Panel 54 Podcast
Panel 54 Podcast
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Panel 54 - Global perspective through an African Lens.
From Cape Town to Cairo, Lagos to Lamu — 54 nations, one continent, countless perspectives.
Welcome to Panel 54 — a global perspective through an African lens. This is the podcast where we unpack power, policy, people, and the paradoxes that define our time. It’s not punditry — it’s perspective. Not a briefing — a reframing. And it starts right here.
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The podcast focuses on themes of power, policy, geopolitical dynamics, and societal challenges within the African context, with episodes like 'The War Is Ours, But the Blueprint Isn’t' exploring Africa's role in global security, and discussions on media trust crises addressing the modern journalism landscape.
Panel 54 is where Africa tells its own story. From Lagos to Lamu, Cape Town to Cairo, hosts Waweru Njoroge (Kenya) and Ndu Okoh (Kenya/Nigeria) explore the people, power, and politics shaping the continent. Each episode delivers sharp, evidence-first conversations with leaders, activists, athletes, and cultural voices. From sports and identity to security, media, new foreign influence, youth movements, sovereignty, and Africa’s place in a multipolar world, Panel 54 offers a global perspective through an African lens.
Thule Lenneiye is a Zimbabwean- Kenyan food systems, climate action and digital transformation expert, and Chief of Staff at AGRA.
This conversation looks at why Africa’s food challenge is not only about producing more food. It is about building systems that can deliver safe, nutritious and affordable food through climate shocks, conflict, trade disruptions and economic pressure.
The episode explores food sovereignty, regional trade, digital agriculture, investment, post-harvest losses, farmer data and why governments must treat food security as part of national security.
It also looks at how the United States and other partners can support African priorities through research, climate intelligence, finance, infrastructure, universities, markets and technology without creating dependency.
A sharp discussion on food security, agriculture, climate resilience, African ownership, national security and the future of Africa’s food sovereignty.
Lagos to Lamu. Cape Town to Cairo.
This is Panel 54, a global perspective through an African lens.
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🎙 Recorded in NBI kenya
🎧 Produced by Commex Africa and E & C Talent
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