Africa Business Report

Africa Business Report is a business news programme produced by BBC News and is shown on BBC World News. This programme was launched on 2 February 2009 as a monthly half-hour programme presented by Komla Dumor. Following a hiatus on 1 August 2011, the programme was relaunched on 6 October 2013 and is now aired worldwide as a weekly 20-minute programme. The program aired its final episode on 25 May 2018.^[1] The programme, which uses correspondents located throughout the continent, is described by BBC World News as:

"A look at business across the continent. We talk to the people and businesses who are changing the economic face of Africa. BBC correspondents within each country will report on the growing trends and latest business developments and give an insight into this diverse continent."

Africa Business Report
Final titles used from 6 October 2013 – 25 May 2018
Created by	BBC World News
Presented by	Lerato Mbele (since 2013 relaunch) Tomi Oladipo
Country of origin	South Africa
Original language	English
Production
Production location	Johannesburg (primarily) with shots from other locations
Running time	20 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC World News BBC News
Release	February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02) – 25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
Related
World Business Report Middle East Business Report India Business Report Asia Business Report Business Edition Focus on Africa In Business Africa

The newly launched programme is now hosted by Lerato Mbele, whereas previous host Komla Dumor was then host of Focus on Africa.

Presenters

Presenter	Current role
Lerato Mbele	Main Presenter