The Honestly Allegedly Podcast
Honestly Allegedly is a youth-led podcast exploring the people, ideas and conversations shaping Africa and the world.Each episode, we unpack the issues that matter to young people; technology, careers, sustainability, public policy, development, money, migration, education and the realities of modern life through honest conversations with changemakers, experts and young people doing meaningful work.Come for the conversations. Stay for the fresh perspectives, honest takes and stories that make you think differently.Follow @honestlyallegedlymedia on Instagram & LinkedIn to stay up to date.
The Informed Youth Episode ft Isaac Oloruntimileyin
Who writes Africa’s history, and what happens when we don’t? 🌍
In The Informed Youth Episode of Honestly Allegedly, Faith, Esther and Bridget sit down with Isaac Oloruntimilehin, co-founder of Free Knowledge Africa. They talk about why documenting knowledge is public infrastructure, how gaps in search results and archives lead to misrepresentation, and why AI could make those gaps worse.
🔥 In this episode:
• Why Africa’s missing online records are a representation problem, not just a knowledge gap
• How colonial-era newspapers and gazettes are being digitized and made free
The Leadership Ready Youth ft Doreen Gift
Young people are invited to panels, committees, and photo ops. But how many are given real influence?
In this episode of Honestly Allegedly, we sit down with Doreen Gift, who works in Uganda’s ICT sector. She talks about how her upbringing and education shaped her commitment to sustainable development. She argues that digital connectivity is essential to equality, to access to health and education, and to young people’s ability to take part in society.
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The Greening Education Episode ft Olivia Copsey
They keep saying schools are "greening" education - tree-planting days, eco clubs, a few climate facts bolted onto a lesson plan. But only 2% of global climate funding goes to education. So what's actually going on?
On this episode of Honestly Allegedly, we sit down with Olivia Copsey, Global Lead for Eco-Schools at the Foundation for Environmental Education, to find out why "greening education" so rarely becomes real classroom impact — and what it would actually take to fix that.
You'll learn:
🌱 Why climate education often fails to translate into action
🌱 How the Eco-Schools 7-step framewor...
The One Million Dollar Episode ft Mayokun Iyaomolere
What happens when we stop talking about development in big words and start asking what it actually looks like in people’s everyday lives?
In this episode of Honestly Allegedly, we sit down with Mayokun Iyaomolere, an environmental sustainability professional, climate advocate, and Founder/Executive Director of Plogging Nigeria, for a conversation about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustainability, education, waste management, and the gap between talking about development and actually making it understandable and useful to the people it is meant to serve.
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The Honestly Allegedly Media Episode ft Faith, Miedou and Bridget
Where does the name "Honestly Allegedly" actually come from and what is it protecting? In this first episode, we get into what international development really looks like on the ground, why independence hasn't always meant control, and why young people keep getting invited into rooms just to take notes. Honest, unfiltered, and not asking for permission.
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