Leaders' Voices

TBI’s Tim Bromfield joins Clare Akamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Development Board in Kigali.  They discuss Rwanda’s transition to a private sector-led economy, and what that actually means in practice, both politically and technically. The conversation explores how institutions like RDB can develop capabilities to level the playing field when they meet international investors at the negotiating table and therefore construct deals that are mutually beneficial. Website: institute.global/  Email: podcast@institute.global  Facebook: www.facebook.com/instituteglobal/  Twitter: twitter.com/InstituteGC                 00000571 00000576 000083F1 000083F1 0016D20A 0016D20A 00007D0F 00007D0F 00053092 00053092

TBI’s Tim Bromfield joins Abebe Abebayehu, Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission in Addis Ababa. They discuss Ethiopia’s vision for foreign investment in the wake of unprecedented political and economic reforms, spearheaded by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.  The conversation explores the politics of industrial policy, institution-building and the trade-offs between industrialisation and developing the service economy.   Website: http://institute.global/ Email: podcast@institute.global Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/instituteglobal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InstituteGC       000002DE 000002EC 00006F22 00006F22 00143E3E 00143E3E 00007FFE 00007FFE 00008472 00007EA1

TBI’s Tim Bromfield joins Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and former Minister of Agriculture in Rwanda. Their conversation explores the nature of political leadership and the politics of agriculture, the challenges and opportunities of agricultural transformation in Africa and the contrasting perspectives of government ministers and development partners. Website: http://institute.global/ Email: podcast@institute.global Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/instituteglobal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InstituteGC

TBI’s Kate Dooley is joined by Malik Natchaba, the inaugural head of the President’s Delivery Unit in Togo and head of the youth wing of the ruling party. Their conversation explores political leadership and responding to the expectations of Togo’s youth population, as well as the day-to-day experience of running a Delivery Unit for the President, responsible for driving the government’s top priorities. Website: http://institute.global/ Email: podcast@institute.global Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/instituteglobal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InstituteGC

TBI’s Gbolahan Faleye is joined by the CEO of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, to discuss leading reform of a critical health institution in one of the most complex countries on the African continent. Dr Ihekweazu is an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Consultant in Public Health Medicine. He worked alongside TBI staff during the Ebola emergency response in Liberia in 2014-15. Website: http://institute.global/ Email: podcast@institute.global Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/instituteglobal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InstituteGC

Former Sierra Leonean Finance Minister, Chief of Staff to the President, Foreign Minister and Central Bank Governor, Dr. Kaifala Marah, joins The Institute’s Kate Dooley to discuss the practical realities of leadership from Dr Marah’s experience in Sierra Leone. The conversation covers leadership through an economic crisis and during the unprecedented Ebola emergency of 2014-15. Website: http://institute.global/ Email: podcast@institute.global Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/instituteglobal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InstituteGC

The Institute’s Kate Dooley is joined by Liberia’s former Minister of Education, Mr. George K. Werner to hear first-hand about the “how” of innovative policy reform. In a first for West Africa, as Minister Mr Werner introduced public-private partnerships in select secondary schools across Liberia to test new approaches to improving the quality of education. Website: http://institute.global/ Email: podcast@institute.global Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/instituteglobal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InstituteGC

In this episode Kate Dooley is joined by Malado Kaba, Minister of the Economy and Finance of the Republic of Guinea from 2016 to 2018. In a wide-ranging conversation, Kate and Mme Kaba discuss the politics of reform, Guinea’s bilateral relationship with China, and the wider question of China’s role as a partner to African governments. Website: http://institute.global/ Email: podcast@institute.global Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/instituteglobal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InstituteGC