Africa economy

Nigeria banned shea nut exports to help women profit. But it backfired
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Africa
Posted
30 September
Mayor to host first London-Africa business summit
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London
Posted
17 July
The Interview. Akinwumi Adesina: Africa rising? Audio, 23 minutes
Stephen Sackur speaks to the President of the African Development Bank
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
The battle for high-octane drama - African style
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Africa
Posted
13 March 2024
Nigeria's budget offers renewed hope - president
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Africa
Posted
29 November 2023
Currency crisis forces up cost of living in Africa
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Business
Posted
15 November 2023
Kenya accused of forest evictions for green payments
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Africa
Posted
9 November 2023
How Ghana's central bank lost $5bn in one year
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Business
Posted
6 October 2023
How Ghana’s rising star plunged into an economic crisis. Video, 00:03:33
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Africa
Posted
4 October 2023
The Documentary Podcast. BBC OS Conversations: Migrating from Africa. Audio, 24 minutes
Professional and unskilled men and women discuss why they want to leave the continent
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Business Daily. Investing in Africa: What needs to change? Audio, 18 minutes
Business leaders tell us how Africa can escape it's funding crisis.
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Assignment. Kenya's free money experiment. Audio, 27 minutes
Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
China's loans to Africa worry World Bank chief
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Business
Posted
2 April 2023
Business Daily. The boss of Africa's biggest bank. Audio, 18 minutes
Ecobank CEO Ade Ayeyemi says African governments should subsidise less and tax more
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
US courts Africa as rivals make advances
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Africa
Posted
16 December 2022
Business Daily. Africa’s Middlemen: Rent-seekers or cultural brokers? Audio, 18 minutes
Are Africa’s middlemen a crucial part of business transactions or a distraction?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Wheat shortage: Baker's mission to reinvent bread. Video, 00:03:09
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Africa
Posted
13 October 2022
Going coconuts: How Nigeria hopes to cash in
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Africa
Posted
16 July 2022
Why tomato growing in Tanzania has become a struggle
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Africa
Posted
28 June 2022
Why Ghana's mobile money tax has triggered such uproar
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Africa
Posted
1 May 2022
Investors lose vote to share Covid vaccine know-how
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Business
Posted
29 April 2022
Who gains as DR Congo joins East Africa trade bloc?
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Africa
Posted
29 March 2022
'Buying cooking oil feels like buying drugs'
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Africa
Posted
29 March 2022
Could Bongalo take on Airbnb in Africa? Newsday. Audio, 00:02:48
The hospitality platform is designed for African travellers and is looking to expand
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BBC World Service
Posted
14 February 2022