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<p>The African Capacity Building Foundation is the African Union’s specialised agency for capacity development. The Executive Secretary of the Foundation, Emmanuel Nnadozie joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to explore ways the continent can build capacity to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic&#8230;.</p>


How Africa can build capacity against COVID-19 shocks

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<p>Nigerian tier-1 lender, Zenith Bank recorded a 0.6 per cent rise in first quarter profit-after-tax to 50.5 billion naira. Group Managing Director and CEO of Zenith Bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu joined CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to discuss how banks in Nigeria are staying ahead in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak&#8230;.</p>


Zenith Bank CEO on how Nigerian banks staying ahead of COVID-19 crisis

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<p>The Managing Director of Ideas91, Rohit Dev says Dubai has given businesses a great opportunity to expand and the success of his company hinges on the global connectivity Dubai provides. He also notes that Dubai gives companies all the tools to become successful. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop caught up with him to discuss this and more&#8230;.</p>


EXPO 2020: Dubai as an opportunity for business expansion

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<p>Lagos state has released the operational guidelines for the controlled easing of the Covid-19 induced lock-down. Lagos is Nigeria&#8217;s epicentre of the outbreak with just over 900 cases and the government has rolled out a campaign to mask-up Lagos. Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu outlines these measures&#8230;.</p>


Lagos State issues guidelines to ease COVID-19 lock-down

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<p>The African Union set up the AU Centre for Disease Control COVID-19 Response Task Force in a bid to involve the private sector in its effort to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. Chair of the Private Sector Resource Mobilization Task Force, Edem Adzogenu joins CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor to explore their strategy going forward&#8230;.</p>


COVID-19: Understanding Africa’s response strategy

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<p>Still on Dubai, we also find out what opportunities the drone industry presents from the Dubai Airshow. CNBC’s David Reid reports.</p>


Dubai Airshow: Tapping into the drone industry

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<p>With less than a year to the Dubai Expo 2020, CNBC’s Dan Murphy brings us up to speed on the progress as Dubai is turning a desert into a mini city.</p>


How Dubai is turning the desert into a mini city for EXPO 2020

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<p>The United Arab Emirate’s Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General of the Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau, her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy says Dubai is ready to work with the world and Africa will be fully represented in a strong way. She also notes that Dubai will be using the expo as a platform to launch the decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals. CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop caught up with her in Dubai to get more insight on plans for the expo&#8230;.</p>


EXPO 2020: How ready is Dubai to host the world?

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<p>For African companies looking to do business in Dubai, ahead of the EXPO 2020, the Director for International Offices at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Omar Khan says the chamber is the official business integration partner for the expo 2020 and has seen an average of $42 billion worth of trade between Africa and Dubai in the past 4 years. CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop caught up with him in Dubai to discuss this and more&#8230;.</p>


DUBAI EXPO 2020: DCCI’s Omar Khan on integrating businesses

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<p>The CEO of Dubai-based company Amanat says medical tourism is one of the key objectives of the government of Dubai, as they are working to reduce the spend on foreign medical treatment which only a couple of years ago was about 12 billion dollars. CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop discussed this and more with Tristan De Boysson, CEO of Amanat&#8230;.</p>


EXPO 2020: Dubai working to attract medical tourists

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<p>Dubai-based Mark Doumba is a former professional tennis player and the CEO of Innovate Capital and he says raising capital in Dubai is a gradual process and requires time to build relationships and trust. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop caught up with him asked about how the investment landscape in Dubai has evolved since the 2008 financial crisis and more&#8230;.</p>


Mark Doumba on raising capital in Dubai

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<p>Feryal Ahmadi, Chief Operating Officer of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre spoke to CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop on the made for Africa trade, and the opportunities it presents for investors and other stakeholders&#8230;.</p>


Feryal Ahmadi on what makes Africa attractive to investors

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<p>The Managing Director of Network International, Andrew Key says the evolution of the payments market in Africa will happen differently. He also notes that Dubai is a real driver of innovation not only in the payments space. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop caught up with him to discuss the evolution of the payments spaced more&#8230;.</p>


EXPO 2020: Driving innovation in the payments space

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<p>An international group of 165 members including 92 former Presidents and Prime Ministers, along with current economic and health leaders in the developed and developing world are demanding the creation of a G20 executive task force and an immediate global pledging conference which would approve and co-ordinate a multi-billion dollar fund to fight the coronavirus pandemic. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor speaks to Professor Erik Berglof, Director of the Institute of Global Affairs at the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science&#8230;.</p>


Global leaders issue call to action on COVID-19

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<p>The African Union’s Development Agency-NEPAD says Africa has a window of opportunity to learn from the patterns, trends and experiences of high-risk countries that designed and implemented responses to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and protect populations from the socio-economic adverse impact. Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO of the African Union Development Agency- NEPAD joined CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor and Fifi Peters to share the agency’s response plan for COVID-19&#8230;.</p>


Ibrahim Mayaki outlines AUDA-NEPAD’s COVID-19 response plan

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<p>Dubai based Phanes Group is an end-to-end solar power provider operating across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. CEO Martin Haupts says the Phanes Group is a truly Dubai home-grown company. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop caught up with him in Dubai and asked how Dubai is serving as a springboard for the company and their work in Africa.</p>


Expo 2020: Dubai as a springboard for doing business in Africa

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<p>On the 27th of February Nigeria announced its index case of the novel corona-virus. As health authorities activated the multi-sectorial National Emergency Operations Centre. Since then the World Health Organisation has declared the disease a pandemic as it spread in over 100 countries. To discuss Nigeria’s efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi caught up with Dr Babaseyi Oyesola, Consultant in Anaesthesia &#038; Critical Care and Akintunde Sawyerr, former Head of Supply Chain at the National Health Service, UK&#8230;.</p>


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How Africa can build capacity against COVID-19 shocks

Zenith Bank CEO on how Nigerian banks staying ahead of COVID-19 crisis

EXPO 2020: Dubai as an opportunity for business expansion

Lagos State issues guidelines to ease COVID-19 lock-down

COVID-19: Understanding Africa’s response strategy

Dubai Airshow: Tapping into the drone industry

How Dubai is turning the desert into a mini city for EXPO 2020

EXPO 2020: How ready is Dubai to host the world?

DUBAI EXPO 2020: DCCI’s Omar Khan on integrating businesses

EXPO 2020: Dubai working to attract medical tourists

Mark Doumba on raising capital in Dubai

Feryal Ahmadi on what makes Africa attractive to investors

EXPO 2020: Driving innovation in the payments space

Global leaders issue call to action on COVID-19

Ibrahim Mayaki outlines AUDA-NEPAD’s COVID-19 response plan

Expo 2020: Dubai as a springboard for doing business in Africa

COVID-19: How can Nigeria curtail the spread?

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How Africa can build capacity against COVID-19 shocks

Zenith Bank CEO on how Nigerian banks staying ahead of COVID-19 crisis

EXPO 2020: Dubai as an opportunity for business expansion

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COVID-19: Understanding Africa’s response strategy

Dubai Airshow: Tapping into the drone industry

How Dubai is turning the desert into a mini city for EXPO 2020

EXPO 2020: How ready is Dubai to host the world?

DUBAI EXPO 2020: DCCI’s Omar Khan on integrating businesses

EXPO 2020: Dubai working to attract medical tourists

Mark Doumba on raising capital in Dubai

Feryal Ahmadi on what makes Africa attractive to investors

EXPO 2020: Driving innovation in the payments space

Global leaders issue call to action on COVID-19

Ibrahim Mayaki outlines AUDA-NEPAD’s COVID-19 response plan

Expo 2020: Dubai as a springboard for doing business in Africa

COVID-19: How can Nigeria curtail the spread?

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