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.
What if everything you think you know about Iran is incomplete?
In this episode of Panel 54, Waweru Njoroge and Ndu Okoh sit down with Nazanine Moshiri, British-Iranian journalist and conflict analyst, to break down a country often reduced to headlines but lived in complexity…
From the structure of Iran’s security state, including the Basij and war-era networks, to a younger generation disconnected from revolution and conflict memory, this conversation reveals a society shifting beneath the surface.Moshiri challenges the idea of a simple divide. Iran is not just pro or anti regime. It is a layered society where nationalism and frustration coexist, where people can feel deeply attached to the country while questioning the system that governs it.
The episode explores how sanctions, war, and external pressure shape internal realities, but also how everyday life continues under strain. Beyond politics, it highlights a quieter but critical crisis. Environmental collapse. Water shortages, mismanagement, and long-term structural stress are reshaping the country in ways rarely discussed.
At its core, this is a conversation about misunderstanding. Why oversimplifying Iran leads to bad analysis, and why bad analysis leads to dangerous decisions.
A sharp, grounded discussion on identity, power, and what lies beneath the surface.
Lagos to Lamu. Cape Town to Cairo.This is Panel 54 a global perspective through an African lens.
📩 Contact: [email protected]
🎙 Recorded in Africa
🎧 Produced by Commex Africa and E & C Talent
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