Arnold Ekpe - CEO Ecobank Transnational Inc
Six of the world's ten fastest growing economies are in Sub- Saharan Africa. The World Bank predicts a decade of African growth which Europe can only dream of, but how realistic is the excitable talk ...
24 Heinä 201223min
Extratime: Jonathan Edwards - Olympic triple jump gold medallist
More than 10,000 athletes are about to compete at the London Olympics. The spotlight will certainly be on them but one former champion, Jonathan Edwards, will take a particular interest. He won Olympi...
23 Heinä 201223min
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Baaba Maal is maintaining a West African tradition: he is an internationally renowned musician with a strong political voice, like Fela Kuti and Youssou N'Dour before him. His campaigning touches on s...
19 Heinä 201223min
James Robinson - Professor of Government, Harvard University
Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned Harvard academic James Robinson. In a recent book, written together with Daron Acemoglu, he tries to answer one of the most basic questions of global economics an...
18 Heinä 201223min
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell - Astrophysicist
Stephen Sackur speaks to a scientist of rare distinction. Jocelyn Bell Burnell was a key member of the team which discovered pulsars and neutron stars in the late 1960s. She became one of the world’s ...
15 Heinä 201223min
Paul Kagame - President of Rwanda
Is Rwanda's president Paul Kagame in serious danger of losing the international community's goodwill?He has been accused of autocratic behaviour and of being unrealistic about the prospects for an eco...
12 Heinä 201223min
Karel De Gucht - European Commissioner for Trade
Stephen Sackur talks to a member of the Brussels political elite, the EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht. His job is to promote Europe's trade agenda around the world - but who is listening when the...
11 Heinä 201223min
Femi Kuti - Musician and Activist
Zeinab Badawi talks to the musician and political activist Femi Kuti, son of the late, legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. As Africa's most populous nation and one of its biggest oil producers, Nige...
9 Heinä 201223min
