Bribes and business: How to stop the rot? (part 2)

Nigeria has known other corruption scandals, but the latest one blows the whistle on a whopping $29 billion worth of siphoned gas revenues over ten years. François Picard’s panel looks at the foreign companies allegedly implicated and why France is being singled out for failing to crack down on corporate bribes to foreign officials.

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Patrick SMITH. Editor-in-Chief, The Africa Report;
Frederick T DAVIS. Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP;
Patrick MOULETTE. Anti-Corruption Division Chief, OECD;
Lai YAHAYA. Lawyer, economist and policy entrepreneur, TransparentAid (from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).

Produced by Anelise Borges, François Picard, Mary Colombel, Cristopher Davis.

Watch the first part here.

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François Picard

29/12/2010 - THE DEBATE

2010: the year in Africa

From Africa’s first-ever FIFA World Cup to the improbable rise of Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria, François Picard’s panel looks back at some of the defining moments of 2010 on the continent, including starkly contrasting outcomes to the most open elections ever in Ivory Coast and Guinea.

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29/12/2010 - THE DEBATE

2010 in review: can Obama rebound? (Part 2)

Sparks fly in the France 24 Debate as Republicans and Democrats spar over the ups and downs in 2010 of a certain Barack Obama. He signed landmark healthcare legislation into law, but his Democrats got thumped in the midterm elections. Now can he rebound? You won’t find consensus on François Picard’s panel.

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29/12/2010 - THE DEBATE

2010 in review: can Obama rebound?

28/12/2010 - THE DEBATE

Tech 2010 - e-commerce, it's here (second part)

Why 2010 could well be remembered as the year when the long-announced meshing of the real and digital worlds finally came to be. Be it the smartphone, the tablet, social networking or e-commerce, in The France 24 Debate, François Picard’s panel reflects on tools that have changed the way we work… and live.