Professor Adrian Saville Gordon from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and the Centre for African Management and Markets (CAAM), teams up with The Founder of The Nielsen Network, Bronwyn Nielsen to bring you "Africa Rising". A monthly mini documentary that highlights the enormous opportunity that the African Continental Free Trade Area presents if fully embraced and effectively leveraged. AfCTFA went live on the 1st of January 2021 and aims to unify 55 AU states, connect 1.2 billion people and create the largest free trade area in the world with a combined GDP of 3.4 trillion US dollars . The team will showcase trade, infrastructure, education and health projects, conduct interviews with public and private sector leaders, academia and civil society. We start in The Republic of Ghana home to the AfCFTA Secretariat. #africa #AfCFTA

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Ethiopia is a Christian island surrounded by Muslim countries and Harar is the other island within that island: a difficult city for sorting, the fourth holiest city of Islam with almost a hundred mosques within its walls, and the place where the poet Arthur Rimbaud chose to refuge in his flight from Europe. Here women control on the street the sale of khat, a plant with stimulant powers that sets the pace of Harar. Consumption, ritualized in everyday life of the city, provides its inhabitants a unique identity.

David Adams’ journey takes us into a Sudan we rarely see. On the flat waters of the Nile, he hears the creaking of the rigging catching the wind as river-travelers have for thousands of years. While the battlements of ancient fortresses standing on shore are occasional reminders of the region’s violent past, he is able to contemplate that era from the relative peace of the wide river.

Isolated by mountains, Ethiopia is a center of spirituality. Here, faith is a driving force in the lives of many. This episode explores the depths of Ethiopia's religious beliefs. In the holy highland town of Lalibela, young Kibkab Woldemariam studies each day in hopes of becoming a priest. In the hills above Lalibela, Abba Defar labours at bringing to life his vision of a cathedral hewn from mountain rock. Will Kibkab Woldemariam be rewarded for his studies with the honour of participating in the annual procession for the holy day of Timkat? And will Abba Defar ever complete his mammoth symbol of faith in the Ethiopian highlands?

Sahara is documentary series that explores how western interference in the regions surrounding the desert affects those who live there.Niger is the country with the fastest growing population on earth - but in a poor country, that comes with its problems.What are the challenges faced by its people?

The Chinese Companies Behind Water Supply in Africa | China/Africa Big Business | Business Documentary from 2013

Episode 6: Precious WaterIn this sixth episode, we look into how Chinese companies are building water supply infrastructure in Zanzibar. In the second part of the video, we follow the work of companies building pipe water and more in Angola. This series looks at how big Chinese enterprises have found a foothold in Africa, how they’ve often had to adapt their approach and strategies to fit the African market, and how Chinese and African employers, employees and business partners have learned from and influenced one another.

In Sudan, a vicious civil war over oil has cost thousands of Sudanese lives.