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The designer who measures her handbags in beads
Lerato Mbele talks to Adubea Jensen, the founder of Ghana's newest beaded handbag company

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The food firm making snacks to feed consumer demand in Ghana.

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Shoemaker Tonyi Senayah on the challenges for a small firm trying to expand.

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The designer who measures her handbags in beads
Lerato Mbele talks to Adubea Jensen, the founder of Ghana's newest beaded handbag company

The foodmaker feeding Ghana's snack demand
The food firm making snacks to feed consumer demand in Ghana.

The shoemaker looking to size up
Shoemaker Tonyi Senayah on the challenges for a small firm trying to expand.

The fabric firm with textiles that tell stories
Stephen Badu of Tex Styles Ghana explains how their fabrics tell stories.

Reaching out to a new generation
The Four Cousins vineyard is aiming for a new generation of wine drinkers.

Breaking into the sparkling market
The team behind MCC explain their plans for sparkling wines.

The foodmaker feeding Ghana's snack demand
The food firm making snacks to feed consumer demand in Ghana.

The shoemaker looking to size up
Shoemaker Tonyi Senayah on the challenges for a small firm trying to expand.

The fabric firm with textiles that tell stories
Stephen Badu of Tex Styles Ghana explains how their fabrics tell stories.
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Plans scrapped for hundreds of new African hotels

Russell Padmore
Business correspondent, BBC News

The hotel industry across Africa is expected to suffer a slowdown of as much as 40%, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It is a complete change compared with the rosy picture the sector had painted in earlier forecasts for this year.
At the start of this year, accommodation groups planned to build 408 hotels in Africa, with about 78,000 rooms.
However that expansion has been scaled back, with just 90 new hotels now planned.
But according to new analysis by the research group W Hospitality, at least half of these will be delayed.
Last year, 68 hotels were opened by major companies that control chains, which added 40% more capacity, compared to 2018.
W Hospitality says business has been affected by lockdowns, closed borders and airline shutdowns, which deterred tourists and therefore discouraged investment in new projects.
However investors are not ready to check out yet, as some are taking a positive view of expansion by Marriot International, which plans to spend $2bn (£1.6bn) on new hotel projects in Africa over the next three years.
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