Africa Business Report

Radio 702 - The Podcastsen-us20062702webmaster@702.co.zawe look back at social media in 2015 and Google Play Music launches in South Africa.Bruce gives an update on current business issues in Africa.Chinese President Xi Jinping's Africa visit and the MTN fine saga made it to this week's Africa Business Report with Liesl Louw-Vaudran. Nigeria 's interest rates and Zambia's talks with the IMF were among this week's Africa Business Report with Nazreen Seria from Bloomberg. Everything's coming up emoji. For the first time, the Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year isn't a word at all, but an emoji - the 'Face with Tears of Joy, ' to be exact. In a blog post, Oxford University Press explained that the emoji was selected in part because it "best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015."The postponement of the completion of Senegal's new international airport and the end of Ebola in West Africa was among this week's Africa Business Report with freelance journalist and Africa analyst Liesl Louw-Vaudran. Elections in Tanzania and Standard Bank opening an office in Ethiopia made this week's Africa Business Report with freelance analyst and journalist Liesl Louw-Vaudran. Negotiations between Nigeria and Ghana over Ghana's outstanding payments for Nigerian gas was among this week's Africa business report with Africa analyst and journalist Liesl Louw-Vaudran. Negotiations between Nigeria and Ghana over Ghana's outstanding payments for Nigerian gas was among this week's Africa business report with Africa analyst and journalist Liesl Louw-Vaudran.