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realistic or deluded? akinwumi adesina, welcome to hardtalk. it's good to see you, stephen. it's great to have you here. you need the world to believe in a bright african future. how is that going right now? it's going pretty well. if you take a look at the african economic outlook we had from the african development bank, the gdp growth rate, gdp growth rates last year was 3.1%. this year, it's 3.7%. and next year, it's going to be 4.3%. now, why that is important is that that is well above the global average. you still have ten out of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world b...

voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. of all the world's continents, africa is the one likely to see the greatest transformation in the course of this century. it will likely be home to almost 40% of all humanity by 2100. if, by then, africans have benefited from sustainable development, their global economic power will be enormous. if they haven't, then they could be facing cataclysmic levels of economic and environmental breakdown. my guest is the pres...

The Samoa government has launched a new form of insurance to help residents cope with natural disasters.

Extreme weather events, such as strong winds and continuous heavy rainfall, pose significant challenges to the livelihoods of Samoan families, particularly low-to-middle-income earners.  In a recent demand survey by the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), nearly half of the respondents (47% out ...

News and Press Release in English on Vanuatu and 1 other country about Climate Change and Environment, Contributions, Epidemic and more; published on 30 Mar 2023 by Govt. New Zealand