Antonio Borges, European Director of the International Monetary Fund

In its latest European economic outlook, the IMF paints a gloomy picture. Antonio Borges, the Fund’s European director, tells Markus Karlsson it would cost up to 200 billion euros to recapitalise and secure Europe’s banks.

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18/06/2012 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Verone Mankou, founder, VMK Congo and inventor of Way-C tablet

His home country is considered of the most difficult places in the world to do business. But Verone Mankou has blazed a trail as the man who created Africa’s first tablet – a gadget for people who cannot afford Apple’s iPad. At a special summit in Gabon dedicated to African business, he tells France 24 business editor Owen Fairclough the story of the Way-C.

08/06/2012 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Ludovic Subran, Chief Economist, Euler Hermes

There's no shortage of bad news coming out of the eurozone. Just ahead of the weekend, credit rater Fitch slashed Spain's credit rating by three notches. Fitch says there's a growing risk the country will take a hard hit as the eurozone crisis worsens. For more on this, Markus Karlsson talks to Ludovic Subran, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes.

01/06/2012 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Chris Guillebeau, author of "the $100 startup"

Have you ever dreamt of chucking it all in, starting your own business, and becoming your own boss? Well, you can do it, and it's actually not as difficult as it may seem. That's the message from Chris Guillebeau's latest book "The 100 dollar startup. Fire your boss, do what you love and work better to live more"(Macmillan).

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26/05/2012 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Dan Serfaty, CEO of Viadeo

A French Internet Champion. That's the name Viadeo has earned for itself. The world's second largest professional social network connects job-seekers and headhunters in over 220 countries. It's the main player not just in France but in China, succeeding where Twitter and Facebook have failed.

27/04/2012 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Sir Howard Davies, Economist, Visiting Faculty Member at Sciences Po Paris

As eurozone leaders continue to grapple with the debt crisis, the "austerity vs growth" debate remains in the spotlight. Is Europe a lost continent? Markus Karlsson puts the question to Sir Howard Davies, who made that very claim two years ago. He's a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and a former director of the London School of Economics. Now he is a visiting professor at the political science university Sciences Po here in Paris.