Africa trade and business

In this episode, the Africa Trade and Business team focus on the transition of Nigeria's National Petroleum Corporation, known as the NNPC, which has started operating as a commercial company, before unpacking the half-year performance of South African lender Absa Group, which posted a near 30% jump in profit, and more than doubled its pay out to shareholders.

The Africa Trade and Business team discuss the recent oil discovery in Ivory Coast and what this means for that economy, before focusing on rising inflation in Kenya and why the chairman of one of the country's largest edible-oil producers thinks inflation is set to slow in the next few months.