South Africa's Department of Health in collaboration with the World Stroke Organization (WSO) is hosting a two-day World Stroke Summit Africa in Johannesburg as part of ongoing efforts to elevate stroke as a pressing health and development priority across the continent, requiring coordinated national and regional action. According to the World Health Organization, there were over 11 million new cases of strokes globally in 2021, making this condition the third leading cause of death and disability. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to President of the World Stroke Organization Professor Jeyaraj Pandian 

South Africa's Department of Health in collaboration with the World Stroke Organization (WSO) is hosting a two-day World Stroke Summit Africa in Johannesburg as part of ongoing efforts to elevate stroke as a pressing health and development priority across the continent, requiring coordinated national and regional action. According to the World Health Organization, there were over 11 million new cases of strokes globally in 2021, making this condition the third leading cause of death and disability. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to President of the World Stroke Organization Professor Jeyaraj Pandian&nbsp;

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Africa Stroke Summit calls for urgent action on continent's growing stroke burden

This morning on the discourse we meet a man whose career has taken him from the worlds of finance and investment management into politics, publishing and pan-African activism. Zimbabwean-born businessman, investor and author Joseph Makamba Busha, better known as JM Busha, is the founder of the JM Busha Investment Group, the political movement FreeZim Congress, and the pan-African initiative JM Busha 54 Races for Peace and Unity in Africa - a campaign that uses sport, culture, dialogue and civic engagement to promote peace and responsible leadership across the continent. His latest initiatives include the Africa Month Dinner in Johannesburg, which brought together ambassadors, diplomats and policymakers from across Africa and featured former African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, as well as a continental Peace Pledge encouraging Africans to commit personally to peace, ethical leadership and social responsibility. Busha is also an author whose books, including Cries for Peace and Justice and My Thoughts: Africa's Future Begins in Our Minds, wrestle with some of Africa's biggest questions - leadership, governance, identity, accountability, democracy and the future of the continent. Peter Ndoro caught up with him recently to find out more about what shaped his worldview, and what kind of Africa does he believe is still possible.

This morning on the discourse we meet a man whose career has taken him from the worlds of finance and investment management into politics, publishing and pan-African activism. Zimbabwean-born businessman, investor and author Joseph Makamba Busha, better known as JM Busha, is the founder of the JM Busha Investment Group, the political movement FreeZim Congress, and the pan-African initiative JM Busha 54 Races for Peace and Unity in Africa - a campaign that uses sport, culture, dialogue and civic engagement to promote peace and responsible leadership across the continent. His latest initiatives include the Africa Month Dinner in Johannesburg, which brought together ambassadors, diplomats and policymakers from across Africa and featured former African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, as well as a continental Peace Pledge encouraging Africans to commit personally to peace, ethical leadership and social responsibility. Busha is also an author whose books, including Cries for Peace and Justice and My Thoughts: Africa's Future Begins in Our Minds, wrestle with some of Africa's biggest questions - leadership, governance, identity, accountability, democracy and the future of the continent. Peter Ndoro caught up with him recently to find out more about what shaped his worldview, and what kind of Africa does he believe is still possible.

 Zimbabwean-born businessman, investor and author, JM Busha reflects on leadership, peace and his vision for Africa's future

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Cameroon faces a heated debate over an alleged leadership vacuum due to the prolonged, months-long absence of 93-year-old President Paul Biya, who has been staying in Europe since June 7. While the opposition denounces an institutional crisis, the government insists the president is alive, working remotely, and that no power vacuum exists. This week, presideny Biya issued a flurry of routine presidential decrees, including major military leadership reshuffles and financial agreements. We spoke to Prof Elvis Ngolle Ngolle | Member of the central committee of the governing Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM)

Cameroon faces a heated debate over an alleged leadership vacuum due to the prolonged, months-long absence of 93-year-old President Paul Biya, who has been staying in Europe since June 7. While the opposition denounces an institutional crisis, the government insists the president is alive, working remotely, and that no power vacuum exists. This week, presideny Biya issued a flurry of routine presidential decrees, including major military leadership reshuffles and financial agreements. We spoke to Prof Elvis Ngolle Ngolle | Member of the central committee of the governing Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM)

Africa Stroke Summit calls for urgent action on continent's growing stroke burden

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