22/08/2026
This week on Focus on Africa: The Conversation, we sit down with one of Africa's biggest music stars, Nigerian singer-songwriter Yemi Alade.
An in-depth weekly conversation focusing on a topical issue in Africa. In this episode of Focus on Africa: The Conversation, we sit down with Grammy-nominated artist Yemi Alade. She is one of Africa's biggest music stars and a trailblazer who has helped take Afrobeats to audiences around the world. She has collaborated with global artists, including Beyonce, and became the first female African artist to surpass 100 million views on a single music video.
Focus on Africa host Nkechi Ogbonna spoke with Yemi about her longevity, the challenges women face in the music industry and what African governments can do to better support artists.
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