CNN Marketplace Africa

SHOW #17

We take a look at an African export that's already gone global - vanilla. The island nation of Madagascar leads the world in vanilla production, a spot at the throne that is now slipping. Ben Wedeman takes an in focus look at Madagascar's vanilla industry.

It's business on a very small scale. But according to our Face Time subject, small-time business owners could start thinking big, with help from her group, a joint agency between the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. David McKenzie caught up with the International Trade Center's Treasure Maphanga.