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Tsepiso, James, Theophilus & Mbugua - Year in Review prt 1

In Part One of Panel 54’s end-of-year special, Waweru Njoroge and Ndu Okoh sit down with some of Africa’s most influential editors to interrogate a hard question: who controls Africa’s st...

Latest • 51 minutes

Tsepiso, James, Theophilus & Mbugua - Year in Review- Part 2

In Part Two of Panel 54’s end-of-year special, Waweru Njoroge and Ndu Okoh close out the year with Africa’s senior editors by asking one final question: what must change if the continent ...

Latest • 44 minutes

H.E. Ambassador Hiroshi Matsuura: Japan and Africa

Japan and Africa meet at a critical moment in a changing world. One is navigating demographic pressure, technological transition and a complex security environment. The other is rising in...

Latest • 1h 1m

Michael Lenaimado - Poachers, Politics & The Battle for Survival.

Poaching networks, shrinking habitats, foreign market demand and political neglect are reshaping conservation across the region. And rangers are paying the highest price. In this episode ...

Latest • 43 minutes

Ndu and Waweru - China, Gen Z and Africa’s Future

After twenty-one episodes across politics, diplomacy, security, mining, protests, soft power and geopolitics, Ndu Okoh and Waweru Njoroge step away from the guest chair and turn the lens ...

Politics, Society, Current Affairs • 51 minutes

Kevin Kigima: The Chinese Debt Trap- Real or Imagined

Africa’s debt crisis is no longer just about economics — it’s about power, sovereignty, and the politics of influence. In this episode of Panel 54, economist Kevin Kigima Ng’ang’a joins W...

Latest • 49 minutes

Seth Bokpe - Money and the Mining Mafia in Ghana

West Africa’s gold is enriching the world — but devastating the people who live closest to it. Illegal mining has become an environmental catastrophe, a political flashpoint and a lucrati...

Society • 56 minutes

Ted Kwaka: The Soft Power of Diplomacy

Africa’s influence on the world isn’t just political or economic; it’s cultural. From music and fashion to film and festivals, soft power is becoming the new diplomacy. In this nineteenth...

Latest • 50 minutes

Hassan Khannaje - Chaos in the Horn of Africa

Wars without victory, alliances without trust, and peace that profits the few. The Horn of Africa remains one of the most strategic yet unstable regions in the world, and understanding wh...

Current Affairs • 50 minutes

Seth Bokpe: Money and the Mining Mafia in Ghana

West Africa’s gold is enriching the world — but devastating the people who live closest to it. Illegal mining has become an environmental catastrophe, a political flashpoint and a lucrati...

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