A conversation between Dr. Mima Nedelcovych of the Initiative for Global Development (IGD) and Joan Mower of the Voice of America (VOA) on June 26, 2014.


Africa: The Time is Now

The Initiative for Global Development (IGD) has launched its first podcast for the “Africa on the Move” podcast series, featuring a conversation between Dr. Mima S. Nedelcovych, President and CEO of the Initiative for Global Development, and host Georges Collinet on IGD’s mission and how it harnesses the power of Africa's private sector to achieve inclusive growth on the continent. The podcast series is part of IGD’s Africa Investment Rising campaign, a dynamic multimedia campaign to change the narrative on doing business in Africa and to encourage greater trade and investment on the continent. Learn more at www.igdleaders.org/aircampaign

Africa on the Move: Dr. Mima Nedelcovych

In the "Making Farming Cool!" podcast, Dr. Abdu Mukhtar, Group Chief Strategy Officer of Dangote Industries Limited, speaks about investing in agro-industries and encouraging young people to pursue careers in the agriculture value chain in Nigeria.

"Making Farming Cool!" with Abdul Mukhtar, Dangote Group's Group Chief Strategist

Dr. Dara Akala, Executive Director for the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), speaks to host George Collinet about PIND’s innovative market-based approach and private sector solutions to developing and improving efficiencies in the cassava value chain in the Niger Delta to bolster productivity and yields.

"Making Farming Cool!" with Dr. Dara Akala, PIND's Executive Director

Host George Collinet will take listeners on a captivating journey through South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province to meet Sihle Zealous Sibis, a twenty-eight-year-old who manages his family’s successful sugar cane farm, which produces 30,000 tons of sugar a year. 

Sihle speaks on the podcast about the challenges of running every aspect of the agribusiness and incredible opportunities in agriculture. You’ll also hear a poignant story about how this family reclaimed their ancestral land through a national land reform program with support from IGD Frontier Leader Illovo Sugar Group.

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