Mvemba is joined by Rear Admiral Chase Patrick, Director of the U.S. Naval Forces Maritime Headquarters to Europe-Africa and the U.S. Sixth Fleet and Mr. Mark Schapiro, Foreign Policy Advisor of the U.S. Naval Forces to Europe-Africa.
33 min
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Takeaways From Nigeria’s Elections
Amaka Anku, Practice Head for Africa at the Eurasia Group, joins us to discuss Nigeria's elections.
34 min
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The Summit for Democracy’s World Tour
Mvemba is joined by Marti Flacks, Tiseke Kasambala and Kate Hixon to discuss the March 2023 Summit for Democracy.
33 min
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The Trailblazing Founder of TRACE
Claude Grunitzky, founder of TRACE and TRUE Africa, joins us to discuss the ways African investors can support Africa's creative future, and the importance of the next generation.
28 min
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Maintaining Momentum After the U.S.-Africa Lead...
Mvemba is joined by Aloysius Uche Ordu and Kehinde Togun for a post-mortem of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
33 min
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Chad At A Crossroads
Mvemba is joined by Succès Masra, a leading Chadian opposition figure and the president of Les Transformateurs, the major opposition party in Chad.
47 min
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What to Watch For In The Upcoming U.S.-Africa L...
Mvemba is joined by Dana Banks, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States and Special Advisor for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
32 min
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Life in Mali Today: Unpacking Internal and Exte...
Mvemba is joined by Doussouba Konaté, Country Director and Global Program Manager for Accountability Lab Mali.
28 min
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AFRICOM and the Triple Nexus
Mvemba is joined by Ambassador Andrew Young, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement of U.S. Africa Command.
37 min
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A Conversation with DR Congo’s Minister of Fina...
Mr. Nicolas Kazadi, Minister of Finance of the Democratic Republic of Congo, discusses the Millennium Challenge Corporation, tackling corruption in the mining industry and the public sector, conflict in eastern DRC, and the auction of oil blocks and climate pledges.
34 min
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Forecasting African Futures
Jakkie Cilliers, Head of African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies, joins us to discuss Africa’s potential growth in different global scenarios.
31 min
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H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia
Mvemba is joined by His Excellency Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
51 min
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Survey: Why Turkey Is So Popular in the DRC, An...
Mvemba unpacks the results of CIC and BERCI's new national survey in the DRC with Joshua Walker, Director of Programs at the Congo Research Group and Francesca Bomboko, Co-Founder and Director of BERCI, a public opinion research firm based in the DRC.
44 min
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Building A Political Career in Kenya
30 min
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Addressing Forced Migration in the Horn
Mvemba is joined by Mohammed Abdiker, Regional Director for East Africa and the Horn of Africa at the International Organization for Migration.
32 min
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Using Digital Tools To Increase Food Resiliency...
Mvemba is joined by Caitlin Welsh, the Director of the Global Food Security Program at CSIS, and Melodine Jeptoo, Researcher and Coordinator at PlantVillage.
33 min
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Gold, Gas, and Good Governance
Dr. Zainab Usman joins Mvemba to discuss her new book, "Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-oil Economy."
31 min
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Sahel Pressure on Littoral States
Mvemba is joined by Karana Olivier, Côte d'Ivoire Chief of Party for Equal Access International, to discuss the spillover of violent extremism from the Sahel into the littoral states of West Africa
29 min
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Africa Outlook: What To Watch in the Second Hal...
Mvemba is joined by W. Gyude Moore (Center for Global Development) to explore challenges and opportunities for African countries in the latter half of 2022
39 min