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16 April 2015 Last updated at 00:03

Fitness and fashion Why sales of women's sportswear are rising Model wearing Striders Edge clothing

Hitting the road Australian small firms swap bricks and mortar for wheels Ep Weatherhead and her employee Sarah Barr stand in front of their van

Ancient seed Will Ethiopia's teff be the next global "super grain" of choice? A man holding teff

Balkan ambition Kosovo's entrepreneurs hope for a brighter economic future Alban Ibrahimi

Cairo's business women The rising number of female Egyptian entrepreneurs Deena Fadel

Rio's small firms get helping hand How a Rio de Janeiro scheme is supporting small firms A Sebrae lesson being delivered

Importing talent How countries are competing to attract foreign entrepreneurs Fujia Chen and Julian Jantke, co-founders of Oxford Space Structures

'Hired assassins' Argentina's enduring love affair with the sport of polo Polo players in Buenos Aires

Bolshie businesses The Romanian entrepreneurs making money from communism Nicolae Ceaucescu and his wife Elena

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