An empty airport, a railway to nowhere and China鈥檚 trillion-dollar plan
Railways and ports are all part of China鈥檚 Belt and Road initiative.
China is pouring billions of dollars into other countries鈥� infrastructure projects - some of which have been hugely successful. In this episode we鈥檙e asking why and also take a look into some of the plans that haven鈥檛 quite panned out. Nikhil Inamdar tells us about a Sri Lankan airport with no travellers and Anne Soy takes us onboard Kenya鈥檚 鈥渞ailway to nowhere鈥�.
Plus we here from Celestine Karoney about the hopes and dreams for the brand new African Football League.
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