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If it matters to Africa, we shall debate it in Africa

Current issues that matter to Africa go under discussion and are brought to the attention of a global audience.

Current issues that matter to Africa go under discussion and are brought to the attention of a global audience.

Each month an invited audience engages robustly with a distinguished international panel to help inform global perceptions of the continent.  

If it matters to Africa, we shall debate it in Africa.

BBC Africa Debate: Will Africa ever benefit from its natural riches?

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Will Africa ever benefit from its natural riches?

BBC World Service for Africa - BBC Africa Debate, Will Africa ever benefit from its natural riches?

Audrey Brown and Justin Rowlatt present a debate from Addis Ababa.

Audrey Brown and Justin Rowlatt present a debate from Addis Ababa, on how newly discovered natural resources will affect Africa.

Africa is endowed with abundant natural wealth. The last few months have seen major new discoveries of natural resources in several African countries. Coal, oil and gas in amongst others Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Mozambique and Uganda.   

Over the next decade, billions of dollars are expected to flow into countries previously starved of financial capital. The question many are asking is, will these windfalls be a blessing that brings - prosperity, sustainable economic growth, new jobs and investments in health, education and infrastructure? Or a political and economic curse that brings conflict, spiraling  inequality, corruption and environmental disasters, as has been the case in several countries on the continent?  

Presented by Audrey Brown and Justin Rowlatt, from Addis Ababa.

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