West Africa power crisis; South Africa economy; Venezuela elections

19/05/2021 6 min

Listen "West Africa power crisis; South Africa economy; Venezuela elections"

Episode Synopsis

In today’s episode, we discuss how a drop in electricity generation in Ivory Coast and Ghana is affecting industrial and domestic activity in those countries and their West African neighbours, examine South Africa’s decision to keep its repo rate unchanged at a record low of 3.5% till next year and look at Venezuela's political scenario as the country gears up for elections to be held in November this year.

More episodes of the podcast The Leaders' Brief