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Gadgets and Gizmos with Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin.

This is Conversations From Africa with Chris Bishop - the Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine, based in Johannesburg, & host - Patrick Jones. In this edition - a closer look at the South African Finance Minister's plans for the countries economy, bleak economic news for Uganda, Uber runs into trouble in South Africa & an update on the Zimbabwe Protest movements.

This is Emerging Opportunities - the only show on radio dedicated to global emerging markets, with Juliette Foster & Gavin Serkin - the managing editor of Frontier Funds, Frontera News and the author of Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow. His guest today is Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, an expert on sovereign debt. Now, it's one year ago that President Barack Obama officially reopened diplomatic relations with the Communist government of Cuba, bringing back life to embassies shut for five decades in Washington and Havana, but how does the country fair as an opportunity for investors? For more from the Emerging Opportunities team, visit: https://audioboom.com/channel/shareradio-emergingopportunities

It’s a month since the UK voted to leave the EU, and data from the Markit PMI shows that the UK business economy has sunk to its lowest level since April 2009. But what should we make of this? Joe Aldridge has been hearing from Scott Bowman, UK Economist at Capital Economics.

A string of possible business projects, including the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, will need to be decided on by new Government Ministers, as Brexit opens up new policy options, including a possible industrial strategy. But what will it look like? James Frayne, a former senior civil servant in government, discussed on Share Radio.

Time once again for the Consuming Issues news review, with Financial Broadcaster of the Year Georgie Frost. Joining us today is Hannah Maundrell, editor of money.co.uk. And the big story of the day - former BHS owner, Sir Philip Green has been branded as the "unacceptable face of capitalism". Georgie and Hannah will also mull over how the failure of BHS could help the government protect workplace pensions. Plus, Living near a supermarket can help to boost the value of your home by £22,000. All this and more, on Consuming Issues, every day from 9am to Midday, right here on Share Radio.

We spoke with Adam Ryan New Music Festival Programmer & Promoter for The Great Escape Festival, Lovebox Festival, Wilderness Festival. Giving us some insight into Festivals and the importance of finding new artists. And of course we have the Soundcloud artist of the week The Deans a Galway born trio. With a fantastic Beatles musical industry anecdote of the week.

With the Sports Direct report from the House select committee out this week, Nick talks company culture…and the imperative for a new way to do business. Plus, the effectiveness of worker representation on boards, crime in the workplace and the economy of hours…a new means of money-free trade and barter.

Age is no barrier to setting up and running a small business. Husband and wife team Margaret Salmon and Paul Brown set up their company when they were in their mid 50's and mid 60's respectively. Ten years on she's 66 and he is 73 - and Only By Nature, their sugar free frozen yoghurt business is going from strength to strength. The frozen yoghurt, retailing at £3 per tub, is being stocked by several large supermarket chains.

Think Snapchat meets Ebay - and you've got a new video E-commerce platform called Yeay which promises to provide 'the ultimate shopping experience' - all done on mobile phones. Sellers make and upload themselves from their mobile phones using the Yeay app. For buyers, to keep it simple there's an integrated payment system as well. Backed by one of German's top venture capital firms, it's the brain child of former TV producer Melanie Mohr.