Limitless Africa
Welcome to Limitless, the podcast series that asks the questions which matter to Africa.
Are tech start-ups the answer to Africa's unemployment problem? Can we stop fake news from spreading on the continent? How do we raise a generation of football stars?
These are just some of the topics we’ll be tackling.
And we’re not looking for simple answers. Just as Africa’s potential is limitless, so are the possible solutions to any challenges the continent faces.
During each podcast episode, we’ll be asking three very different subject experts to give their take on each question. This will come as no surprise but they don’t always agree.
Made possible with a grant from the U.S. Department of State and the Seenfire Foundation.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 92
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Announcing Limitless Africa, Season 3!
Re-release: The Nigerian venture capitalist smashing every expectation
Maya Horgan Famodu is the founder of Ingressive Capital, the venture capital fund investing in early-stage African start-ups. She has advised American tech companies like Facebook, X and the iconic a…
Re-release: Can Gen Z save Africa?
Africa has the youngest population in the world, 70% are under the age of 30. For this episode of Limitless Africa, we’re talking to Generation Z - that’s young people born between 1997 and 2012 - an…
Re-release: How Africa's example can help resolve war in Ukraine and Gaza
Re-release: The meal that reminds me of home
For this episode, we asked three African foodies about the dish that reminds them of home.
Chef Binta is the founder of Fulani Kitchen Foundation. She is the winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize.
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Re-release: "Women bring a subversive perspective" - Novuyo Rosa Tschuma on Zimbabwean literature
We're re-releasing this interview with the Zimbabwean author Novuyo Rosa Tschuma as part of the launch of Limitless Conversations. In these Limitless Conversations, we discuss on social media the thi…
"It wasn't just an overnight thing. Seeds were planted."
How did I make my first million?
Across Africa, young entrepreneurs are making their dreams happen in challenging circumstances. Here three very different young Africans explain how they made their first million.
Maya Horgan Famodu i…
"It should really be called a concentration camp"
In 2023, journalist Stanis Bujakera was imprisoned for six months. The prosecutors were aiming for 20 years. The charge? Writing an article that suggested the country's military intelligence had been…
Is fake news spreading conflict?
Social media means that lies and fake news can spread faster, inflame tensions, and serve the interests of the powerful. So the work that African journalists do - reporting facts and telling the tru…
"He's going to prove that he is the greatest of all time."
How did Rumble in the Jungle change the world?
This year it’s the 50-year anniversary of what many say was the greatest sporting event the world has ever seen. And it happened in Africa.
Rumble in the Jungle, the boxing match between George Forema…
"I was anxious for change"
For this extended episode, we ‘re featuring two guests who decided to move back to the place they consider home, Sinatou Saka and Joli Moniz. Both talk about a turning point in their lives; when they…
Why did I come back? The case for repats
"Every woman knows a survivor, but somehow men don't know a predator"
How can we stop male violence against women?
According to some surveys, over a third of women in Africa have experienced physical violence in their lifetimes. We ask three activists from Senegal, Cape Verde and Kenya: how can we stop violence a…
"It started as a hashtag"
Oliver Barker-Vormawor is one of the activists behind the #FixTheCountry and #StopGalamseyNow movements as well as the #occupy-Julorbi-house protest in Ghana. Learn how to deepen and stabilise democr…
Can social media start a movement?
From the #FeesMustFall protests in South Africa to the #EndSARS movement in Nigeria, social media activism has been shown to raise awareness and bring about social change.
Claude Grunitzky talks to t…
Can African music take over the world?
Is African music finally getting the global recognition it deserves? And who’s going to be the next breakout star?
Abdul Abdullah is a Ghanaian American culture entrepreneur and founder of Accra’s Afr…
"I was an unlikely president"
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