{"id":8008,"date":"2014-03-21T21:32:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T21:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=8008"},"modified":"2014-04-10T11:56:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T11:56:36","slug":"fc-africa-ep-3-african-teams-wcup-budgets-africans-abroad-champs-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/fc-africa-ep-3-african-teams-wcup-budgets-africans-abroad-champs-league\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Africa ep 3: African teams&#8217; WCup budgets, Africans abroad &#038; Champs League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Audio: 46min 44sec<br \/>\nFirst aired: 21 Mar 2014\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F140758459&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;maxheight=750\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Show details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mamadou Gaye is back!<\/p>\n<p>In this edition, the hugely popular and controversial Ivorian football analyst says no African country will go past the group stage of Brazil 2014!<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we touch base with our Portuguese and American guys (Alfredo Curardo and Juan Arango) who gauge reaction to the World Cup budget of their countries.<\/p>\n<p>In Abuja, Nigeria, we speak to people who are clearly scandalized with the $11m the federal government has given for spending in Brazil. For perspective, our resident financial analyst, Godfred Akoto-Boafo explores what African countries stand to gain fiscally from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>And we move on to get a wrap of this weekend&#8217;s African Champions League from football blogger Oluwada Lotfi.<\/p>\n<p>We finish with Nathan Quao&#8217;s extensive weekly &#8216;Africans Abroad&#8217; preview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presented<\/strong> <strong>by<\/strong> Gary Al-Smith\u00a0and <strong>produced by<\/strong> Nathan Quao\/Gary Al-Smith\u00a0for Citi FM &amp; Supersport.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soundtrack details<\/strong><br \/>\nSong Title: Someway Bi<br \/>\nArtist Name: M.anifest<br \/>\nProduced by: Yung Fly<br \/>\nSingitdamnit Music\/Cumbancha Music Publishing (BMI) 2013<\/p>\n<p>More detail: <a title=\"FC Africa on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/FCAfrica\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter.com\/FCAfrica<\/a> or\u00a0<a title=\"FC Africa Facebook page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FCAfricaRadio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook.com\/FCAfricaRadio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FcAfrica\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @FcAfrica<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio: 46min 44sec First aired: 21 Mar 2014\u00a0 Show details Mamadou Gaye is back! 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