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Juliette Foster

The Weeks Update: Professor John Weeks & Tim Jones talk Ghana & Mozambique's huge debts

Juliette Foster
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The Weeks Update

The Weeks Update: Professor John Weeks & Tim Jones talk Ghana & Mozambique's huge debts
The Greek financial crisis may have gone quiet for the time being but an economic drama on an equally large scale is being played out in Ghana and Mozambique. Both countries are languishing under the weight of multi - billion Dollar debt mountains, currency depreciations and the drying up of foreign investment. As major creditors struggle to find a way of making both economies sustainable, its ordinary people who are left to cope with the fallout of rising food and living costs...a consequence of high borrowing and economic mismanagement. Tim Jones of the Jubilee Debt Campaign joins Juliette Foster in the studio along with Professor John Weeks, Share Radio's regular economics commentator.

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Juliette Foster

Conversations from Africa with Chris Bishop: S.A avoids junk status, Africa mourns Muhammad Ali & more

Juliette Foster
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Conversations From Africa

Conversations from Africa with Chris Bishop: S.A avoids junk status, Africa mourns Muhammad Ali & more
On this week's show, Chris Bishop Managing Editor of Forbes Africa discussed South Africa avoiding a credit downgrade to junk status. Chris will also look at South Africa's political landscape and Telcom while he also looks at Muhammad Ali's legacy in Africa.

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Rita Lobo

The World This Week May 29th 2016

Rita Lobo
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The World This Week

The World This Week May 29th 2016
In this episode of The World This Week, Rita teams up with Mashable to investigate what's behind this week's spurt of ShareHold-er ECO Activism with science editor, Andrew Freedman. Fiona Norman speaks to Greek financial crisis expert, Thanos Dimadis, to find out how unlocking a €10.3bn bail out loan will help in easing the countries financial debt pile. We look at why tech companies are in the top five list in the world with the most cash in the bank, and how the value of sterling has been extremely volatile this year and what link this may have with Brexit fears.

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Juliette Foster

Conversations From Africa: Uber causes chaos, violence in parliament, Zimbabwe's flag movement & more!

Juliette Foster
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Conversations From Africa

Conversations From Africa: Uber causes chaos, violence in parliament, Zimbabwe's flag movement & more!
This is Conversations From Africa, Share Radio's weekly look at major news from across the African continent with Chris Bishop, Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine & Share Radio reporter Patrick Jones. On today's show: A new policy for Uber in South Africa which was met with uproar from regular cab drivers, violence erupting in South Africa's Parliament due to the Economic Freedom Fighters, news of changes to interest rates in South Africa, news of a possible arrest for the Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, a look at the Zimbabwe Flag movement & much more!

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Ed Bowsher

Providing microfinance for the developing world: Co - CEO of FINCA, Rupert Scofield speaks to Share Radio's Alexi Phillips

Ed Bowsher
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Juliette's Macro-Economic View

Providing microfinance for the developing world: Co - CEO of FINCA, Rupert Scofield speaks to Share Radio's Alexi Phillips
Providing access to finance and loans is a key tool for helping the world's poorest people and a critical part of helping developing nations build more robust economies. FINCA, the international Microfinance Institution, works to provide micro loans for entrepreneurs and small to medium sized enterprises around the globe. To learn more Share Radio's Alexi Phillips sat down with its president and co-CEO Rupert Schofield. Alexi began by asking him about FINCA's mission and approach.

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Juliette Foster

Conversations From Africa: The WEF on Africa, Rwanda's return to grace, & a Forbes Africa exclusive!

Juliette Foster
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Conversations From Africa

Conversations From Africa: The WEF on Africa, Rwanda's return to grace, & a Forbes Africa exclusive!
This is Conversations From Africa, Share Radio's weekly view across the continent & it's major news, with Chris Bishop, Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine & Share Radio's Patrick Jones. This week they discuss the World Economic Forum on Africa in Rwanda & the host nation's rise from the ashes, plus a Forbes Africa exclusive, updates from an infamous South Africa's mine collapse several months ago, news out of the Central African Republic after the withdrawal of French forces & more!

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Linda Lewis (1)

Company Casebook: Pavegen

Linda Lewis (1)
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Company Casebook

Company Casebook: Pavegen
Pavegen are a company who have come up with revolutionary technology that transforms the power of people's footsteps into energy. Linda Lewis meets the CEO Laurence Kemball Cook, who reveals how the company has teamed up with Tribal Planet in Silicon Valley to turn the data from footsteps into a 'digital currency' which people can spend using their mobile phone.
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Laurence Kemball Cook


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Ed Mitchell

What happened to the Africa Rising narrative?

Ed Mitchell
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Ed's Macro-Economic View

What happened to the Africa Rising narrative?
Only a few years ago Africa was seen by some as the next great emerging investment opportunity, but a recent economic slide has brought this idea into question. Share Radio's Alexi Phillips reports on what was behind the rise and fall of this optimism surrounding Africa. He spoke with Richard Dowden, director of the Royal African Society, and Simon Freemantle, Senior Political Economist at Standard Bank
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Alexi Phillips


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Juliette Foster

Conversations From Africa: South Africa faced reality of junk status, re-introduction of the Zimbabwean Dollar, removal of aid to Mozambique & more

Juliette Foster
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Conversations From Africa

Conversations From Africa: South Africa faced reality of junk status, re-introduction of the Zimbabwean Dollar, removal of aid to Mozambique & more
This is Conversations From Africa with Share Radio's Patrick Jones & Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine, Chris Bishop. In this weeks edition: - -The South African economy is teetering on the edge of junk status and it now looks like an inevitability. What will happen next? -Barclay's are finally pulling out of Africa and Chris gives us an update on the process of their withdrawal and selling off of the companies shares. -The Zimbabwean government are trying to reintroduce the Zimbabwean Dollar -Donor nations have stopped giving aid to Mozambique after allegations are levelled against the government there.

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Juliette Foster

Conversations From Africa: News in platinum mining, President Zuma speaks up, Vodacom lose a landmark court case & more!

Juliette Foster
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Juliette's Macro-Economic View

Conversations From Africa: News in platinum mining, President Zuma speaks up, Vodacom lose a landmark court case & more!
This is Conversations From Africa, Share Radio's weekly round-up of major news stories from across the African continent, with Chris Bishop - Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine. This week Share Radio's Patrick Jones talks to Chris about platinum miners meeting their employers to discuss new pay deals, a new mall for South Africa finally opening and attracting over 90,000 visitors, President Zuma calling for unity in South African politics whilst the public continue to rally against him & much more.

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