Australian gold producer Resolute Mining has agreed to pay the Malian government $160m after it* CEO and two colleagues were detained during negotiations over revenue the company’s mine in the country. This comes a month after Mali’s military junta held four senior Barrick Gold employees as it looks to extract more money from the nation’s natural resources.

On this week’s episode, our west Africa reporter Katarina Höije, and our Africa mining and metals reporter William Clowes join Jennifer Zabasajja to explain whether this hard ball negotiating tactic is a win for Mali - and what it means for foreign investors looking to capitalize on the high price of gold.

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Bitcoin notched another record high this week, climbing above $93,000 for the first time, with traders exuberant over President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetorical support for crypto. In Africa governments are looking nervously at the growing numbers of young people trading and investing in the token. Bloomberg reporters Bella Genga in Nairobi and Emele Onu in Lagos join Jennifer Zabasajja to discuss how Bitcoin is being used across the continent, and why regulators want more control.

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Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States for the second time -- but with an American First agenda, and trade wars on the horizon, what could his presidency mean for US/Africa relations, a continent already far from the top of the US’s strategic priorities?

Deputy Managing Editor for Africa Neil Munshi and Africa and Middle East Reporter Peter Martin join Jennifer Zabasajja, to assess what this second Trump presidency could mean for Africa.

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