Tuesday, September 27, 2016

COMING UP!>>Ep.91 | AfroDemocracy(7): SDG 16 & Understanding & Celebrating the First International Day for Universal Access to Information

Synopsis | Africa in Focus Show | Ep.91 | AfroDemocracy(7): SDG 16 & Understanding & Celebrating the First International Day for Universal Access to Information

2016 is the first year of UNESCO marking 28 September as the "International Day for Universal Access to Information" (IDUAI).  On 17 November 2015, UNESCO adopted a resolution (38 C/70) declaring 28 September of every year as International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). 

UNESCO hopes that the marking of 28 September as the "International Day for Universal Access to Information" will provide for more countries adopting FOI legislation, developing policies for multilingualism and cultural diversity in the cyberspace, and ensuring that women and men with disabilities are integrated.

To that end, we want to use this edition of the Show to speak to Mina Mensah of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative to help demystify the advocacy on Freedom of Information. What is it? Why is it important? How come Nigeria is more advanced than Ghana on FOI legislation? These are some of the questions we will he asking in this edition of Africa in Focus.

The first interview, however, will be with Ebo Quansah of the Tourism Research and Advocacy Centre(TRAC) to help us understand what the tourism think-tank thinks about World Tourism Day (celebrated 28 September), and highlight some of its latest research on tourism in Ghana.

Guiding questions:
○Why is Freedom of Information important?
○How does FOI legislation in Nigeria compare with Ghana?
○What is linkage between SDG 16 and IDUAI?

Guests on the line/studio:
○Mina Mensah, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative @14h25
○Ebo Quansah, Tourism Research Advocacy Centre(TRAC), @14h12


Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Coming up!》Ep.90 (S05, ep.7) | #DiasporaDiaries(2): From Senegal with Love


Africa in Focus Show | Ep.90 | #DiasporaDiaries(2): From Senegal with Love

Celebration of 21st September in Ghana has conspired to remain a double celebration -- the birthday of Ghana's first President, Dr.Kwame Nkrumah, and the International Day of Peace.

We know that Nkrumah was overthrown in Feb 1966 honouring an invite from Hanoi for a peace mission to help resolve the Vietnam War. 

The two commemorations make it a day to connect Africa conversations around peace and security.

In this special holiday edition, we are reprising DiaporaDiaries special, with a focus on Senegal -- and two Senegalese women in particular.

The first, Aicha Tamba, is a peace and security practitioner working for the GIZ support to the AU Border programme in Arusha, Tanzania.

Our conversation with her is to attempt to demystify what the Border programme is, and how it contributes significantly not just to Africa's integration, but its peace and security. How does it feel like being a Senegalese woman working as a diasporan in a sector that is largely male-dominated?

Secondly, we will talk to Viviane Solange, a Senegalese civil servant with sub-regional and international perspective on Senegal's place in the comity of nations. She will help us understand what is happening in Senegal, and what are the latest developments in key sectors that has made the francophone West African country an envy for many?

On this show, we are particularly interested in using DiasporaDiaries to help unpack dynamics within strategic countries on the Continent that barely get coverage in mainstream media.

Guiding questions:
*What is the AU Border Programme?
*What is its track record on facilitating peace and security?
*What is Senegal doing on developing social life for its citizens?
*How strategic is Senegal in the sub-region?

Guests on the line/studio:
**Aicha Tamba, GIZ Advisor on Border Management to East African Community/African Union Border Programme (AUBPB) @14h05

**Viviane Solange, Sociologist & Development Specialist with portfolio of Universal Health Coverage) Senegalese government @14h30

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*more details will be available soon on www.africainfocusradioshow.org ; africainfocusshow.blogspot.com.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

COMING UP!》Ep.89 | AfroDemocracy(6): SDG 16, Civil Society & Democracy

Synopsis | Africa in Focus Show | Ep.89 | AfroDemocracy(6): SDG 16, Civil Society & Democracy

For the second time in the show's history, we join the global community to celebrate International Democracy Day.

The United Nations believes that, the International Day of Democracy provides an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world. Democracy is as much a process as a goal, and only with the full participation of and support by the international community, national governing bodies, civil society and individuals, can the ideal of democracy be made into a reality to be enjoyed by everyone, everywhere.

The values of freedom, respect for human rights and the principle of holding periodic and genuine elections by universal suffrage are essential elements of democracy. 

In turn, democracy provides the natural environment for the protection and effective realization of human rights. These values are embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and further developed in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which enshrines a host of political rights and civil liberties underpinning meaningful democracies.

This year's celebration will be the first-ever observance of the day since the advent of the SDGs.

The theme of Sustainable Development Goal 16 remains important  as it addresses democracy by calling for inclusive and participatory societies and institutions. It aims to "Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels."

The Goal is both an end in itself and a crucial part of delivering sustainable development in all countries. It has been seen by many commentators as the transformational goal and key to ensuring that the Agenda can be accomplished.

In ep.89, we will be interviewing a staff of West Africa Civil Society Institute(WACSI) to help us understand especially why the conversation on democracy remains a discussion of paramount importance -- whether in an "AfroDemocratic" narrative where Africans bring flair to the prosecution of their governance, or otherwise.

Guiding questions:
▪What is SDG 16, and its relationship with democracy?
▪How critical is civil society to deepening of democracy?
▪Is there still a need to celebrate International Democracy Day?

Guests on the line/studio:
▪Charles Kojo VanDyck, Head of Capacity-Building, West Africa Civil Society Institute(WACSI)

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

COMING UP!》Ep.88 (Season 5, ep.6) | AfroLiteracy”: Celebrating World Literacy Day

Synopsis | Africa in Focus Show | Ep.88 | "AfroLiteracy": Celebrating World Literacy Day

For the second time in the show's history, we join the global community to celebrate World Literacy Day.

As in 2015, we celebrate it with an African flair -- AfroLiteracy, which speaks to the extent to which we have become conscientized about our continent.

If book-reading remains the quintessence of being functionally-literate, then it's adequate we speak to someone who is neither no stranger to book-reading nor to the Show, where he has helped us better-appreciate the contribution of tourism to Ghana.

Our second guest is Rachel Emefa Markham, whom we met at the 2015 UN World Tourism Organization meet on #BrandAfrica.

She will be updating us on what she's been up to since 2015, and what plans she has to stage a comeback for her ever-popular #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou.

**Guiding questions:**
*What is significance of book-reading to literacy?
*Are Ghanaians becoming more aware about tourism?
*Has social media helped (re)define literacy of the continent?

**Guests on the line/studio:**
•Kofi Akpabli, Communications Consultant & Tourism Author
•Rachel Emefa Markham, co-founder #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou/Ambassador, UN World Tourism Organisation

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more details will be available soon on www.africainfocusradioshow.org ; africainfocusshow.blogspot.com.

*Follow the conversations on #AfricainFocus on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/africainfocus14.

*Tweet Emmanuel ahead of time on www.twitter.com/ekbensah, using #africainfocus.

*Follow 24/7 on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.radioxyzonline.pc

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