Mmeli Hlanze and Sizo Hlophe are part of the team behind Antidote Music - an independent record label and music consultancy company based in Eswatini. In business since 2012, Antidote Music is now one of the most established labels in the country. They focus on Eswatini electronic music. Music from Nigeria and South Africa is taking over the mainstream, you can’t deny it, but what about the other rich cultural influences on the continent? In this episode, Claude talks to those who are fighting to get their sound heard and asks them which African artists are going to blow up this year. Hosted ..read more

My name’s Claude Grunitzky and I'm a journalist and investor. I’m also the host of Limitless Africa, the podcast that asks the questions that matter to Africa.  And exciting news: we're back! In season two, we're still having conversations with some of the most fascinating people on the continent. We're still releasing 15-minute episodes that get right to the heart of the matter with some of Africa's best minds. But we'll also be going deeper, I'll be talking to our guests in longer episodes.  We're doing something that I don't think any other podcast does: we're giving the amazing ..read more

Let’s name some of the greats of African football… Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o, George Weah, Yaya Touré…  But these icons are in the past. What about the future? How can we develop more great African footballers? Is it only about investment? Talent? Or do we need to change our mindset completely?  Kingsley Pungong, founder of Rainbow Sports, a sports company which owns and operates two professional football clubs as well as a US-based sports marketing company. He’s discovered lots of African talent.   Eddie Mensah, Managing Director of the Right to Dream Academy, a successful f ..read more

Africa has 83,000km of land borders. Many of these borders are a colonial hangover: arbitrarily drawn, ignoring geography, ethnic groups and political entities. But the Pan African dream of iconic presidents like Kwame Nkrumah and Thomas Sankara has yet to materialise. In this week’s episode we ask is it time to rethink red lines on maps? Or do we need to concentrate on dismantling different borders? The borders holding back trade, collaboration and mindsets? In this week’s episode, our host Claude Grunitzky talks to: Samba Bathily a self-made Malian businessman. He’s launched ventures in ov ..read more

In this episode, we’re talking about billion dollar companies in Africa: unicorns. Tech people use the word 'unicorn' to describe startups with valuations of over a billion dollars. In 2020, there were over 500 unicorns worldwide. But only seven of these were African.  So, what are we doing wrong? Or what we can do more right? How can we raise more African unicorns? To find out our host asked an investor, an entrepreneur and an educator:  Thami Pooe a South African media entrepreneur and social-impact educator. He runs Engage Media, which produces a podcast called “Unicorn”.  ..read more

Africa has 83,000km of land borders. Many of these borders are a colonial hangover: arbitrarily drawn, ignoring geography, ethnic groups and political entities. But the Pan African dream of iconic presidents like Kwame Nkrumah and Thomas Sankara has yet to materialise. In this week’s episode we ask is it time to rethink red lines on maps? Or do we need to concentrate on dismantling different borders? The borders holding back trade, collaboration and mindsets? In this week’s episode, our host Claude Grunitzky talks to: Samba Bathily a self-made Malian businessman. He’s launched ventures in ov ..read more

It’s easy to get cynical about politics. To say : they’re all the same and things will never change.  But that’s not how you build a better world. In this episode Claude speaks to three young political activists who are trying to make a difference. Busisiwe Seabe, one of the leaders of the Fees Must Fall student protests.   Cheik Fall, a Senegalese activist and journalist who started an election monitoring platform.   Kemo Fatty, an environmental activist from The Gambia. Kemo first became interested in political activism because of migration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com ..read more

FGM refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for cultural or other non-medical reasons. If hearing that makes you feel uncomfortable, just imagine having to go through it. Claude talked to three activists in Guinea, Mali and Kenya about how we can end FGM. Kadiatou Konate is a 20-year-old activist from Conakry Guinea, in West Africa. Kadiatou is co-founder of the Young Girl Leaders Club of Guinea. It has more than 500 members across the country. Their mission is to fight against violence against girls.   Fatoumata Sire Diakate Junior ..read more

When it comes to climate change, Africa will be one of the continents which is hit the hardest. You’re probably already seeing the effects of the changing climate where you live. So how can we do our bit? How can Africa prepare for the century ahead? Can green energy power our future? Claude spoke to three guests who know what they are talking about. Samba Bathily is a Malian entrepreneur specializing in sustainable clean energy and solar solutions. He founded Africa Development Solutions (ADS) and partnered with Akon the American-Senegalese hip-hop artist on the Akon Lighting Africa Initia ..read more

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, a ..read more