superstar. so here isjeff serenading you, chris, in the style of andrew lloyd webber. # chris mason newscaster # do you think you re what they say you are? # chris mason, editor. # do you think you re what they say you are? five stars. brilliant. well done, jeff. oh, that s a work of musical genius, that is. i m blushing, jeff. i m blushing. that is blooming marvellous. thank you. and jeff also did one for katya, which is called the jellicle katya, which is the only way you can make me like cats. did he do one for you? no. that s fine. because i think i d be like the narrator character. you could be ma adam butterfly. i mean, it s a bit operatic. that s very highbrow. it is quite highbrow. i don t even know what that is. too much for you? yes. exactly. at least it s not les miserables, which would be what you d talk about if it was a musical about energy prices, which is what we re going to discuss on this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the st
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
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voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. of all the world s continents, africa is the one likely to see the greatest transformation in the course of this century. it will likely be home to almost 40% of all humanity by 2100. if, by then, africans have benefited from sustainable development, their global economic power will be enormous. if they haven t, then they could be facing cataclysmic levels of economic and environmental breakdown. my guest is the president of the african development bank, akinwumi adesina, sometimes dubbed africa s optimist in chief . is his positivity 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 out