realistic or deluded? akinwumi adesina, welcome to hardtalk. it s good to see you, stephen. it s great to have you here. you need the world to believe in a bright african future. how is that going right now? it s going pretty well. if you take a look at the african economic outlook we had from the african development bank, the gdp growth rate, gdp growth rates last year was 3.1%. this year, it s 3.7%. and next year, it s going to be 4.3%. now, why that is important is that that is well above the global average. you still have ten out of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world being in africa. yeah, it s not quite as good as it sounds because you have fast rising populations across africa. yes, but when you have a lot of global shocks like we have, increasing real interest rates, and you have also a lot of geopolitical risks, you have a lot of inflation all around the world, africa still has its head above the water. yeah, i agree with you that in terms of the population
another busy programme. let s get started. world leaders are meeting at the g7 summit in southern italy later to impose fresh economic pressure on russia in response to its war against ukraine. there is a lot to discuss. the leaders of the seven powerful economies are expected to agree to use the interest from frozen russian assets to raise $50 billion a year for ukraine. but some european countries are nervous about who ultimately will bear the risk. president biden is also due to sign a new security agreement with president zelensky, as part of long term support to kyiv. for more on this, i m joined by andrew d anieri resident fellow at the atlantic council s eurasia center. good to have you on the programme. what progress will they make, do you think on that very point of increasing the economic pressure on russia? thanks for having me. in terms of sanctions pressure, that s what we mean immediately by economic pressure on russia i think it can be relatively modest, ux
with china. they want to make a deal, but do i? i meet with the vice premier tomorrow at the white house. the talk at the u.s. trade representative s office just broke up within the last few minutes so the two sites meant for about seven hours today. speaking of food, you see lunch being delivered. they are expected to have dinner here in washington, d.c., later this evening, so it does not appear as if the two day talks have been shortened. this still appears to be very fluid as the south china morning post was casting doubts on the prospects of a deal leading into the latest rounds of talks here at the white house i can tell you there was a feeling among some that this was merely posturing in the lead up by chinese officials, also being led in the direction that tariffs on the $250 billion with goods that are slated to increase from 25% to 30% on tuesday or going forward as of now. however, in the past, meetings
detail to get through to agree on to narrow gaps on in particular issue with the sanctions. phil black, thank you. the iranians already celebrating the possibility of a deal leading to the end of sanctions in the streets there and with selfies of themselves in front of president obama s speech broadcast for the first time on iranian tv. president obama is celebrating the deal. in his remarks, he called the negotiated agreement our best option are far. the hard work with the final agreement and selling to congress and the public is still up ahead. our correspondent jim acosta has more. reporter: suzanne, president obama is calling this historic deal. he has to sell it but he is calling the republicans and democrats to buy in that agreement. he insisted the iranians have no choice but to comply saying if
facilities. what iran really wants is relief from sanctions. that will have a dramatic transformative effect on the economy and raise the quality of life for its people. that is the more difficult issue going forward. iran wants that to happen at once. while the rest of the world is pushing for a stage by stage sanctions relief after iran is believed to be in adherence. it is setting the stage. this is the framework. nothing has been signed. the hope is it is a demonstration of will by both sides as they enter the final negotiations that something more concrete can be achieved by the next deadline which is the end of june. thank you. iranians celebrating the possibility of a deal leading to the end of sanctions. they were in the streets and with selfies in front of