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World Business Report: First broadcast 2017/11/21 22:32 GMT: Mugabe resigns, but will it rescue Zimbabwe's economy?

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First broadcast 2017/11/21 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2017/11/21 22:32 GMT: Mugabe resigns, but will it rescue Zimbabwe's economy?

Mugabe resigns, but will it rescue Zimbabwe's economy?

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Mugabe resigns, but will it rescue Zimbabwe's economy?

Hyperinflation, unemployment and reduced exports have curtailed the country's growth

Robert Mugabe is due to be replaced by the man he sacked as Vice-President, Emmerson Mnangagwa. But he's not the only one who's got his eyes on the top job. Nkosana Moyo is a former Minister of Industry and he aims to run in the next elections as the candidate of the Alliance for People's Agenda. 

Chinese social networking giant Tencent is the first Asian firm worth more than $500bn. Duncan Clark is an expert on the internet and entrepreneurship in China, and tells us how Tencent has grown so big. Also in the programme, there's been a sharp fall in the price of commodities including sugar, down 22% over the past year. Charles Chavi administers the Kasinthula Cane Growers' Association in Malawi, and explains the impact on his organisation's members. We have a report from The Gambia on the country's attempts to rise up the world tourism rankings. Plus, we hear from Kenya about an audacious bank robbery that saw the perpetrators dig a tunnel to get access to the branch.

(Picture: A man holds up the national flag of Zimbabwe as Zimbabwean soldiers are celebrated by citizens in the streets in Harare. Picture credit: AFP/Getty Images.)

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