Africa's female entrepreneurs
We consider the hurdles Africa's female entrepreneurs face, and hear of some solutions. Melanie Hawke is chief executive of Lionesses of Africa, a support network of a million African women entrepreneurs, and tells us how they aim to help women grow their businesses organically. One of the most high profile members of Lionesses of Africa is Kofo Akinkugbe, chief executive of SecureID Nigeria, the only smart card and digital security production plant in West Africa, and she discusses her story. Emma Wade-Smith is the UK's trade commissioner for Africa, and explains what the UK government is doing to help African female entrepreneurs. And we hear from three further entrepreneurs working with the Royal Academy of Engineers about some of the challenges they've faced getting their businesses off the ground. They are: Aisha Raheem of Farmz2U, Bernice Dapaah of Ecoride and Hope Mwanake of Eco-Tiles. Also in the programme, following US president Donald Trump's speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, we count the cost of climate change with Madeline Cuff, deputy editor at Business Green, which tracks the sustainability efforts of businesses. Plus the BBC's Suranjana Tewari in Mumbai tells us why Uber Eats has sold its Indian food delivery business to a local rival. (Picture: Bernice Dapaah, founder, Ghana Bamboo Bikes. Picture credit: Royal Academy of Engineering.)