new democracy party are ahead of the main rival, the leftist syriza party. it s unlikely either party will earn a majority. saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, who will end up having the most influence on that fast growing continent? as the g7 uses its summit injapan to draw the world s poorest countries closer, will recent visits to africa by its leaders pay off as they look to tackle concerns about food and energy in return for natural resources? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. this former senior us trade official who now helps build bridges between private companies and opportunities across africa. also, the african union
there they are. this former senior us trade official who now helps build bridges between private companies and opportunities across africa. also, the african union s trade commissioner, who tells me what his continent really wants from the rest of the world as it looks to advance its own prosperity. also on the show, keeping safe online the war in ukraine means companies are more worried than ever about cyber attacks, so i m going to be speaking to the big boss of one of the world s leading cyber security firms who keeps many of the world s biggest businesses out of trouble. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, africa is seen by many as the most exciting continent on the planet 5a countries full of young, energetic people and rich rich in both potential and natural resources. but it is still home to some of the poorest countries in the world and western leaders, they re competing with china fo
the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the headlines. now on bbc news: talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, who will end up having the most influence on that fast growing continent? as the g7 uses its summit injapan to draw the world s poorest countries closer, we ll recent visits to africa by its leaders pay off as they look to tackle concerns about food and energy in return for natural resources. i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are, this former senior us trade official who now helps build bridges between private companies and opportunities across africa. also the african union s trade commissioner, who tells me what his continent really wants from the rest of the world as it looks to advance its own prosperity. also on the show, keeping safe online.
tech weapons against ukraine. just this month, the fbi and some of its global partners said they stopped a major piece of russian software that was attacking companies all around the world. it all means that business leaders are more worried than ever about their cybersecurity. so i caught up with the big boss of cyberark. it s the us based company that tries to keep thousands of major companies, including more than half of the world s biggest banks, safe from attack. matthew cohen, a real pleasure having you on the show. and matt, let s start with this. just how dangerous is the digital world right now? yeah. great to be here. so, when we look at the digital world, it s really moving at such a rapid pace that the complexity of protecting those environments is becoming increasingly more difficult. and so, as we look at the digital innovation or digital transformation of organisations, companies and governments, we see this effect of an ability for hackers to innovate and come at us in
and so any time we have rapid innovation on the technology side, it also can be leveraged for not good. for bad, actually. and so we think and we believe that we have to build ai into our solutions in order to prepare for the innovation that s happening on the other side. but it definitely keeps us up at night as we think about where in the rapid pace we re moving through for the future. well, on that point, matt, matthew cohen, the big boss of cyberark, really appreciate your time. thanks forjoining me and i ll check in with you soon. thanks, aaron. it s been great to be with you. well, that s it for this week s show. i hope you enjoyed it. don t forget, you can keep up with all the latest on the global economy on the bbc news website and the smartphone app. of course, you can also follow me on twitter, tweet me, i ll tweet you back. you can get me a bbcaaran. thanks for watching. i ll see you soon. bye bye.