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What is Rumble? The streaming platform building an alternative internet

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you don’t like the way online speech is regulated, can you build your own internet where you make the rules? This is the story of Rumble, the new...

Syria's child labour problem: Abdullah's story

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Abdullah lives in northern Syria. He is 14, he lost his mother and brothers to the Syrian civil war. For years now Abdullah has been working to feed t...

Syria: Life after the earthquake

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last month’s devastating earthquake didn’t just claim thousands of Turkish lives, it ravaged northern Syria as well. International help for that r...

How wearing glasses can improve the economy

11 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Without being able to see clearly, people in low and middle income countries can find it difficult to secure a job or support their family. Globally a...

The modern pilgrimage boom

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We follow in the footsteps of a Viking Saint who's legacy is bringing visitors and their cash to remote areas from Sweden and Norway.More and more peo...

Oscars: Celebrity gifting suites

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ahead of the Oscars, Business Daily goes behind the scenes of a celebrity gifting suite. Before the ceremony and the parties, celebrities are often ...

Health apps: Are we sharing too much?

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The digital health market is growing rapidly - in 2021 the sector was valued at 195 billion US dollars.Companies offer apps and devices to monitor ou...

The unbanked

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Oscar Bilayin Kudor runs a business in Ghana producing cassava flour. He wants to grow his business but traditional banks are reluctant to lend him th...

Do attractive people earn more?

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How much better off are the better looking? A growing body of research seems to confirm that life is simply easier and more lucrative for attractive p...

Opening up Uzbekistan: Part 2

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

BBC journalist Rayhan Demytrie is from Uzbekistan and was recently invited back to her country to explore how after almost 30 years the government is ...

Opening up Uzbekistan: Part 1

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

BBC journalist Rayhan Demytrie is from Uzbekistan and was recently invited back to her country to explore how after almost 30 years the government is ...

Trains in the USA: Your take

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A few months ago we covered the story about the renovation of Penn Street railway station in New York. So many World Service listeners got in touch wi...

A story of modern slavery in the UK

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ayo is a victim of trafficking and modern slavery and tells us his story of being taken from Nigeria to the UK and forced to work. We also hear from E...

How Portugal is cycling to success

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The global bicycle market is set to grow by 5% every year over the next decade. Demand has been rising, particularly since the start of the coronaviru...

Unionising the US workforce

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There has been a surge in the number of workplaces in the United States voting to join a labour union. Amid this wave of unionisation, companies are p...

Syria: Starting a business in a warzone

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you launch a successful start-up in a country where there’s been more than a decade of civil war? In this episode of Business Daily Maddy Sav...

The importance of handmade products

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The market for real handmade products is reported to have surged in recent years. Initiatives such as Australia's Seasons of New England Expo and Make...

Ukraine war: Preserving culture

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this epsiode of Business Daily Ashish Sharma looks at how the art world has tried to preserve Ukraine´s cultural and artistic heritage from the on...

Ukraine war: Refugees and resilience

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It is estimated almost eight million people have left Ukraine in the past 12 months. They have all had to start again - finding housing, schools and a...

Ukraine war: Refugees starting again

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It is estimated almost eight million people have left Ukraine in the past 12 months. They have all had to start again, finding housing, schools and a ...

Ukraine war: Economic fallout

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ed Butler examines the real state of the Russian economy. Ami Daniel, chief executive of Windward...

Turkey earthquake: What is the future for young people?

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the rescue and recovery effort from the devastating earthquake continues, young people who survived are making tough decisions about the future. ...

Nigeria's election and the economy

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nigerians head to the polls very soon, in what's expected to be a very closely-contested election. In this episode of Business Daily Rob Young explore...

Sweden leads green steel race

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Boden is a remote town in northern Sweden surrounded by pine forests, it's at the forefront of an initiative to try and clean up one of the world’s ...

What does studying in the UK cost Africans?

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Frey Lindsay investigates what some African students are required to do to get a place to study in the UK – and what that costs. We examine the cost...

Big sporting event, very small town

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Business Daily’s Matthew Kenyon visits the Dutch town of Hoogerheide as it hosts the 2023 World Cyclocross Championships. Tens of thousands of fans ...

Getting into business: Founding a billion dollar firm

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty-year-old Aadit Palicha is the man behind India's hottest start up. He was just 18 when he co-founded his quick commerce company Zepto. The firm...

Getting into business: Start-up capital in Africa

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The amount of accessible funding for start-ups in Africa is growing fast, but lots of it goes to the more developed economies of South Africa, Nigeria...

Getting into business: Starting out

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Starting a business is never easy, but in the last few years there’s been more than usual to deal with. Many would assume it's not been a great time...

Getting into business: Selling on social media

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Some businesses in South East Asia are growing at remarkable rates by using social media to sell. Live streaming on TikTok and live chatting on apps l...

Getting into business: Mentoring

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A mentor can take many different forms but ultimately they’re there to give you advice, put you in touch with contacts they have and support you, wh...

What is the cost of lower inflation?

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With food and heating prices going up, and wages not rising at the same rate, there is pressure on central bankers across the world to tackle inflatio...

ASML: Inside Europe’s most valuable tech company

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presenter Matthew Kenyon visits Dutch tech giant ASML, the company which makes the most advanced machines used in the manufacturing of microchips. It ...

My hijab, my way

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On World Hijab Day, Business Daily's Emb Hashmi explores the enormous market in modest fashion and in particular the hijab. We meet four women who wea...

The market for military memorabilia

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Presenter David Reid explores the huge market in military memorabilia. Enthusiasts recreating historical battles has surged in recent years and driven...

The boss of Africa's biggest bank

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ade Ayeyemi, the CEO of Ecobank - Africa’s biggest bank - speaks to presenter Peter MacJob about the economic woes facing much of Africa and explor...

Cost of living: Dresden, Germany

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For the final episode of our cost of living series, the Business Daily team are in Dresden, a manufacturing powerhouse in the east of Germany. Leanna ...

Cost of living: Hospitality

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We all know a coffee shop, a restaurant, a greasy spoon, a pub or a fine dining eatery that has closed in the last few months. But why, after two year...

Cost of living: Housing

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whether renting or buying, housing costs are going up. Presenter Leanna Byrne takes you back home with her to Dublin, Ireland to discuss what all Dubl...

Cost of living: Childcare

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Children aren’t cheap. The cost of living crisis is pushing parents to the edge of their finances, worrying about paying for essentials like food, c...

Cost of living: Transport

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode of our second series on the cost of living, Business Daily's Leanna Byrne looks into the areas of our lives that are costing us ...

The resurgence of vinyl records

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2022, the sale of vinyl records in the UK made more money than CDs. You might think of it as an old fashioned way to listen to music, especially wi...

Long Covid and work

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Over a million people in Spain are thought to have long Covid. In this episode of Business Daily Ashish Sharma finds out how the condition is affectin...

The nappy problem

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Billions of disposable nappies, or diapers, are produced every year and sales are booming. Most go to landfill, some pollute rivers and oceans and a b...

Why does India have so many female pilots?

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

At 12.4%, India has the highest percentage of female pilots in the world. In this episode, Olivia Wilson speaks to female pilots and industry experts ...

Tackling the global food crisis in 2023

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The new president of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development, Alvaro Lario tells us why the pandemic, war in Ukraine and cl...

Why is Nashville a magnet for entrepreneurs?

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Small businesses create nearly two-thirds of new jobs in the workforce and account for 44% of US economic activity. So what's the secret to their succ...

China's Covid nightmare: Can Beijing bounce back?

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

China has this week reopened its borders for the first time in nearly three years. There have been scenes of joy and relief for many Chinese citizens ...

The return to burning wood

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wood sales for heating have been growing across Europe, but as demand increases people are facing rising prices and reports of firewood theft. Busines...

Who is Jack Ma?

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Ma is China's best-known entrepreneur, an English teacher who became a billionaire, after he founded the e-commerce giant Alibaba. However in Ju...

Business and conscription in Russia

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Victoriya Holland investigates how businesses in Russia are surviving, as tens of thousands of men of working age are called up by the government to f...

Women, sport and business: Making NBA history

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our mini-series on women, sport and business we meet Cynt Marshall. She's the chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks and the first...

Women, sport and business: Betting

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gambling has a long and complex relationship with sport. But betting is no longer a man's game. As women's sport grows, many companies are putting big...

Women, sport and business: Media deals

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the second programme of our series on women, sport and business, we’re looking at the media. With women’s sport accounting for only around 5% o...

Women, sport and business: Haley Rosen

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This year sees one of the biggest global events in women’s sport – the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. It follows a very success...

Review of 2022

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Business Daily reviews one of the most important 12 months for the world of money and work on record. Big economic news has dominated in 2022. We saw ...

Money jobs: Inside the auction house

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the last episode in our five-part Business Daily series all about high-value, high-transaction jobs you might read about, see on the TV or glam...

Money jobs: The reality for realtors

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode four of our Business Daily series all about high value, high transaction jobs you might read about, see on the TV or glamorised in fil...

Money jobs: The truth about trading

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We all love a good financial film, we might not all fully understand what’s going on the whole time, but they’re always really intense with a make...

Money jobs: Cashing or crashing with crypto

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto is a tricky business. Chances are, you know someone or know of someone who's made a bit of money with crypto, and that you’re not too far rem...

Money jobs: Making money on the tables

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ever thought about quitting your job and playing poker for a living? Well, today we find out what it’s really like making your living on the tables....

The rising stars of football and their money

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The World Cup is a catwalk of footballing talent. Lesser known players are thrust into the spot light and launched onto the global soccer scene often ...

Toy trends: Are people still spending?

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Christmas and the holiday season is a crucial time for toy retailers, and hopes will be high for sales to return to pre-pandemic levels. But with the ...

What's happened to the titans of big tech?

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Big tech is facing a big moment. With plummeting stock prices, and mass lay-offs, the likes of Google, Twitter and Meta are all - for different reason...

Nollywood: Nigeria's billion dollar film industry

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nigeria’s film industry, known as Nollywood is the second largest film industry in the world and has overtaken Hollywood in terms of the quantity of...

Regulating online gambling

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Online gambling’s success has pushed global valuations of the industry to around half a trillion dollars for 2022 - but the accessibility of its dig...

Beauty Costs: Girls, beauty and advertising

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More than ever girls are bombarded by images that have been curated, filtered and touched up. How can we help girls decode those images and understand...

Beauty Costs: Why is Korean skincare so popular?

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode of our Beauty Costs series, we’re looking at a part of the beauty world that’s worth over ten billion dollars.K-beauty is one...

Beauty costs: Beauty disruptor brands

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The beauty industry was once a world dominated by a handful of names, but quickly and quietly, hundreds of smaller brands have managed to make a name ...

Beauty costs: A spotlight on skin lightening

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Products that claim to lighten skin are often physically harmful, often containing toxic chemicals and dangerous ingredients. We look at why skin ligh...

Beauty costs: How do you create a beauty empire? With Marcia Kilgore

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Perhaps you have heard of Marcia Kilgore, or maybe not, but if you’re a woman, a beauty junkie, or just love shoes, you are likely to have heard of ...

Business Daily Meets: Krept

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

UK-based rapper Krept grew up in a culture of gang violence, but has carved out a career for himself as a successful musician and entrepreneur. As one...

Growing opposition to mining in Panama

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We look at growing opposition to mining in Latin America. The region is a leading producer of copper, silver, iron and lithium. But the environmental ...

Napping on the job

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Deborah Weitzmann explores whether a quick nap break at work could make us all more productive. We head to Beijing where an employee tells us about he...

Floriade: Was it worth it?

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Floriade is one of the world's biggest gardening and horticulture expos - and it has cost taxpayers in the Dutch city of Almere nine times as much as ...

Business Daily Meets: Mathieu Flamini

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

International footballer Mathieu Flamini started a biotech company when he was still a professional player. Speaking to Sam Fenwick, Flamini reveals w...

Business Daily Meets: Patrice Evra

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On the eve of the 2022 World Cup Final Sam Fenwick speaks to former professional footballer, Patrice Evra. He made more than 80 appearances for the Fr...

Reinventing recycling in Louisiana

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz decided to start a recycling project in New Orleans after realising the city sent all its glass to landfill. Now th...

The cost of rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Business Daily we get on board The Ocean Viking, a migrant rescue boat operated by the non-governmental organisations SOS Méditerr...

Africa Super League – new dawn for football?

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Confederation of African Football, CAF, with the backing of FIFA, has launched a new Super League aimed at injecting much-needed funds to clubs on the...

Business Daily Meets: Nico Rosberg

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Theo Leggett meets Nico Rosberg, who found fame and fortune in the fossil-fuelled world of F1, but is now reinventing himself as a champion of green t...

Business Daily Meets: Boyan Slat

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you clean the world's oceans of plastic? 10 years ago, when he was just 18, Dutchman Boyan Slat thought he knew how to do it, and set out his v...

Rebuilding lives after flooding in Pakistan

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many communities in Pakistan were completely destroyed when vast areas of the country were hit by catastrophic flooding this summer. 33 million people...

The Morality of Machines

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From search engines to chatbots to driverless taxis – artificial intelligence is increasingly a part of our daily lives. But is it always ethical? ...

Africa’s Middlemen: Rent-seekers or cultural brokers?

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Middlemen are intermediaries who facilitate business interactions for a commission, but in Africa their role is more complex. Africa's middlemen divid...

How much is it costing fans to go to Qatar?

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

About 1.5 million fans, a little more than half the population of Qatar, are expected to arrive in the tiny Gulf state for the 2022 World Cup. Two wee...

Women in business in Qatar

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How easy is it for a woman to start and run a business in Qatar? In the past few years, there have been changes to the constitution and laws which hav...

Qatar’s World Cup tourism gamble

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Will a boost in visitors for the Qatar World Cup lead to more visitors in the long run? Qatar has spent over $220bn on preparations for the football ...

Qatar: The migrant workers behind the World Cup

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Workers from countries such as Nepal have done the bulk of the work to build the stadiums and infrastructure for the Qatar World Cup. But there are di...

Business Daily Meets: Jason Bell

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Samira Hussain visits the New York studio of one of the most in demand photographers in the world, Jason Bell.Jason has photographed some of the world...

Sri Lanka: Life after an economic crisis

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In April 2022, Sri Lanka was gripped by a major economic crisis. Prices were rising sharply, protests started in the capital, Colombo,and spread acros...

A special interview with the boss of the World Bank

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a wide ranging interview, David Malpass, president of the World Bank, speaks to presenter Sam Fenwick about the global economic situation.He talks ...

The rise and fall of the hot tub

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In mid-2021 hot tub companies were king. Unprecedented demand through covid pushed up sales as people stayed at home. Some of Europe's well known sup...

Business Daily Meets: Dr Natalie Kenny

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When you’re conducting a scientific experiment, you must prepare for it to fail.Lab researchers work by this motto. But for Dr Natalie Kenny, founde...

How social media is changing farming in Kenya

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We hear from some of the many small-scale farmers in Kenya who are using apps like What’sApp, Facebook and Instagram to share information about the ...

How students' right to earn shook up US sport

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

University sport in the US has become huge business. For decades, students' share of those earnings only came in the form of scholarships. As televisi...

Why men don’t want to work any more

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As many as 7 million Americans who could work, aren’t. These are people who have dropped out of the workforce - they have given up on finding a j...

Greensill: What went wrong?

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Greensill Capital was a UK based finance firm and a darling of investors which made its money by lending to businesses. It went into administration i...

Will a multibillion dollar project get Americans back on trains?

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

New York’s Penn Station is the busiest transport hub in the United States - as many as 650,000 people pass through it in a day. But this intercity h...

Mahira Khan on Pakistan's mental health emergency

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we explore mental health provision in Pakistan. Pakistan has a population of more than 200 million people but only around 500 working ...