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Does Africa have an image problem?

Does Africa have an image problem?

Poverty, famine, war, corruption, terrorism, refugees… Is that all that Africa is about? In this episode Claude asks if Africa has an image problem and what we can do about it.

Guests this week include:

Moky Makura who heads up Africa No Filter, a not for profit that seeks to puncture stereotypes about Africa by supporting African storytellers and media platforms.

Nicole Amartiefio, the creator of the TV series An African City, which follows five women in Accra in Ghana. She often explores and subverts stereotypes in her series.

Jessica Hope, who heads up Wimbart, an Africa focused PR company based in the UK. She thinks tech is the way to engage people in a modern Africa.

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Please listen to a previous episode: How can we raise more African unicorns?

Jessica Hope, Moky Makura, Nicole Amartiefio