Voices of Africa

About Voices of Africa

Tune into our Voices of Africa podcast, as our CEO Marcus Courage delves into the most transformative opportunities on the continent with its leading changemakers. The views and opinions expressed on the Voices of Africa podcast series are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the views or position of Africa Practice and its management team.

Publisher

Marcus Courage

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Aug 2020

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

66 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Breaking the Sovereign Ceiling: Disaggregating Risk to Finance Africa Forward with Igor Zelezetskii

   What happens when a country's credit rating becomes a ceiling on the investment opportunities within its borders? In this episode of Voices of Africa, we speak with Igor Zelezetskii, Senior Fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, about how the sovereign ceiling can inflate Africa's cost of capital by failing to distinguish between a country's credit risk and that of the individual businesses, banks and infrastructure projects operating within it. Drawing on his research into sovereign risk and credit-rating methodologies, Igor outlines a four-step framework for disaggregating risk, assessing how it is transmitted and identifying where it can be mitigated. We explore why a more granular, evidence-based approach to credit ratings could help unlock more affordable financing for African investment.

2. 

   25 Mar 2026

   Financing the Future of African Respiratory Care with Oxygen CoLab

   Host Dr. Jane Doe interviews Dr. John Smith, exploring how to build investment architecture for African respiratory care by supporting local SMEs and de-risking health markets.

3. 

   17 Mar 2026

   From aid to investment: Bridging the Oxygen Gap in African Healthcare with Oxygen CoLab

   Host [Host Name] interviews Dr. Carina King, Hilda Bugingo, and Shiellah Bagayana about transforming African healthcare by bridging the oxygen access gap through local entrepreneurship and sustainable service models.

Who has been a guest on Voices of Africa

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

• Carina King
• Hilda Bugingo
• Shiellah Bagayana
• Isabela Nyoka
• Rohitesh Dhawan

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3,722

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

30

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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