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Captains of Industry: Andrew Key: From officer to a payment supremo

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<p>He grew up as Dubai flourished, now he is looking to Africa. Omar Khan, Director International Offices at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce &#038; Industry says it won’t just support business people in Africa they will also set up shop&#8230;.</p>


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Captains of Industry: How the Dubai-spirit is landing in Africa

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<p>In this episode of Captains of Industry, CNBC Africa sits down with the Grant Bodley, the chief executive of IT conglomerate, Dimension Data Middle East and Africa. With 21 years of experience at the company, Bodley has seen the company grow from strength to strength and has been at the helm as it expands into the Middle East&#8230;.</p>


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<p>Everyone in business has setbacks. Dream ventures that didn’t work. Nadim Habr, Founder and CEO of Designhubz wanted to have a super car business, the economy disagreed so he ended up making a fortune in Dubai&#8230;.</p>


Captains of Industry: From dream cars through disappointment to design

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Captains of Industry: Bob Willen – a life of engineering, management and Pelé

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<p>Captains of Industry: How a man who started at the bottom pounding the streets for his father ended up heading one of the biggest companies in the world. This is the story of Dubai-based Steve Tzikakis, Afro-optimist and regional president of SAP South Europe, the Middle East and Africa&#8230;.</p>


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<p>Technology group Altron has more than doubled its market value since 2017 when businessman Mteto Nyati took to the helm as CEO. His success of transforming the company from a family run business to a global independent entity has not gone unnoticed. In 2019 he was named businessman of the year by the All Africa Business Leader Awards. In this episode of Captains of Industry, Mteto speaks about his journey to the upper echelons of South Africa’s boardrooms and Altron’s future in the rapidly changing digital economy&#8230;.</p>


Captains of Industry: The secret behind Altron’s success with CEO Mteto Nyati

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<p>Chris Bishop chats to seasoned entrepreneur and former investment banker, Christopher Thomas. He is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Eureeca, a Dubai based equity crowdfunding platform that connects online investors to businesses raising funds through crowdfunding with equity&#8230;.</p>


How this equity crowdfunding platform is helping entrepreneurs raise money through angel investors

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<p>Access to funding is one of the biggest challenges facing SMEs in Africa. Get some tips on how to best position yourself to secure bank financing from self-made tycoon Robert Bapfakurer, as he discusses his compelling entrepreneurial journey. He is in conversation with CNBC Africa’s Makeda Mahadeo&#8230;.</p>


Robert Bapfakurer on his entrepreneurial journey, funding SMEs in Africa

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<p>The Government of Rwanda targets to achieve universal access to electricity by 2024 in bid to transform the country into a middle-income economy. CNBC Africa’s Fiona Muthoni is in conversation with Ron Weiss, CEO of Rwanda Energy Group&#8230;.</p>


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Rwanda commits to total electrification by 2024

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<p>Technology in Africa and its growing young population put it streets ahead of the rest of the world that’s according to Takreem El-Tohamy, General Manager of the Middle East and Africa at IBM. He was speaking from Dubai&#8230;.</p>


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<p>The tale of a businesswoman who grew up with Dubai &#8211; Jyoti Keshavan, Founder and CEO of Xanara Investment Management has seen Dubai go from sand and space to skyscrapers and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. She believes the climate for investment in Africa is improving&#8230;.</p>


Captains of Industry: Why this Dubai-based asset manager is taking a closer look at Africa

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<p>In this week’s Captains of Industry, Dubai-based property man Thierry Delvaux, CEO of JLL Middle East &#038; Africa discusses his journey through the world that began with learning Japanese and a few more languages along the way. Now he has an interesting new idea that is currently being implemented in Dubai and could stop small African businesses from closing down&#8230;.</p>


Captains of Industry: How this new idea could stop small African businesses from closing down

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Captains of Industry

Tristan De Boysson: A man with a passion for getting people to invest in Africa’s health sector

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How this equity crowdfunding platform is helping entrepreneurs raise money through angel investors

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