John Maytham (Cape Talk, Afternoon Drive) hosts a discussion with three of the book’s authors around the theme, “What can Asia teach us about responding to a crisis?” - A discussion befitting of the strange times we find ourselves in. To get your copy of 'The Asian Aspiration' pre-order here: https://theasianaspiration.com/pre-order/ and more information about The Brenthurst Foundation can be found here: http://thebrenthurstfoundation.org/ Finally, be sure to follow us on social media @BrenthurstF on Twitter, Brenthurst Foundation on Facebook and brenthurstfoundation on Instagram.

Our guest for this special episode is Professor Wilmot James, who teaches at the Columbia Medical Centre in New York. We asked him what the most effective national response to Corona is, what we can learn from the Asian tigers, and what permanent change we can expect from this. Professor James (with The Brenthurst Foundation) also recently released “Vital Signs – Health security in South Africa”, which looks at the country’s readiness to react to existential threats like COVID-19. Download the book here: thebrenthurstfoundation.org/workspace/files/vital-signs-ebook-pdf.pdf To get your copy of 'The Asian Aspiration' pre-order here: theasianaspiration.com/pre-order/ and more information about The Brenthurst Foundation can be found here: thebrenthurstfoundation.org/ Finally, be sure to follow us on social media @BrenthurstF on Twitter, Brenthurst Foundation on Facebook and brenthurstfoundation on Instagram.

This bonus episode of Asian Aspiration - The Podcast gives a bit more background about the authors and process for the book; President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Dr Greg Mills and Emily van der Merwe. To get your copy of 'The Asian Aspiration' pre-order here: https://theasianaspiration.com/pre-order/ and more information about The Brenthurst Foundation can be found here: http://thebrenthurstfoundation.org/ Finally, be sure to follow us on social media @BrenthurstF on Twitter, Brenthurst Foundation on Facebook and brenthurstfoundation on Instagram.

The final episode of this series Asian Aspiration - The Podcast, we discuss with authors Dr Greg Mills and Emily van der Merwe the practical insights from the book and what it means to learn from Asia. We are also joined by Zitto Kabwe, Tanzanian opposition leader, to understand some of the pressing challenges Africa will have to overcome in the current global context, what that requires practically, and how the Asian experience can be instructive in this regard. Finally we end with a quick fire round...who can get their words out first? To get your copy of 'The Asian Aspiration' pre-order here: https://theasianaspiration.com/pre-order/ and more information about The Brenthurst Foundation can be found here: http://thebrenthurstfoundation.org/ Finally, be sure to follow us on social media @BrenthurstF on Twitter, Brenthurst Foundation on Facebook and brenthurstfoundation on Instagram.

In this week’s episode of the podcast we tackle one of the biggest conundrums facing Africa: how do we develop whilst avoiding the pitfalls of the ‘industrialised’ world. Host Marie-Noelle Nwokolo interviews a number Africans who are working to find development solutions that protect and promote natural resources, and recognise their integral economic value. Tune in to hear from: Dr Yemi Katerere, Chairman of Manicaland Bioenergy and former leader of Ecological Futures at WWF; Dr Morné du Plessis, CEO of WWF South Africa (@WWFSouthAfrica); Ruth Mthembu and Sandile Ntuli (@TweetAtRuthy) from the Youth4MPAS (@y4mpas_sa) and Wild Oceans SA (@WILDOCEANSSA) movement and finally former PM of Ethiopia and co-author of  The Asian Aspiration, Hailemariam Desalegn. To get your copy of 'The Asian Aspiration' pre-order here: https://theasianaspiration.com/pre-order/ and more information about The Brenthurst Foundation can be found here: http://thebrenthurstfoundation.org/ Finally, be sure to follow us on social media @BrenthurstF on Twitter, Brenthurst Foundation on Facebook and brenthurstfoundation on Instagram.