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Africa in Progress
This radio programme is for Africans who want to expand their horizons. Inspiring guest speakers in round table discussions and in-depth interviews give listeners food for thought.
Radio Show: Radio show: The taboo of menstruation
In a continent where most people own mobile phones, simple things such as sanitary towels are still taken as a luxury. Many girls in Africa skip more than a full month of school because they cannot afford sanitary towels or tampo...
Radio Show: Radio Show: How to save 29,000 lives
Figures released by the WHO in January 2012 show that Africa is the most dangerous place in the world to get pregnant. And ending a pregnancy is highly dangerous too. In Africa, 29,000 women die every year, as a result of unsafe...
Radio Show: Radio show: The story of the poor African lion (and the rich Asian tiger)
Why did the African lion stay poor while the Asian tiger became rich? According to a five-year comparative study the answer is fairly simple: investment in agriculture. In the 1960, newly independent African count...
Radio Show: Radio show: Understanding the beats of Freetown
Europe has been fascinated with Africa for centuries. This is reflected in recent the work of a young academic who wanted to know how people experience music in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown. To cond...
Radio Show: Radio show - Sex taboos and high teenage pregnancy rates in Africa
“I wanted to know what makes you pregnant when you lie down with a boy, so I had to go and search for answers, and the answer I got was pregnancy”. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of teen...
Radio Show: Radio Show - Spoken Word: Performing art and life skills
Spoken word is becoming hot among young Africans. Our guest in this edition, Blaq Pearl, is an upcoming artist from the townships around Capetown in South...
Radio Show: Law and disorder in Nigeria’s sharia states
The Islamist sect Boko Haram’s main aim is to enforce sharia law in the 19 states that make up northern Nigeria. Non-Muslims in the country are outraged, but are they right to fear sharia law? "Sharia law has extended...
Radio Show: Vasectomy: a real option for African men?
African men have not been involved in family planning as much as their female counterparts. They are even more reluctant when it comes to permanent methods such as vasectomy. This program explains what vasectomy really is and att...
Radio Show: Think out of the box and find a job!
More than half of African youths are unemployed. This is partly because there are little formal employment opportunities for them. Our programme features three successful African entrepreneurs who did not wait...
Radio Show: Radio - Inside Africa's prisons
This edition investigates the state of prisons in Nigeria and Cameroon. Amnesty International estimates over 60% of prisoners in Nigeria have either not been tried or did not have a fair trial. The police in Nigeria are notorious for bru...
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