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The economics of older mums
Why are many women delaying motherhood and how is technology helping?
12 Oct 2021,17 mins
The economics of donkeys
These beasts of burden are an economic lifeline for many. Why are they often mistreated?
11 Oct 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 09/10/2021
Was this Facebook’s worst ever week?
09 Oct 2021,50 mins
Working in your 80s: The Artist
What can octogenarians teach us about the nature of work? We ask Geraldine Robarts.
08 Oct 2021,17 mins
Life at Kenya's Dandora rubbish dump
Kenya's biggest rubbish tip could soon close but what will that mean for local residents?
07 Oct 2021,17 mins
Big tech and carbon
Google pledges to be carbon free by 2030 ahead of next month's UN Climate Summit
06 Oct 2021,17 mins
Living in the metaverse
Are virtual online worlds the future of the internet?
05 Oct 2021,17 mins
Can technology transform emergency services?
What do you do in a medical emergency if there is no 9-1-1 service where you live?
04 Oct 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 02/10/2021
Energy crisis hits Chinese homes and businesses
02 Oct 2021,50 mins
Smart cities and broken dreams
Do smart cities justify the hype? And will planned tech hubs in Africa ever be realised?
01 Oct 2021,17 mins
Evergrande and China's property woes
Evergrande's debt distress and what it tells us about China's economic model
30 Sep 2021,17 mins
Inside an influencer house
An advertising model for the smartphone generation
29 Sep 2021,17 mins
Decentralised Finance on the rise
Regulators are taking a close look at new crypto-trading environments
28 Sep 2021,17 mins
Climate weighs on German elections
The fight to succeed popular German chancellor Angela Merkel could not be tighter
27 Sep 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 25/09/2021
COP 26: Should we rethink our economic priorities?
25 Sep 2021,49 mins
After Merkel: What German companies want
What do small and medium-sized German companies want from a new government?
24 Sep 2021,17 mins
Can Ethiopia be brought back from the brink?
It's embroiled in an internal war which has huge humanitarian and economic implications
23 Sep 2021,17 mins
US war on e-cigarettes
Nearly a million e-cigarettes have been rejected from the US market by the FDA
22 Sep 2021,17 mins
World gas prices surge
Small energy firms are among those struggling to stay afloat
21 Sep 2021,17 mins
Lebanon in dire need
The new Lebanese government has been in place for a week
20 Sep 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 18/09/2021
How to protect teenagers' mental health online
18 Sep 2021,50 mins
The business of seed banks
How seed banks around the world are working together to protect our future.
17 Sep 2021,17 mins
The US and its trillion dollar infrastructure bill
Why is this bill facing such a treacherous political road ahead?
16 Sep 2021,17 mins
The future of vaccines
Breakthrough biotechnology that led to the first covid vaccine may fight more diseases
15 Sep 2021,17 mins
Rethinking tourism in Africa
Safari tours aren't going away, but the industry is changing
14 Sep 2021,17 mins
Does sustainable investing make any difference?
A former Wall Street executive on why corporate social responsibility doesn't work.
13 Sep 2021,17 mins
Business Weekly: 11/09/2021
Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador
11 Sep 2021,50 mins
Where have the UK's lorry drivers gone?
The UK's suffering a huge shortage of lorry drivers, but where have 100,000 drivers gone?
10 Sep 2021,17 mins
Climate policy and the German election
Climate change is one of the biggest issues ahead of Germany's election on 26 September
09 Sep 2021,17 mins
Reviving Kenya’s ancient trading port
How Lamu is betting on a new deep sea port for an economic renaissance.
08 Sep 2021,17 mins