"It's a youth boom that the world has never seen!"

With guests
Ambassador Tamlyn

Episode notes

Ambassador Tamlyn has spent much of her career working across Africa, from Sudan and the Central African Republic to Mozambique, Chad, and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC has Africa’s fourth-largest population at around 112 million. Yet it remains one of its poorest countries and that's despite being the world’s biggest producer of cobalt. Vast mineral wealth has in part fuelled a two-decade-long conflict in the east, one the United States has been trying to end. Could this be a breakthrough for a new foreign policy approach known as 'commercial diplomacy'? I spoke to one of Washington’s most experienced ambassadors.

Transcript

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:
2:41 The shared DNA between Congo and the USA
4:08 Congo’s potential
7:44 The American company boosting connectivity in Congo
9:10 The competing interests in South Kivu
14:07 Can business bring peace?
16:06 Battling corruption
18:23 The Congolese consumer

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:
“The Congolese are very proud of the Ali – Foreman fight.”
“They’re consumers of American goods, American services, American education, American sp...