CNBCAfrica
Africa Oil Week 2023: Investment opportunities in Nigeria’s oil & gas sector
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- Africa Oil Week 2023: Investment opportunities in Nigeria’s oil & gas sector
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- 6 months ago
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- The increased demand for energy in Africa, coupled with the cut in oil production on a global scale, grants Africa with the opportunity to fill this gap. CNBC Africa finds out what the Nigerian government's plan is to increase its oil and gas supply in this fireside chat.
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- Focus On: Africa Health Exhibition & Indaba: Advancing access to healthcare in rural communities
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- 6 months ago
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- This episode of Focus On concludes the Africa Health Exhibition that was hosted in Johannesburg this week. CNBC Africa's Keamogetswe Mosepele speaks to Fujifilm General Manager, Helen Brown and Flying For Life CEO, Maxine Holman on their organization's role in advancing access to healthcare in rural communities.
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- UBA: Inflation, likely MPR hike to push T-bills higher
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- 6 months ago
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- Traders at UBA expect the bearish sentiment at the T-bills to linger as yields will trend further up due to high inflation and the possibility of a rate increase at the next MPC meeting. Meanwhile, cherry-picking on high yielding instruments is expected due to the anticipated 292 billion naira coupon payment next week. Chuka Nwachukwu, Head of ALM and Balance Sheet Management at UBA joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.
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- Focus On Africa Oil Week 2023: Explorations, Geoscience & Investment Landscape
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- 6 months ago
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- This Focus On special brings insight to oil and gas explorations, the value of the research done during explorations and the investment landscape.
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- AI in Africa: Microsoft Africa President speaks on AI adoption in Africa
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- 6 months ago
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- Welcome to another edition of CNBC Africa's all-new AI dedicated segment that keeps its finger on the pulse of continent-wide news that matters. Every week, we'll dive into the latest headlines and speak to market innovators about all thing's tech-driven across Africa. This week we speak to Lillian Barnard, the new president for Microsoft Africa about what the tech giant is doing to transform digital access on the continent.
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- Focus On: Africa Health Exhibition & Indaba: Connecting the African Healthcare Community
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- 6 months ago
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- We bring you interviews from the Africa Health Indaba, held in Johannesburg this week. CNBC Africa's Keamogetswe Mosepele speaks to Prof. Robert Bragg, HOD of the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of the Free State about antibiotic and disinfectant resistant superbugs and to Bruce Manuel, CEO of PMB Health and Safety, about biosecurity.
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- African Energy Week 2023: Opening Ceremony Highlights
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- 6 months ago
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- The African Energy Week 2023 is being held in Cape Town. CNBC Africa brings you highlights from the opening ceremony, including presidential addresses from East, West and Southern Africa.
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- Opening Ceremony of the 5th Edition of the Africa Resilience Forum
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- 6 months ago
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- The Opening Ceremony of the 5th Edition of the Africa Resilience Forum held in Abidjan; Cote d'Ivoire paints the case for peace-positive approaches to innovative financing strategies in Africa.
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- Focus On: Wema Bank hosts Hackaholics Digital Summit 2023
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- 6 months ago
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- Wema Bank plays host to the 4th edition of its Hackaholics and first digital summit in Lagos with Team Ireti emerging winner of the grand finale prize for the most outstanding pitch from this year’s innovators’ entries. CNBC Africa in this special broadcast brings you details of this and more.
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- UBA: Bears dominate T-bills market despite high liquidity
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- 6 months ago
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- Traders at UBA say the long end of the T-bills curve is gaining more traction though the bears continue to dominate the market. Chuka Nwachukwu, Head of ALM and Balance Sheet Management joins CNBC Africa for more mid-week market updates.
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- Access: Investors eye on-the-run bonds
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- 6 months ago
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- Traders at Access Bank expect improved market activity today as investors continue to react to this week’s bond auction result. Meanwhile, on-the-run bonds are recording improved offers. Chukwunonso Ifejiofor, Treasury Team Member at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.
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- The Power Table: Transforming South Africa’s Agricultural Sector
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- 6 months ago
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- Joining CNBC Africa for this discussion are Lennon Plaatjies, National Liaison Manager, Partners in Agri Land Solutions, Cobus de Bruyn, Head: Client Value Propositions for Agriculture, Nedbank Commercial Banking and Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa.
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- Focus On: Nexford University offers online learning in Nigeria
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- 6 months ago
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- It’s the third graduation ceremony of Nexford University Nigeria as 662 students bag their BBAs and MBAs. CNBC Africa brings you highlights from the graduation ceremony.
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- Q3'23 earnings to support banking, oil & gas stocks
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- 6 months ago
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- Traders at EDC Securities say they expect Q3'23 earnings to lend some support to banking and oil and gas firms while other segments may witness selloffs amid subdued earnings. Olamofe Mathew, Analyst at EDC Securities joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.
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- The 7th Annual Babacar Ndiaye Lecture: The New World Order & Future of Entrepreneurship in Africa
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- 6 months ago
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- The 7th Babacar Ndiaye Lecture was held in Marrakesh, Morocco at the weekend. The theme was: The New World Order and the Future of Entrepreneurship in Africa. The welcoming address was presented by Prof Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afreximbank, and the lecture was delivered by Jim Clifton, Executive Chairman of Gallup.
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- Investors await outcome of ₦360bn bond auction
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- 6 months ago
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- Investors remain on the side-lines as they await the outcome of the 360-billion-naira bond auction. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s headline inflation rose to 26.7 percent year-on-year in September. Dipo Ajayi, Head of Fixed income and forex at Chapel Hill Denham Securities for more market updates.
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- Focus On: Africa’s unique position in the oil & gas sector
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- 6 months ago
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- The Africa Oil Week brings together key industry leaders, financiers and government officials to discuss the future of oil and gas and Africa's future and position in this sector. The Focus On brings key voices from the Africa Oil Week to speak about bankable projects and the challenges this industry faces.
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- Banks drive equities bull run
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- 6 months ago
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- Investors are fixed on stocks of UBA, GTCo and Access Holdings as analysts say they expect the positive momentum to continue on the back of improved sentiments. Praise Ihansekhien, Team Lead at Meristem Research joins CNBC Africa for some market discussions.
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- UBA: Investors set eyes on ₦360bn bond auction
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- 6 months ago
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- Trades at UBA expect the bond market to remain quiet ahead of Monday's 360-billion-naira bond auction. Chuka Nwachukwu, Head of ALM and Balance Sheet Management joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.
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- Focus On deVere Group: Developing Global Investment Solutions
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- 6 months ago
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- Africa’s financial landscape faces an influx of challenges, opportunities for investments and regulatory shifts. Join us for a comprehensive look into the evolving finance environments and innovative reforms originating from the African continent and the globe, as CNBC Africa's Zanele Morrison speaks deVere Group CEO, Nigel Green.
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- SA industry panel formed to advance digital transformation
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- 6 months ago
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- Welcome to another edition of CNBC Africa's all-new AI-dedicated segment that keeps its finger on the pulse of tech news that matters. Every week, we'll dive into the latest headlines and speak to market innovators about all things tech-driven across Africa. This week we speak to Dr Ntsibane Ntlatlapa from South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research about a new advisory panel formed to advance digital transformation.
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- Access: High liquidity to sustain bullish T-bills
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- 6 months ago
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- The Central Bank of Nigeria has lifted the ban on 43 import items previously restricted from accessing foreign exchange from the official I&E window. Meanwhile, Tilewa Adebajo, the CEO of CFG Advisory, joins CNBC Africa for these discussions.
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- Corporate Access: Empowering Africa: Visa’s Digital Transformation Initiatives
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- 6 months ago
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- In this episode of Corporate Access, CNBC Africa's Zanele Morrison puts the spotlight on fintech. Despite infrastructural challenges, fintechs in Africa have grown rapidly over the years. The disruption due to Covid-19 introduced more possibilities for fintech entrepreneurs but there is still a need for assistance and partnerships with bigger corporates. Partnerships also allow big corporates to penetrate local markets and in doing so, fill the financial gap in Africa. Joining Zanele from Dubai to discuss Africa’s digital landscape and initiatives to boost the role of fintechs on the continent is Andrew Torre, Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Visa.
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- Closing Africa’s water investment gap
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- 6 months ago
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- Mind the Gap – Invest in Water is a campaign aiming to mobilize at least $30 billion annually by 2030 to close the water investment gap in Africa. This panel discussion looks into if and how this can be done.
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- 2023 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings: Financing Resilience, Growth and Shared Prosperity
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- 6 months ago
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- From the 2023 Annual Meeting Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, held in Marrakesh, Morocco, we bring you a seminar entitled Financing Resilience, Growth and Shared Prosperity.
Low-income countries have been hit particularly hard by recent global shocks and, amid the weak growth outlook, their prospects for income convergence are weaker than ever. Godfrey Mutizwa, Editor-in-Chief, CNBC Africa and the speakers discuss the critical need for external financing and support from the international community, and the complementary role of sound domestic policies, to accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth.
The discussion is moderated by Godfrey Mutizwa, Editor-in-Chief, CNBC Africa and the speakers are Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director, IMF; Rania Al-Mashat, Minister for International Cooperation, Egypt; Alvaro Lario, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development; Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO, OCP Group; and Ke...
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- Focus On Africa Oil Week: SLB on investing in Africa’s oil & gas sector
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- 6 months ago
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- The Africa Oil Week held in Cape Town, South Africa, centered on discussion around investment in the oil and gas sectors in Africa. We find out what the oilfield services company SLB is doing on the continent.
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- Parthian: Investors await catalysts to spur buy activities
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- 6 months ago
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- The United States Agency for International Development, Prosper Africa, Power Africa and the Institutional Investor Network, including Chapel Hill Denham are facilitating a Reverse Roadshow for U.S investors to Nigeria. Meanwhile, Analysts at Parthian securities expect trading at the equities market to be calm as investors wait on the sidelines in anticipation of a catalyst to spur up buying activities. Oluwaseun Dosunmu, Head of Investment Research at Parthian Securities joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.
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- Nigeria's DMO conducts ₦36bn T-bills auction
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- 6 months ago
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- Traders at Access Bank expect a less active secondary market today as investors focus their attention on today’s 36 billion naira T-bills auction. Kinskin Ukeje, Treasury Team Member at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.
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- The Power Table: Powering Africa: Investing in Africa’s energy sector
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- 6 months ago
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- Joining CNBC Africa for this discussion is Andrew Mercer, Deputy Minister for Energy, Republic of Ghana and Polite Kambamura, Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Zimbabwe.
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- Ed-Tech Monday: Building digital tools that empower teachers and learners
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- 6 months ago
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- As we mark World Teacher’s Day this year under the theme, “The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage” - The question is no longer whether structured educational digital transformation should be applied. It is about how to do it most effectively. On this edition of EdTech we discuss building digital tools that empower teachers and learners.
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- Focus On Network International: Accelerating digital payments growth across Africa
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- 6 months ago
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- Digital payments are on the rise in Africa and McKinsey predicts that the continent’s electronic payments market will grow 152 per cent by 2025. Our guest is Dr. Reda Helal, the group managing director of Network International, a financial services provider in the Middle East and Africa, which invested R500 million in locally hosted integrated payments processing platform.
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- Focus On: Africa Energy Week: The African Energy Renaissance
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- 6 months ago
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- In this Focus On special we put the Africa Energy Week on the spotlight. We find out what is needed for Africa to attract foreign direct investment to increase Africa's ability to generate cleaner energy.
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- Will Russia’s grain deliveries to Africa ease prices?
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- 6 months ago
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- Russia says it will start delivering its grain to Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, Central African Republic and Eritrea within a month to six weeks. Meanwhile, data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation shows after seven months of consecutive declines, international maize prices increased by 7 per cent in September. Tedd George, Chief Narrative Officer at Kleos Advisory joins CNBC Africa to discuss this development and commodities outlook for the last quarter of this year.
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- Focus On: Nedbank CIB at the Joburg Indaba
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- 6 months ago
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- Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking sponsored the networking segment of the 2023 Joburg Indaba, held at the Inanda Club in Sandton, marking the event's 11th year. The indaba saw over 45 experts shedding light on the evolving landscape of the mining sector. Vusi Mpofu, the bank's Mining and Chemicals Sector Lead, pointed out the increasing reluctance of financiers to back fossil fuel projects in line with the Paris Agreement's climate objectives. Although recent commodity price booms have strengthened miner balance sheets, capital has predominantly flowed into dividends and energy solutions rather than growth. Mpofu stressed the emerging emphasis on renewables and the transition from fossil fuels.
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- Focus On: Launch of the 2023 Safaricom Sustainable Business Report
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- 6 months ago
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- The role of sustainable finance and technology in advancing the sustainable development agenda.
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- UBA: Bond market to remain tepid
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- 7 months ago
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- Traders at UBA say they expect the bond market to sustain the tepid momentum despite improved offers on the mid to long end of the curve. Chuka Nwachukwu, Head of ALM and Balance Sheet Management at UBA, joins CNBC Africa for a wrap on market activities.
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- Naira down to ₦775.20/$ in IEFX Market
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- 7 months ago
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- Traders expect activities at the treasury bills market to wane today as investors take profits to fund obligations. Meanwhile the Naira depreciated at the Investors and Exporters window to close Thursday at 775 Naira 20 Kobo to the greenback. Dimeji Obasa, a Fixed Income Dealer at Access Bank, joins CNBC Africa for an update on the fixed income market.
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- Corporate Access: How private 5G networks are driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa
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- 7 months ago
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- CNBC Africa’s Zanele Morrison sat down with Sudipto Moitra, GM:ICT Solutions, MTN Business South Africa as he described how MTN is enabling organisations in redefining industries with MTN Business 5G Private Networks. Across the world, companies that have added 5G private networks to their operations are already benefitting from the technology, which is driving automation, the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI).
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- Focus On Africa Partnership Conference 2023: Day Two
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- 7 months ago
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- The continent's landmark African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has struggled to make the strides that its creators would have hoped for by now. But with the soft barriers to trade, including removal of custom tariffs and a harmonization of rules of origin, largely resolved, what else remains to improve intra-regional African trade? We bring you highlights from the Africa Partnership Conference held in Mauritius.
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- UBA: Bond market sustains bullish run
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- 7 months ago
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- Traders at UBA expect the bond market to continue its bullish run on the back of market forces with interest on the short end of the curve. However, emphasis remains on the long end of the T-bills curve. Chuka Nwachukwu, Head of ALM and Balance Sheet Management at UBA joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.
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- The Power Table: Preview of COP28
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- 7 months ago
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- Joining CNBC Africa for this discussion is Peter Attard Motalto, MD and Lead of Political Economy, Markets & Just Energy Transition at Krutham and Shameela Soobramoney, CEO, NBI.
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- African Resilience Forum 2023: Innovating Peace Finance: Mobilizing and Deploying Resources
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- 7 months ago
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- Innovating Peace Finance: Mobilizing and Deploying Resources is the topic for Session 2 from the 5th Edition of the Africa Resilience Forum being held in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The focus is on concrete opportunities to finance at scale in support of peace, including through capital markets and creating a new asset class of peace bonds.
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- Focus On Africa Partnership Conference in Mauritius
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- 7 months ago
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- From the Africa Partnership Conference held in Mauritius, where government and private sector players discuss ways in which intra-Africa trade can be accelerated. We bring you insights from one of the banks operating in Mauritius and South Africa.
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- Africa Partnership Conference: Unleashing Investment Opportunities & Revving Up intra-Africa Trade
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- 7 months ago
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- By the admission of the Africa Union's Trade Commissioner Ambassador Albert Muchanga, the continent's landmark African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), has struggled to make the strides that its creators would have hoped for by now. But with the soft barriers to trade, including removal of custom tariffs and a harmonization of rules of origin, largely resolved, what else remains to improve intra-regional African trade?
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- Africa’s Next Generation EP6: FinTech and the transformation of the payment's ecosystem in Africa
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- 7 months ago
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- Don't miss the 6th and final episode of Africa’s Next Generation. The topic is: FinTech and the transformation of the payment's ecosystem in Africa. The conversation is inspired by the upcoming Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2023 taking place on the 5th and 6th October in Lome, Togo.
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- Future of Work Virtual Conference 2023: Shifting Work Dynamics & Workplace Culture
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- 7 months ago
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- The theme for the 2023 Future of Work Virtual Conference is Innovation in a Rapidly Evolving World of Work. Part 2 features two panel discussions - one on Technological Innovation, Transformation and Automation, and the other on Shifting Work Dynamics and Workplace Culture.
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- Future of Work Virtual Conference 2023: Innovation & Leadership in a Rapidly Evolving World of Work
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- 7 months ago
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- The theme for the 2023 Future of Work Virtual Conference is Innovation in a Rapidly Evolving World of Work. In Part One, we bring you a Keynote Address by Mteto Nyati, Executive Chairman of BSG, and a panel discussion leadership. Recent research done by FORBES, shows that C-suite leaders identify high-calibre talent as their number one asset.
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- Focus On: African Partnership Conference 2023
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- 7 months ago
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- This Focus On special will put the African Partnership Conference under the spotlight. We found out how this conference will bring investors together in one location with equity projects promoters to drive growth in Africa. Ken Poonoosamy, CEO of the Economic Development Board Mauritius joins CNBC Africa's Dewald Rademeyer for more.
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- Nigerian equities market closes Q3'23 negative
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- 7 months ago
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- The Nigerian equities market has extended its losses from the previous trading session to close the third quarter of this year in the red driven by selloffs seen in Oando. Opeoluwa Oluwa, a Research Analyst at Cordros Securities joins CNBC Africa for more on this market wrap and the outlook for the last quarter of this year.
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- Access: Bond market to see repricing on short-end
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- 7 months ago
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- Traders at Access Bank expect a repricing on the short-end of the bond curve today, as the market reacts to the sharp decline in T-bills stop rates. Meanwhile, a more active T-bills market is expected as unmet demand from the mid-week auction filters into the secondary market. Adamma Mbachu, Team Lead, Currency Trading at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.
