Africa Daily

About Africa Daily

Africa Daily has now come to an end. But do listen to Focus on Africa for all the big stories and for the African perspective on major global news. Hosted by Audrey Brown and ready by late afternoon every weekday. Search for Focus on Africa, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

Publisher

BBC World Service

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jan 2021

Latest episode

27 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

356 of 1,131 episodes have a transcript.

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   27 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?

   As Tanzania gears up for elections on 29 October, we hear from two young people about the issues that matter to them and whether youth concerns have been featured in the electoral campaigns. How a young Senegalese footballer's dream of joining a professional club ended in tragedy after he was tricked and lured to Ghana by fake football agents. And how Africa is rapidly becoming a compelling destination for outsourcing services. Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Yvette Twagiramariya Technical Producer: Craig Kingham Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga

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   23 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Focus on Africa: Hundreds of stolen social media identities used to spread propaganda

   A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali and Muslim influencers and posting political propaganda content. We hear more about what was uncovered and who might be behind this widespread operation. Chad’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved a controversial constitutional amendment removing presidential term limits. What will this mean for 41-year-old President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s hold on power? And why the Kenyan Catholic Church took the decision to introduce a new brand of altar wine. Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Elphas Lagat Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga

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   21 Oct 2025

   Focus on Africa Can DRC be declared ebola free?

   The last ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province. Can the country now be declared free of this latest outbreak? What is behind the escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea over control of the Red Sea? And we hear from the Nigerian scientist, who has been recognised with a global award from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, on how her pioneering work is protecting yam and cassava crops and making them more resilient. Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke and Alfonso Daniels Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Inside a recent episode

Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?

Published 27 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And we're also seeing this happening around say data labeling and outsourcing a lot of data work that goes behind running social media platforms and also AI platforms. So what is driving this outsourcing boom particularly across parts of Africa especially in countries like South Africa? So as I'm sure you're aware many listeners might be aware also that Africa we have a demographic dividend, we have a huge youth bulge. Increasingly does youth bulge is educated or has specific skillset. So Africa presents a perfect mix of affordability because the wages you would pay relatively cheaper than if you were going to do this in how say in Europe or in the US which means that outsourcing will give you that mix of affordability but also talent because we see a lot of young talented Africans that are coming up and so this makes presents that advantage for companies. […]

Who has been a guest on Africa Daily

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mohamed Abdelrahman
• Yasir Hassan
• Ahmed Hashim
• Mankepe Matsoakeletse
• Bianca van Aswegeng

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

169 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

442 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100

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Quality

98

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

98

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