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Your fave black female influencers unapologetically keeping it real on everything that has them pressed. Nella, Mariam and Adeola say the things you’re too scared to say with their chest…. And that’s on what? Period!
Join three sister friends unapologetically living their best lives as influencers, hyping up each other's W’s and helping each other overcome the L’s. Each week this podcast gives you the AAA to the topics, situations and people that have them pressed with no filter in sight. Weekly chat, boss-B energy and real talk on all things life.
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Your fave influencers Nella, Mariam and Adeola unapologetically keeping it real on everything that has them pressed, no filter in sight. And that’s on what? Period!
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Your fave influencers Nella, Mariam and Adeola get real about Cancel Culture, Fillers and answer some of your voicenotes on the PRESSED hotline. And that’s on what? Period!
PRESSED is a BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network production. Producer - Pilar Nalwimba Editor - Edwin Essome
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Your fav influencers Nella, Mariam and Adeola get real about paying back, work colleagues and sex tapes, and they answer some of your voice notes on the PRESSED hotline. And that’s on what? Period!
PRESSED is a BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network production. Produce by - Pilar Nalwimba Edited by - Edwin Essome & Faith Howley.
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Your fav influencers Nella, Mariam and Adeola spill the tea on the GRM Gala, Love Island and answer some of your voice notes on the PRESSED hotline. And that’s on what? Period!
PRESSED is a BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network production.Produced by - Pilar NalwimbaEdited by - Edwin Essome & Kayode Animashaun
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Nella, Adeola and Mariam keep it 100 on being hypervisible, how men who stay in women’s business have them pressed, answer your love island voice notes and turning down deals like Molly Mae.
PRESSED is a BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network production.Produced by - Pilar NalwimbaEdited by - Edwin Essome & Kayode Animashaun
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Your fave influencers Nella, Mariam and Adeola unapologetically keeping it real on everything that has them pressed, no filter in sight. And that’s on what? Period!
PRESSED is a BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network production. Produced by - Pilar Nalwimba Edited by - Edwin Essome & Kayode Animashaun
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Your faves review the Met Gala, Married At First Sight UK, parents using their kids for online clout and answer questions from the hotline on how to tell your friends to stop inviting you out.
PRESSED is a BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network production. Producer - Pilar Nalwimba Editor - Edwin Essome
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Your faves open up about their natural and relaxed hair journeys, dealing with fake friends and THAT Oloni thread!
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Nella, Adeola and Mariam are pressed about panic buyers, people who overstay their welcome and men in the industry who abuse their power!
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Top 10 lists of all things African football. Who will be top of your list? Who are the best goalscorers? Or the best captain? Who are the greatest managers in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations? With Gabriel Zakuani Yaya Touré and Efan Ekoku. Every Monday from 3 July 2023.
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Have Didier Drogba's Chelsea achievements been eclipsed by Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah at Liverpool to leave one of them as the greatest African to grace the English top flight?
Ivory Coast's Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best Africans to play in the English Premier League. Who will make their top 10?
Top 10 Premier League Players (A-Z) - Didier Drogba- Michael Essien- Lauren Etame-Mayer - Nwankwo Kanu- Riyad Mahrez- Sadio Mane- Jay-Jay Okocha - Mohammed Salah- Kolo Toure- Yaya Toure
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How do Samuel Eto’o’s stats stack up against Didier Drogba’s match winning pedigree.
The Cameroonian won three UEFA Champions Leagues with Barcelona and Inter Milan but does Drogba scoring in big moments put him on top?
Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African goalscorers. Who will make their top 10?
Top 10 Goal Scorers (A-Z)- Emmanuel Adebayor- Didier Drogba- Samuel Eto’o- Hossam Hassan- Salif Keita- Sadio Mané- Roger Milla- Mo Salah- George Weah- Rashidi Yekini
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Is Yaya Touré a more complete footballer than his childhood idols, Abedi Pele and Jay-Jay Okocha?
The former Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder is with former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku and ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African midfielders. Who will make it to number one in their top 10?
Top 10 Midfielders (A-Z)- Mohamed Aboutrika- Abedi “Pele” Ayew- Lakhdar Belloumi- Michael Essien- Ahmed Hassan- Seydou Keita- Riyad Mahrez- John Mikel Obi- Jay-Jay Okocha- Yaya Toure
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Was Morocco’s semi-final run at Qatar 2022 bigger than Milla’s iconic celebrations at Italia 1990?
Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African World Cup Moments. What will make their top 10?
Top 10 World Cup Moments (chronologically)- Tunisia win Africa’s first ever WC Match (1978)- Algeria beat World Champions Germany 2-1 (1982)- Morocco beat Portugal 3-1 to reach round of 16 (1986)- Roger Milla and Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup- Nigeria’s World Cup debut – Bulgaria 1994- Senegal’s run to the QF of the 2002 World Cup - South Africa scoring the first goal of the 2010 World Cup in the opening game against Mexico- Ghana score in extra time to progress to QF (2010)- Vincent Aboubakar scoring for Cameroon against Brazil as the Indomitable Lions became the first African side to beat Brazil at a World Cup (2022)- Morocco’s run to the semi-finals in Qatar (2022)
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Does Kylian Mbappé’s star quality put him above Eusebio or Zinedine Zidane?
Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best players of African heritage. Who will make their top 10?
Top 10 Players of African Heritage (A-Z) - Marcel Desailly- Eusebio - Patrice Evra- N’golo Kante- Claude Makélélé- Kylian Mbappe- Paul Pogba- Bukayo Saka- Patrick Vieira- Zinedine Zidane
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Who was a “fighter”, ready for “football war”? Will Kolo Touré be in his brother’s top 5, and will Efan agree?
Possibly the toughest Top 10 yet for Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku who join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African defenders.
Top 10 Defenders (A-Z)- Lauren Etame Mayer- Weal Gomaa - Stephen Keshi - Khalidou Koulibaly - Samule Kuffour - Noureddine Naybet - Lucas Radebe - Rigobert Song- Kolo Toure - Joseph Yobo
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Is Egypt dominating African football while failing to qualify for 6 World Cups one of the continent's biggest footballing disappointments? And what would the world have seen if Ballon d’Or winner George Weah had the chance to play on football's biggest stage?
Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best Africans not to play at a Fifa World Cup. Who will make their top 10?
Top 10 Africans not to Play at a World Cup (A-Z)- Mohamed Aboutrika- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang- Bruce Grobbelaar- Freddie Kanoute- Salif Keita- Seydou Keita- Segun Odegbami- Abedi Pele- George Weah- Tony Yeboah
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From spitting to faking injury, Yaya Touré and Efan Ekoku join Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate Africa’s most controversial footballers. Which “bad boy” of African Football will be number one in their top 10?
Top 10 Players fans love to hate (A-Z)- Emmanuel Adebayor - Yakubu Aiyegbeni- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang- Andre Ayew- Kevin Prince Boateng- El-Hadji Diouf- Asamoah Gyan- Hossam Hassan- Ahmed Hassan Mido- Chokri el Ouaer
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Who was Yaya’s nemesis at Barcelona? And who’s yet to fulfil their potential?
Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African goalkeepers. Who will make their top 10?
Top 10 goalkeepers (in alphabetical order):- Joseph-Antoine Bell- Yassine Bounou - Essam El Hadar - Vincent Enyeama- Alain Gouamene - Bruce Grobbelaar - Carlos Kameni - Edouard Mendy - Thomas Nkono- Sadok Sassi
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Why has the Gambian government issued a strong warning to ex -President Yahya Jammeh following his announcing plans to return from 9 years in exile?. Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso removed from a global money-laundering watchlist. How can they benefit? And how years of drought is decimating wealth, and thousands of lives in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke and Mark Wilberforce in London. Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard.
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Authorities in Kenya intercept more than a tonne of methamphetamine in the Indian Ocean as part of the country's ongoing fight against narcotics trafficking and addiction
Thousands of Tunisians protest in the southern city of Gabes, calling for a chemical plant to be shut down because they say it's ruining their children's health
And three Sudanese football clubs are hoping to find refuge in Rwanda from the ongoing civil war in Sudan. Fierce rivals Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh, as well as Al-Ahli Wad Madani have been welcomed into the Rwandan league this season, a move that the Sudanese clubs say will keep their players active and their fans hopeful
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Alex Lathbridge, and Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: Pat Sissons Senior Producer: Sunita Nahar Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga
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As the strategic city of el-Fasher finally falls to the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, we analyse what it means in Sudan’s ongoing civil war. How the world’s oldest president, Paul Biya of Cameroon, is set to change things as he wins a disputed eighth term that could keep him in power until the age of 99. And why are South Africans trying to save an ancient language, which has just one speaker?
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Yvette Twagiramariya Technical Producer: Pat Sissons Senior Producer: Piers Edwards Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga
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As Tanzania gears up for elections on 29 October, we hear from two young people about the issues that matter to them and whether youth concerns have been featured in the electoral campaigns.
How a young Senegalese footballer's dream of joining a professional club ended in tragedy after he was tricked and lured to Ghana by fake football agents.
And how Africa is rapidly becoming a compelling destination for outsourcing services.
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Yvette Twagiramariya Technical Producer: Craig Kingham Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga
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As Tanzania gears up for elections on 29 October, we hear from two young people about the issues that matter to them and whether youth concerns have been featured in the electoral campaigns.
How a young Senegalese footballer's dream of joining a professional club ended in tragedy after he was tricked and lured to Ghana by fake football agents.
And how Africa is rapidly becoming a compelling destination for outsourcing services.
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Yvette Twagiramariya Technical Producer: Craig Kingham Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga
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We mark the 80th anniversary of the Fifth Pan-African Congress- a landmark event in Manchester, England that changed Africa
Why people with albinism in Tanzania face rising fear ahead of elections
The plight of Cameroon's female gold miners
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Yvette Twagiramariya in London. Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Technical Producer: Craig Kingham Editors: Sam Murunga and Maryam Abdalla.
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A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali and Muslim influencers and posting political propaganda content. We hear more about what was uncovered and who might be behind this widespread operation.
Chad’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved a controversial constitutional amendment removing presidential term limits. What will this mean for 41-year-old President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s hold on power?
And why the Kenyan Catholic Church took the decision to introduce a new brand of altar wine.
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Elphas Lagat Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga
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A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali and Muslim influencers and posting political propaganda content. We hear more about what was uncovered and who might be behind this widespread operation.
Chad’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved a controversial constitutional amendment removing presidential term limits. What will this mean for 41-year-old President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s hold on power?
And why the Kenyan Catholic Church took the decision to introduce a new brand of altar wine.
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Stefania Okereke, Sunita Nahar and Elphas Lagat Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga
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Sudan war: Can Khartoum airport reopen just hours after a drone attack? 15 years after Boko Haram militancy started, why does a jihadist threat still remain in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state Ivory Coast: With the main opposition candidates barred from running, is President Alassane Ouattara set for a controversial fourth term? Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Stefania Okereke, Alfonso Daniels, Mark Wilberforce and Yvette Twagiramariya in London Technical Producer: Chris Ablakwa Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Editors: Sam Murunga and Maryam Abdalla
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The last ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province. Can the country now be declared free of this latest outbreak?
What is behind the escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea over control of the Red Sea?
And we hear from the Nigerian scientist, who has been recognised with a global award from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, on how her pioneering work is protecting yam and cassava crops and making them more resilient.
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke and Alfonso Daniels Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
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