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Somali entrepeneur tops list of influential black Britons

Ismail Ahmed is the CEO of digital cash transfer service WorldRemit

We speak to Ismail Ahmed, the founder and chairman of money transfer service WorldRemit, who has been named the most influential black Briton. The Powerlist 2020 covers the most powerful people of African and African Caribbean heritage in the UK, and includes grime artist Stormzy and the Duchess of Sussex.

Catholic bishops from the Amazon region in Brazil want to allow married men in remote areas to become priests. They hope this will help remote communities celebrating mass. Can this be a solution also for African communities where there aren't enough priests? We pose the question to Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese in northern Nigeria.

We speak to the International Red Cross, who's just published a report estimating that 2.3 million people could be facing acute food insecurity in Zambia, due to a 'catastrophic' combination of drought and communities' declining resilience.

(Photo: Mr Ismail Ahmed. Credit: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Tue 29 Oct 201915:06GMT

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  • Tue 29 Oct 201915:06GMT

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