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World Service,14 Jun 2024,26 mins

Will entrepreneurship fix South Africa's economy

World Business Report

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South Africa's newly formed national unity government need to get the economy growing again. We hear from entrepreneur and outspoken critic of the ANC Rob Hersov on what can be done. Meta has halted its AI models in Europe after the Irish privacy regulator told it to delay its plan to harness data from Facebook and Instagram users. We look at what happened and why. Also, Devina Gupta turns to Venezuela where Presidential elections are set for July 28. Edmundo Gonzalez, a little-known former diplomat has been chosen by various parties to be their candidate after the most prominent opposition leader had been barred from running. (Picture: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reacts after being re-elected as president of South Africa. Picture credit: Reuters)

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