Africa Daily Episodes Episode guide
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How do African women talk about sex?
Across Africa, there are loads of taboos around sex. So how do women talk about it?
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How do abortion laws affect young women in Africa?
Over 6 million unsafe abortions take place in Sub-Saharan Africa annually
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How did Zimbabwe become one of the world’s fastest growing blueberry exporters?
Data shows that Zimbabwe has increased its blueberry exports by 63% annually
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How did Zambia get into so much debt?
Zambia’s debt keeps on growing, as families start feeling the pinch. Who’s to blame?
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How did two brothers become prosthetic pioneers for Africa?
A tragic accident inspired John to develop a prosthesis for his brother Ubokobong
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How did three Americans end up on trial for a coup attempt in the DRC?
More than 50 people are being tried for what the army are calling an attempted coup
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How did the woman once described as Africa’s richest woman become so wealthy?
Isabel Dos Santos was once described as one of the richest women in Africa
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How did the promise of work lead Africans into scam centres in Myanmar?
"It was hell. The worst seven months of my life. I was beaten, humiliated, electrocuted"
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How did student debt get this bad?
Thousands of young Kenyans are struggling to pay off their student loans.
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How did South Africa discover the Omicron variant?
Battling HIV and TB has built epidemiology capacity in South Africa
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How did Somali refugees make sambusas a hit in Minnesota?
Hoyo are sharing Somali cuisine with schools across Minnesota
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How did Senegal end up postponing elections?
How did Senegal, a country long known for its stable democracy, get to this point?
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How did riots in South Africa get so bad?
Looting and violence. A level of unrest not seen in years. What’s it all about?
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How did potatoes get so expensive in Algeria?
“Shortages it hasn’t seen since the 60s or 70sâ€.
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How did Pelé become an influential figure in Africa?
A look back at how a young black Brazilian boy became a global legend
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How did one woman fight her enslavement in Niger?
Hadizatou Mani spent a decade enslaved to a wealthy man from the age of 12
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How did one man escape the besieged city of El Fasher?
Filmmaker Mohammed Zakaria had stayed behind to document what was happening there
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How did Nigerian refugees re-green a desert region in Cameroon?
Nigerian refugees have planted 500,000 trees in semi-arid northern Cameroon
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How did Niger eliminate river blindness?
99% of cases of the disease are in Africa – impacting millions of people
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How did Nelson Mandela reconcile his warring bodyguards?
Nelson Mandela’s bodyguards look back at his legacy
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How did Nelson Mandela reconcile his warring bodyguards?
One white, one black: we hear the story of two enemies who became friends
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How did Kenyans in the diaspora cast their vote?
Votes could be cast at embassies in 12 countries for Tuesday’s election
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How did Kenyan-born Huldah Momanyi break barriers in US politics?
She’s the first Kenyan-born woman elected to Minnesota’s House of Representatives
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How did Kenya's Gen Z protests stop the finance bill?
After protests spread across Kenya, President Ruto agreed not to sign the bill into law
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How did Ghana’s ‘Maths Queen’ become a global maths icon?
Dr Angela Tabiri was the first African to win ‘The Big Internet Math Off'
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How did food get so expensive in Nigeria?
Rising prices have made it harder for many Nigerians to fill their shopping baskets.
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How did bread get so expensive in Sudan?
Bread prices are soaring in Sudan – and people are getting restless. So, what’s going on?
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How did Benin and Mali defeat a blinding eye disease?
Mali and Benin are the latest African countries to eradicate trachoma
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How did a young South African woman start a mutual bank?
South Africa’s central bank recently granted Nthabeleng Likotsi a mutual bank license
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How did a young singer from South Africa become a star in China?
Motswedi Modiba went viral singing in mandarin on one of China’s biggest shows