Tom Amolo - A Seat at The Table.

Описание: 00:00 Africa’s Week in Review
04:16 Kenya’s Sovereign Fund Debate
05:21 Welcome to Panel 54
06:10 Africa’s Quiet Power Problem
07:19 Meet Ambassador Tom Amolo
08:49 The Missing Philosophy of Power
10:25 Africa’s Five-Year Cycle Trap
12:03 Building Diplomatic Continuity
14:52 Nigeria and Self-Reflection
17:18 Lessons from the East
18:33 Germany’s Blueprint for Recovery
25:09 The Price of Disunity
28:16 Trade Barriers Across Africa
32:00 Africa’s Seat at the Table
34:40 The West, the East, and Africa’s Leverage
37:53 The Next Generation of Diplomats
41:12 Statecraft and the Role of Values
44:28 Continuity and the African Union
47:39 Diplomacy as a Weapon, Not Ceremony
50:15 Africa’s Global Identity Crisis
53:28 The Weight of Representation
56:17 Hope, Lessons, and the Long Game
59:40 Final Thoughts from Ambassador Amolo

In Episode 16 of Panel 54, hosts Waweru Njoroge and Ndu Okoh sit down with veteran Kenyan diplomat and former Ambassador to Germany and US, to unpack Africa’s missing seat at the world’s top table.

The conversation explores how diplomacy became one of Africa’s quiet strengths yet lost its strategic edge. From Kenya’s evolving foreign policy to Nigeria’s regional ambitions, from South Africa’s moral authority to the larger influence of smaller nations like Qatar and Norway, Ambassador Amolo examines why Africa wields moral capital but struggles to turn it into real global power.

Drawing from his years of service in Washington , Berlin, Nigeria , Amolo reflects on how Western nations use diplomacy, soft power, and institutional strength to project stability and influence.

He argues that Africa’s future partnerships must be built on shared values of accountability, transparency, and long-term planning rather than dependency or aid. Amolo calls for diplomacy grounded in continuity, strategy, and clear national purpose to help Africa take its rightful place in the world.

Lagos to Lamu. Cape Town to Cairo, a global perspective through an African lens.

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🎙 Recorded on location in NBI KENYA
🎧 Produced by Commex Africa and E & C Talent