• DW AfricaLink

  • By: DW
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • DW AfricaLink is packed with news, politics, culture and more — every weekday. From combating health issues and freedom of expression to finances, tolerance and environmental protection, we have it covered.
    2024 DW
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Episodes
  • Why M-Pesa tax is a problem in Kenya
    Nov 8 2024
    A controversial new tax on M-Pesa mobile money transfers is set to come into force in Kenya by December. The plan has many in the country where M-Pesa is woven into daily life wondering: Will it drive costs up? Who benefits? How fair is it? Josey Mahachi talks to Samora Kariuki, a Nairobi-based FinTech analyst, and DW correspondent Andrew Wasike in Kenya.
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    26 mins
  • How can Malawi restore public faith in its judiciary?

    Nov 7 2024
    The Judicial Service Commission in Malawi has launched an investigation into the country’s judiciary over allegations of corruption. Judges and court officials, among others, are accused of wrongdoing. Josey Mahachi talks to Patrick Mpaka, President of the Malawi Law Society, DW correspondent Chimwemwe Padatha in Blantyre, and Wilberforce Asare, a Ghanaian judicial service analyst.
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    25 mins
  • How relevant is the Commonwealth for African countries?
    Nov 5 2024
    The Commonwealth of Nations is an international association with 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. But how relevant is the Commonwealth still today? And how does it benefit the its member countries? We talk to Khalifa Ali Dikwa, Professor of Social Linguistics at the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, and DW correspondent Ben Shemang.
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    30 mins

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