Freedom In Africa Podcast

Historian, Policy Analyst and a member of the Alaigbo Development and Accountability Initiative (ADAI), Ifechi Ugwu is our guest for this episode. Alaigbo seeks to execute community projects in south eastern Nigeria through crowdfunding and other innovative means. We also delve into some history and knowledge about the Igbos.

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Program Manager at Chale Institute and Lagos Chapter Leader of Ladies of Liberty Alliance, Abisola Olaiya talks to us about ways towards addressing issues affecting women in Africa such as rape, domestic violence and violation of women's rights. 

Moronfolu Adeniyi is an advocate for sensible drug policy. The conversation is on the need to reconsider drug laws to properly accommodate the rights of drug users to personal freedom. 

Founder, Chale Institute, Feyisade Charles Adeyemi joins Gboyega for a conversation on the meaning of the word "Chale" and the concept of individualism. 

Gboyega chats with Director of International Programs at Students For Liberty, Olamayowa Okediran on activities of The African Liberty Organization and other issues relating to policy formulation and advocacy in Nigeria.

Tam Alex chats with Gboyega Adeoya on the attempts by the Nigerian Government to regulate social media.

Daniel Olusola joins us to discuss founding The Reformation Wall Classical Christian School in Jos, Nigeria.

On the second part of our interview with Dr. Osman Dufailu, we talk about Ghana being the headquarter of the AfCFTA, the country's foreign policy, personal and press freedom and more.

A Senior Fellow at the Nigeria Libertarian Project, Tam Alex joins Gboyega to review the EndSARS protests, the chaos that followed and governments handling of the situation. He gives libertarian ideas on long-term solutions towards development in Nigeria.

This episode features a history of leadership in Ghana with Dr. Osman Dufailu, an academic with interests in health, research and policy formulation.

On the third episode of the Freedom in Africa Podcast, Columnist David Hundeyin joins Gboyega for a conversation on the EndSARS campaign and the call for police reforms by Nigerians. 

This episode of the Freedom In Africa Podcast, writer and electricity entrepreneur, Gboyega and Tam Alex discuss the need for full privatization of the power sector in Nigeria. 

On this inaugural episode, Gboyega Adeoya and Feyisade Charles Adeyemi discuss the objectives of the Freedom in Africa Podcast and what to expect in subsequent episodes. They talked about the state of freedom in Africa, from a historical perspective, starting from the slave trade era and its abolition through colonial rule to the independence struggle and the prospects of a freer future in Africa.