1. Does CNBC Africa cover the entire continent in its reporting?
- Yes. CNBC Africa strives to deliver content from all over Africa, currently covering the major African markets through bureaus in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria, and continued coverage from other regions as and when the network expands.
2. Can former CNBC Europe viewers in Africa still get the latest news from around the world?
- Yes. As part of the globally most recognised and respected business news and information brand, CNBC Africa recognises the importance of world news and information, and with an international network of bureaus, CNBC Africa broadcasts a careful blend of live crossings to CNBC Europe, CNBC US and CNBC Asia with intigrated African perspectives to world business news.
3. Is the programming on CNBC Africa live?
- Yes. Important business decisions are being made everyday and hence the most current information is often critical. CNBC Africa provides this information and analysis in real-time and up to date.
4. What will CNBC Africa’s local programming include?
- Programming from our African bureaus will include live coverage and in-depth analysis of regional business news and stock exchanges, as well as regular business, political & market updates. CNBC Africa will review corporate business news from Europe & the US with an African perspective. Regular news updates will occur throughout the day and in-depth programmes every evening will include:
> Political economy
> Issues facing ordinary citizens across the country
> Mining & real estate
> Personal finance
> Business leaders
> Entertainment
> Sports
Some programs will be interactive to give viewers across the continent the opportunity to call in and voice their opinion. In total 10 to 12 hours of programming per day will be produced regionally from Africa.
5. Will the special international entertainment features remain?
- Yes. The special international entertainment features that remain popular with audiences worldwide will flight in there current time slots. These include the likes of Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Meet The Press.
6. What does CNBC stand for?
- CNBC is not an acronym in the traditional sense. When the dedicated channel was launched, it stood for Consumer News and Business Channel, but this is no longer the case.
7. Where will CNBC Africa be reporting from?
- CNBC Africa will be reporting from its network of offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town (South Africa), Nairobi (Kenya), Abuja and Lagos (Nigeria) and London (United Kingdom).
8. Why is there an intermittent picture and audio break on CNBC Europe?
- There is a satellite link problem between Johannesburg and London, and engineers in the UK are attending to the problem.
9. Why So Many Repeats Of Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien At The Moment?
- Due to the massive strike by film and TV screenwriters in the US at the moment, the NBC network and other networks are repeating programmes recorded earlier.
CNBC Africa does not control what programmes are repeated or sent via satellite from the US – these programmes are broadcast as they are received.
Producers of these programmes say new episodes will be recorded and broadcast as soon as the strike, which started in November, is resolved.
