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If you can’t face more than half an hour of me droning on, and still want to understand what the fuss is about with the Africa book (longlisted for FT Book of the Year this week), then this is the podcast for you. It was done by Jeremy Gordon at CityWire and lasts for just 29 minutes.

Please don’t get overexcited about the FT nomination. It is the third successive book this has happened for and nothing more has come of it. The shortlist is announced in October, when 15 become six.

Tags: Africa, agriculture, Demographics, Development, economic development, How Africa Works, How Asia Works

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