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Next Africa
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- How The Death of Chimamanda Adichie’s Son Put Nigerian Healthcare Under Scrutiny
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of infant death and medical negligence Celebrated Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie has blamed the death of her 21-month old son…
- AFCON 2025 Shows That Sports are Becoming a Big Business in Africa
As the 35th Africa Cup of Nations reaches the final stages, the organizers are already celebrating a record-breaking tournament. In this episode, our Nigeria-based reporter Nduka…
- From Trump Tarrifs to Gen Z Protests - How 2025 Changed Africa
In a year that saw South Africa host the G20, the continent found itself coming to terms with a transformed relationship with America both in terms of trade and access to aid. In…
- Why A Failed Coup Signals Escalating Risk in West Africa
An attempted Coup in Benin has been thwarted after an intervention from its West African neighbors led by Nigeria. The emphatic response from the regional bloc Ecowas this time was…
- Can South Africa Sustain its Economic Rebound?
South African financial assets -- stocks, bonds and the rand -- have surged, buoyed by soaring commodity prices and investor optimism that government reforms are reviving South Afr…
- Can South Africa Tackle Its Gender Based Violence Crisis?
While the world’s attention was on South Africa for the G20, thousands of women across the country used the opportunity to protest South Africa’s serious issues with violence again…
- How Africa’s Energy Shortage Holds Back its Industrial Revolution
Africa is the least electrified continent in the world, where funding major power infrastructure has become far harder, grids are decrepit and state utilities are often broken. The…
- Why Africa’s Rainforests Are Reaching a Tipping Point
At COP30 in Brazil, scientists have warned that the Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, is at a point where further damage may rob the world of a crucial bu…
- Why Is Trump Threatening Military Action In Nigeria?
US President Donald Trump has threatened to freeze aid to Nigeria and take military action unless its government stops what he’s called the killing of “very large numbers” of Chris…
- Can Africa reverse the trend of No Contest Elections?
Election wins for incumbents in Cameroon and Ivory Coast, where key opposition figures were banned from standing, have raised warnings over the state of democracy in a number of Af…
- What DeepSeek’s Competitive Edge in Africa Means for the AI Race
Chinese tech companies Huawei and DeepSeek are teaming up to offer cloud computing and AI services. And they’re pitching African startups on using their offerings over their Wester…
- Replay: How To Stop Africa's Brain Drain
We wanted to bring you one of our favorite episodes from the last few months. Each year, up to 12 million young Africans enter the workforce, but only about three million formal jo…
- How Africa Is Cashing In On Booming Gold Prices
A spectacular gold-market boom is spurring a push by African nations — where the ground is rich in the precious metal — to extract more revenue. On this week’s episode, Bloomberg…
- Why Nigeria and South Africa Could Leave the ‘Dirty Money’ List
South Africa and Nigeria are poised to exit a global financial watchdog’s “gray list” as soon as this month, marking a change in fortune for two of the continent’s biggest economie…
- Why China Is Winning Over Africa
In parts of Africa, public opinion on China is more favorable than in many other regions, according to an Asia Society survey released this month. That enthusiasm contrasts sharply…
- Why Ethiopia’s Giant Dam has Left Egypt and Sudan Angry
Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam, a colossal feat of engineering that could power homes and industries across East Africa. But the dam is also deepening…
- Can Botswana Survive the Lab-Grown Diamond Boom?
Botswana became one of the richest countries in Africa because it's the world's biggest producer of diamonds by value -- but with lab-grown gems soaring in popularity, the sparsely…
- Can Africa’s Music Festivals Compete On The World Stage?
It’s the summer festival season, and while Europe and North America are seeing declining sales and smaller tours - Africa’s festival scene is on an upward trend. Eswatini’s Bushfi…
- Oil Workers Recount Yearslong Detention in Equatorial Guinea
Two South African oil workers who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea prisons for two years have spoken to Bloomberg about their ordeal. Peter Huxham and Frik Potgieter were ar…
- Why Africa’s Ultra Luxury Hotels Are Booming
A private island off the coast of Tanzania, where guests pay around $50,000 a night for an exclusive-use villa, catamaran and helicopter transfers within a protected marine reserve…
