The East African Perspective is a thought-provoking podcast that explores African and global issues through the lens of East African voices. Hosted by experienced journalists Thomas Lesaffre and Musanjufu Benjamin Kavubu, the show features lively news debates, classic African music interludes, and insightful interviews with experts from across the continent.Listeners will enjoy it because it’s both deeply informative and culturally rich. Each episode goes beyond headlines to unpack topics like climate change, AI, trade, and security in relatable ways. It’s a fresh, intelligent, and authentic
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The East African Perspective is a thought-provoking podcast that explores African and global issues through the lens of East African voices. Hosted by experienced journalists Thomas Lesaffre and Musanjufu Benjamin Kavubu, the show features lively news debates, classic African music interludes, and insightful interviews with experts from across the continent.Listeners will enjoy it because it’s both deeply informative and culturally rich. Each episode goes beyond headlines to unpack topics like climate change, AI, trade, and security in relatable ways. It’s a fresh, intelligent, and authentic
Ambrose Ngobi brings a grounded view on East African integration. He explains how trade rules, regional security, and institutions affect jobs, investment, and mobility. We examine the East African Community, AfCFTA links, and the politics of a future federation. The episode focuses on policy, not slogans. If you want a plain account of where integration stands and what must change, this episode is for you.
In this powerful episode of The East African Perspective, we sit down with award-winning Ugandan climate activist Hamira Kobusingye, the 2023 recipient of the 18th Bremen Solidarity Prize. Hamira, founder of Climate Justice Africa, and a voice within Fridays for Future Africa. We discussed the intersection of climate injustice with gender, race, and postcolonial inequality. Why is Africa being asked to pay for the very crisis it had little or no hand in creating? Can climate governance globa...
In Part two We talk post independence triumphs, we talk paranormal and witchcraft in sports, we talk hosting Mega events, like CHAN, AFCON, Rwanda's quest to host a formula 1 event, and where sports as an economy will be by 2050.
In this first of a two part series of how sports is more than entertainment, it's political and shapes economic aspects, Benjamin Kavubu and Thomas Lesaffre are joined by Zeno Othieno Owora a sports expert and scholar, they navigate the sports terrain from Pre colonial, to Post Colonial times. They look at how sports defines the social stratification of the region.
Benjamin and Thomas discuss developments in Kenya, In Somaliland (Somalia) and Northerner Ethiopia, the implications of East Africa to the Global sea routes and supply chains. #eastafrica #investing #podcast #russia #TPLF #ethiopia #somalia #somaliland #kenya #Uganda #SouthSudan
The first episode is a mood Setter, Thomas and Benjamin try to talk about East Africa's Geopolitical security dynamics. 🎙️ Musanjufu Benjamin Kavubu is a dynamic narrative strategist and sustainability advocate. As Community Manager at Afrobloggers and head of the Narrative Focus Unit at The African Federation, he shapes impactful storytelling. He is a Junior Research Fellow at the Sino‑Uganda Research Centre and Development Watch Center, and a blogger published in New Vision. His work spa...
The East African Perspective is a thought-provoking podcast that explores African and global issues through the lens of East African voices. Hosted by experienced journalists Thomas Lesaffre and Musanjufu Benjamin Kavubu, the show features lively news debates, classic African music interludes, and insightful interviews with experts from across the continent.Listeners will enjoy it because it’s both deeply informative and culturally rich. Each episode goes beyond headlines to unpack topics like climate change, AI, trade, and security in relatable ways. It’s a fresh, intelligent, and authentic
