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At the just concluded Meetings Africa 2020, CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters spoke to Muriuki Murithi, Business Developer at the Kenya National Conventional Bureau for more.</p>


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One of Africa’s biggest gatherings wrapped up last night at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Meetings Africa is a growing networking event that brought investors to Africa mainly to sell the continent as a tourist destination.</p>


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On the side lines of Meetings Africa 2020, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop caught up with Tosin Lanipekun, Executive Director of Advertising Week Africa on the importance of the expo industry on the continent.</p>


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On the sidelines of the Meeting Africa 2020, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop caught up with Rosemary Kobutagi, Head of the Uganda Convention Bureau where they explored the investment opportunities in Uganda.</p>


#MeetingsAfrica2020: UCB’s Rosemary Kobutagi on Uganda as an investment destination

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CNBC Africa spoke with the South African Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi Ngubane on her vision for the opportunities that will arise from the 2020 Meetings Africa event as well as her message for finance minister Tito Mboweni in light of this afternoon’s budget announcement.</p>


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CNBC Africa spoke to Barba Gaoganediwe, Head Destination Promotions &#038; Marketing, Gauteng and Jeanette Moloto, Director of Global Sales, Marriott International at the Meetings Africa event about the impact of COVID-19 on the events industry and their expectations from Tito Mboweni’s budget speech.</p>


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The city of Durban is known for hosting big meetings and a number of conferences along with the province as a whole, CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters spoke to Sonto Mayise of the Durban KwaZulu Natal Convention Bureau about what brings her to the meeting.</p>


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The Conference Company Director, Nina Freysen-Pretorius spoke with CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters at the on-going Meetings Africa 2020 about knock-on effect of hosting events on the continent and the impact of COVID-19 on meetings.</p>


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Mauritius is one of the countries that have suspended direct flights to China due to the Coronavirus outbreak – at the ongoing Meetings Africa 2020 events in South Africa, Johannesburg, CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters spoke to Amrita Craig, Marketer of Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority about the impact that COVID-19 is having on Mauritius tourism.</p>


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The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry President, Craig Newman, spoke to CNBC Africa&#8217;s Fifi Peters about the potential role and impact conferences can have in creating jobs for the youth.</p>


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Nigerian businessman Dr Elish Attai, Founder of African Women Leadership Organisation (AWLO), spoke to CNBC Africa&#8217;s Fifi Peters about the benefits of foreign companies hosting events in South Africa.</p>


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<p>Dr Richard Maponya, an icon of black business people in South Africa is being honoured at a memorial service today in Sandton. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Karabo Letlhatlha reports.</p>


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<p>Adaptive learning and adaptive teaching perspectives are changing mind-sets and revolutionising the delivery and consumption of education to benefit the workplace, society and the economy. At the Future of Education Summit 2019 held in Sandton, Prof Seth Kunin, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, International at Curtin University, Australia spoke to CBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi about the most important take-aways from the summit, as well as the importance of Public Private Partnerships in the education sector.</p>


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<p>At the Future of Education Summit 2019, held in Sandton, Dr Kingsley Nyarko, the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Accreditation Board of Ghana (NAB) spoke to CBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi about the steps taken by the Ghana government to achieve a 6.7 per cent unemployment rate through a programme to absorb graduate youth into the job market.</p>


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<p>The Role of Policy and Regulation in Improving Education came under the spotlight at the Future of Education Summit 2019 held in Sandton. Speaking on the panel was Prof Narend Baijnath, the CEO of the Council on Higher Education. CBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi caught up with him afterwards to talk about progress that has been made in terms of regulation and policy in South Africa.</p>


Future of Education Summit: How can South Africa improve its education outcomes?

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<p>The theme for The Future of Education Summit 2019 was “The Future of Educations: Reactive vs Proactive”. Coming from Dubai to attend the summit was Dan Adkins, CEO of the Transnational Academic Group Middle East. He spoke to CBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi about the gap between work-place ready and formal education.</p>


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Future of Education Summit: TAG CEO Adkins on the importance of teaching employability skills at secondary, university level

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<p>One of the speakers at the Future of Education Summit 2019, held in Sandton, Omar Farooqui, the Founder and President of Coded Minds, spoke to CNBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi about how Coded Minds has been able to disrupt the education system, starting in the Middle East.</p>


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#MeetingsAfrica2020: Meetings Africa 2020 attracts top exhibitors

#MeetingsAfrica2020: How to improve Africa’s expo industry

#MeetingsAfrica2020: UCB’s Rosemary Kobutagi on Uganda as an investment destination

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Minister Kubayi-Ngubane on how SA can become a top business, holiday destination & the impact of COVID-19

#MeetingsAfrica2020: How COVID-19 is impacting the events industry

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Sonto Mayise: Why KwaZulu-Natal is the destination of choice for big meetings

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Nina Freysen-Pretorius on the legacy of hosting events on the African continent

#MeetingsAfrica2020: MTPA’s Amrita Craig on the impact of COVID-19 on tourism in Mauritius

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Craig Newman on the role of conferences in creating jobs for young people

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Elish Attai of AWLO on benefits of doing business in SA

Honouring the legacy of Richard Maponya

Future of Education Summit: Seth Kunin on building private-public partnerships in education

Future of Education Summit: NAB’s Kingsley Nyarko on how Ghana is tackling youth unemployment

Future of Education Summit: How can South Africa improve its education outcomes?

Future of Education Summit: TAG CEO Adkins on the importance of teaching employability skills at secondary, university level

Future of Education Summit: How this former investment banker is disrupting the education system with an innovative curriculum

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#MeetingsAfrica2020: Muriuki Murithi on what Kenya has to offer when hosting meetings & events

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Meetings Africa 2020 attracts top exhibitors

#MeetingsAfrica2020: How to improve Africa’s expo industry

#MeetingsAfrica2020: UCB’s Rosemary Kobutagi on Uganda as an investment destination

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Minister Kubayi-Ngubane on how SA can become a top business, holiday destination & the impact of COVID-19

#MeetingsAfrica2020: How COVID-19 is impacting the events industry

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Sonto Mayise: Why KwaZulu-Natal is the destination of choice for big meetings

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Nina Freysen-Pretorius on the legacy of hosting events on the African continent

#MeetingsAfrica2020: MTPA’s Amrita Craig on the impact of COVID-19 on tourism in Mauritius

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Craig Newman on the role of conferences in creating jobs for young people

#MeetingsAfrica2020: Elish Attai of AWLO on benefits of doing business in SA

Honouring the legacy of Richard Maponya

Future of Education Summit: Seth Kunin on building private-public partnerships in education

Future of Education Summit: NAB’s Kingsley Nyarko on how Ghana is tackling youth unemployment

Future of Education Summit: How can South Africa improve its education outcomes?

Future of Education Summit: TAG CEO Adkins on the importance of teaching employability skills at secondary, university level

Future of Education Summit: How this former investment banker is disrupting the education system with an innovative curriculum

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