Is Africa still capable of producing visionary leaders to solve todays problems?

Published: June 26, 2023, 1 a.m.

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\\u201cThe thoughts, the theories, the ideas are there. But how to reach them, we have to come up with our own method and strategy. And I think one of them is that we badly need consensus on what needs to be done. The time now is for consensus building.\\u201d

In today\\u2019s episode, Alan Kasujja sits down with Samia Nkrumah, the daughter of legendary Ghanaian politician, Kwame Nkrumah.\\n \\nThey will be discussing the political icon\\u2019s leadership style, his philosophy and personal life.\\n \\nThey will also be drawing parallels between the struggles faced by Africans today and those who lived through past decades.\\n \\nNkrumah, who is celebrated for leading Ghana to independence in the late 1950s, is one of a number of intellectual giants Africa produced in recent history.\\n \\nOthers include Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Burkina Faso\\u2019s Thomas Sankara, Andimba Toivo ya Toivo of Namibia and Kenya\\u2019s Jomo Kenyatta.\\n \\nAlan will continue the conversation around Africa's visionary leaders with Ndileka Mandela, Nelson Mandela's granddaughter, in tomorrow\\u2019s episode.

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