Africa Day 2020 - a podcast by The Australian Strategic Policy Institute

In this episode of Policy, Guns and Money, Peter Jennings, Executive Director of ASPI, speaks with Isaiya Kabira, Kenya's High Commissioner to Australia about the significance of Africa Day and Africa's progress since the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963. They talked about the impacts of Covid-19 in Africa and also discussed Australia's relationship with Kenya and Australia's ties to Africa more broadly.

Next, Brendan Nicholson, Executive Editor of The Strategist speaks to Claire Ireland, Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, about Australia and Nigeria's bilateral interests and the evolution of Australia's relationship with Africa.

And to close, Lisa Sharland, Head of ASPI's International Program, interviewed journalist and filmmaker Santilla Chingaiipe about the African diaspora in Australia and how different communities have been affected by Covid-19.

In this episode:
Peter Jennings: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/peter-jennings
Isaiya Kabira: https://www.kenya.asn.au/copy-of-about-kenya
Brendan Nicholson: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/brendan-nicholson
Claire Ireland: https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-people/homs/Pages/high-commissioner-to-nigeria
Lisa Sharland: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/lisa-sharland
Santilla Chingaipe: http://www.santillachingaipe.com/

Photo: James Brorson, ASPI

Background music: "Unrest" by ELPHNT, via the YouTube Audio Library.

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