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SOUND AFRICA is a space for creative non-fiction from the African continent. We are licensed by the Composers Authors & Publishers Association of South Africa

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    • 4.1 • 103 Ratings

SOUND AFRICA is a space for creative non-fiction from the African continent. We are licensed by the Composers Authors & Publishers Association of South Africa

    Episode 6 - James Tayali

    Episode 6 - James Tayali

    Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about  innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, James Tayali, takes us to Malawi where some young boda-boda drivers, risk their lives to make a living.

    This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation.

    https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfdn.org/

    • 24 min
    Episode 5 - Ibrahim Bahati

    Episode 5 - Ibrahim Bahati

    Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about about innovative young Africans and their hustles and in this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Ibrahim Bahati, heads back to his home country of Uganda where art and the hustle come together in unexpected ways.

    This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council with support from The Mastercard Foundation

    https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfdn.org/

    • 28 min
    Episode 4 - Anita Owiti

    Episode 4 - Anita Owiti

    Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Anita Owiti, takes us to Kenya to see how innovative young Africans are tackling the environmental crisis and climate change.

    This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation

    https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfdn.org/
    External Media (YouTube):04.48 – David Ewusi-Mensah, Co-founder Eco Amet Solutions, AFRICER Project
    04.59 – Gayle King, CBS News
    05.07 – Malcolm Webb, Al Jazeera
    05.11 - David Ewusi-Mensah, Co-founder Eco Amet Solutions, AFRICER Project
    25.40 – Leah Namugerwa, Climate Activist, COP27
    26.06 – Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, COP27
    26.14     – Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, COP27

    • 29 min
    Episode 3 - Zimie Sigenu

    Episode 3 - Zimie Sigenu

    Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Zimie Sigenu, goes back to the Eastern Cape of South Africa where we explore the urban-rural divide in South Africa and meet young Africans who are dealing with the harsh realities facing graduates.

    This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation.https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfdn.org/

    • 26 min
    Episode 2 - Sabelo Mpisi

    Episode 2 - Sabelo Mpisi

    Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about  innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Sabelo Mpisi, takes us to South Africa where land and gender dynamics are forcing some women into the hustle.

    This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation.https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfdn.org/
    External media used in this episode (YouTube):02.53 - Fergal Keane, BBC Africa
    02.56 - Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, Founder of the Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience
    03.00 - Kiran Moodley, Channel 4 News
    03.06 – VOA Africa

    • 26 min
    Episode 1 - Liona Muchenje

    Episode 1 - Liona Muchenje

    Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Liona Muchenje, heads back to her home country of Zimbabwe where ordinary people have taken the hustle to new heights, as they try to secure theirs and their family’s futures.

    This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation
    https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfdn.org/

    External media used in this episode (YouTube):00.23 – CNA News
    00.27 – John Dickerson, CBS News
    00.31 – Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News
    00.34 – Nate Burleson, CBS News
    00.41  – Elon Musk, 2022 All In Summit

    • 32 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
103 Ratings

103 Ratings

zanelezu ,

Riveting

This podcast brings out important issues for discussion on what Africans need to do to solve the problem of xenophobia on the continent in a rigorous and nuanced way.

Imrunningoutofnicknames ,

On night in Snakepark

It’s only episode 2 but this series is incredible.

BokangMp ,

Come back SOON

I discovered this podcast two months ago and have listened to all the episodes going back to 2015, many of them two or three times. Great podcast. Informative, funny, heart-wrenching and challenging stories. Really looking forward to the next season.

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