The Africa Urban Lab Podcast
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 10 | #148 | #138 |
About the show
Latest episodes
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Ken Opalo on Unleashing African Economic Growth
October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 30 minOur guest is Ken Opalo — Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a leading voice on African political economy and development. We discuss what it will take to unleash African economic growth, exploring…
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Daniel Yu on Export Manufacturing & Labor Mobility
August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 27 minOur guest is Daniel Yu — Founding Partner of the Africa Jobs Fund and Founder of Wasoko. We discuss the Africa Jobs Fund's two main areas of focus, in particular export manufacturing and international labor mobility. We also discuss…
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Stefan Dercon on Implementing Elite Bargins
June 2, 2026 · 1 hr 25 minOur guest is Stefan Dercon — Professor of Economic Policy at Oxford and former Chief Economist at the UK’s Department for International Development (now FCDO). We discuss what it takes for cities and countries to kickstart economic growth…
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Astrid Haas on Financing African Cities
April 23, 2026 · 1 hr 15 minOur guest is Astrid Haas — urban economist and one of the leading voices on municipal finance in African cities, whose advisory work spans mayors and finance ministers from across the continent. We dig into the central question facing…
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Joe Studwell on How Africa Works
March 20, 2026 · 1 hr 15 minOur first guest is Joe Studwell — development scholar and author of the landmark How Asia Works — who has just published his long-awaited follow-up book, How Africa Works. We dig into the book's central arguments: why dense cities are…