Episode 3: Carlos Lopes and Catherine Duggan on The African Century: Inside the Wind of Change Sweeping the Continent (Part II)

Welcome to the third episode of Afro-Catalyst, a podcast by Botho Emerging Markets Group.

Storytelling on Africa is often distorted — an incomplete image of war, poverty and corruption that fails to recognize its evolving political, economic and socio-cultural fabric and the success stories on the rise. The gap between reality and fiction has real-world consequences for everyday life from public health to trade and investment. In this special two-part episode of Afro-Catalyst, we unpack the downsides of the single story and how the African narrative is set to change as regional integration gives the continent a stronger collective voice on the world stage.  

Host: Isaac Kwaku Fokuo, Jr., Founder and Principal, Botho Emerging Markets Group

Catherine Duggan, Dean at University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business

Carlos Lopes, Professor at Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance

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Storytelling on Africa is often distorted - an incomplete image of war, poverty and corruption that fails to recognize its evolving political, economic and socio-cultural fabric and the success stories on the rise. The gap between reality and fiction has real-world consequences for everyday life from public health to trade and investment.