Roundtable

A recent advert for the New York Times bureau chief in Nairobi caused an uproar for relying on tired old stereotypes of the region and of Africa in general. How is it possible to put these old images in the past?

Joining us at the Roundtable Wana Udobang, Journalist; Onyekachi Wambu, Executive Director, African Foundation for Development; Arvy Nahar, Oil and Gas energy specialist and Hakim Adi Historian of Africa.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

From our social media photos to our spending habits to our route to work - data about us is everywhere. It helps to make services more convenient but it also has huge implications for privacy and surveillance. Do we need to take it more seriously?

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From our social media photos to our spending habits to our route to work - data about us is everywhere. It helps to make services more convenient but it also has huge implications for privacy and surveillance. Do we need to take it more seriously?

Joining us at the Roundtable today: James-Castro Edwards, Data Protection and Cyber Security Lawyer; Ian Kennedy-Compston, Ceo of the cyber security company Enterprise Red; and Ardi Kolah, Editor of the Journal of Data Protection and Privacy.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

From aliens in area 51 to the moon landings being faked - many conspiracy theories are viewed as harmless fun. But when they spill over into the mainstream and their followers reach in high office - do they pose a threat to democracy?

At the Roundtable we have Dr Matthew Dentith, Teaching Fellow at the University of Waikato and Author of ‘The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories`; Professor Chris French, Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London; Professor Joe Uscinski, editor of ‘Conspiracy Theories & the People Who Believe Them’ and co-author of ‘American Conspiracy Theories’; and Dr Daniel Jolley, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at Staffordshire University.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Scientists say we'll need 50 percent more food by 2050 for a world population that will be close to 10 billion. But food production is a big driver of climate change - so how do we do it without killing the planet?

Joining us at the Roundtable from Rome Lorenzo Bellu, Senior Economist at The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Elizabeth Robinson; Professor of Environmental Economics, Reading university; Paul Newnham, Director of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) Advocacy Hub and Carina Millstone, Executive Director of FeedBack (Feedback is an environmental NGO campaigning to regenerate nature by transforming our food system).

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

The UK’s ethnicity pay gap has been revealed for the first time. Official figures show significant differences between what people earn, depending on their ethnicity. Workers from Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage have the lowest median hourly pay for any ethnic group. This ethnicity pay gap exists in other economies too - so how long will race dictate how much you get paid?

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Joining us on Roundtable today Mac Alonge, founder of the Equal Group, Priya Shah, Founder of BAME in property, Simonetta Longhi, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Reading and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Chief of Race, Wealth and Community at the National Community Reinvestment Colation.

54 African nations are joining together to create a new trade bloc worth $3.4 trillion.

Will it be a game changer, for Africa?

Joining us at the Roundtable are Fabien Beugre, African Banker and the Founder of Granatum Finance; Olusiji Sanya, Economist and Co-founder of Tranzfar money transfer service; and from Somalia is Dalmar Kanyare, an Expert on trade and Managing Partner at Horn Horizon Consultancy; and in Nigeria Kingsley Okeke, Group Managing Editor at African leadership magazine.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

The UK is looking for a new ambassador in Washington - after frank comments about Donald Trump were passed on to the media. In the age of press leaks and wiki leaks - just how difficult has it become to be a diplomat?

Joining us at the Roundtable today: Paul Ingram, Executive Director at the British American Security Information Council; Charles Crawford, Former British Ambassador to Bosnia and Serbia and Poland; Christopher Hill, Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University and author of 'The Future of British Foreign Policy'; and on the line from the United States we have Robert Stephen Ford, Former US Ambassador to Algeria and Syria - now a professor at Yale University.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

There is something very different about many of today leaders: from the UK's prime minister in waiting Boris Johnson, to Donald Trump, to the comedian in charge of Ukraine.

So what do we look for in a leader?

Joining us at the Roundtable is Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Organisational Psychologist focused on leadership development; Harini Iyengar spokesperson for the UK Women’s Equality Party and Lagun Akinloye, Political Analyst.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Remote working was established to empower the office worker, to liberate them from the desk and set them free. Here in the UK it's increased dramatically in recent years - so is it the future of work?

At the Roundtable we have Mark Graham, Professor of Internet Geography at the Oxford Internet Institute; Rajneesh Narula, Professor of International Business Regulation and co-Director of John H Dunning Centre for International Business at the Henley Business School, University of Reading and Alex Hirst, CEO and co-founder of The Hoxby Collective - a community for remote workers.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

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