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<p>Nigeria plans to collaborate with Egypt to overhaul its power grid and distribution systems as part of the Presidential Power Initiative with German engineering company Siemens AG. Joining CNBC Africa to discuss this and other developments in Nigeria’s Power sector is Oti Ikomi, CEO and Executive Vice-Chairman of Proton Energy.</p>


Nigeria to collaborate with Egypt on power reforms

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<p>Nigeria’s President has ordered security agents to shoot anyone with illegal possession of sophisticated weapons such as the AK-47 and a clampdown on bandits who have refused to surrender. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s external reserves declined by $1.4 billion in one month to $34.9 billion as of the first of March despite a rise in crude prices. Emmanuel Odiaka, CEO of ECOB Capital joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


ECOB Capital CEO: How rising insecurity is impacting Nigeria’s investment space

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<p>The conversation around digital economies on the African continent is a broad one, and with the world moving in that direction, the question whether Africa should move in that direction has already been answered. But are we ready? Joseph Kitamirike, CEO of Altx East Africa LTD joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Are African countries ready to embrace digital currencies?

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<p>FirstRand has reported a 20 per cent drop in basic and diluted headline earnings per share, for the half year ended December 2020. The group says there was a profound difference in operating environments period-on-period, due to the elevated credit impairment charge caused by Covid-19 difficulties. In addition, the continued impact of the weak operating environment on arrears and non-performing loans. FirstRand CEO, Alan Pullinger joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Firstrand CEO sees greens shoots of economic recovery for SA

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<p>As an energy conscious country with a great potential in renewable resources, Rwanda attracts energy providers from around the world. Francine Munyaneza, CEO of Munyax Eco, a solar energy company based in Kigali unpacks the potential in the sector.</p>


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<p>Up until the pandemic, Africa’s finance was one of the most dynamic globally, with banking income growing by 11 per cent per year on average, more than $800million raised by fintech firms in 2019. Amir Ben Yahmed, Founder &#038; President, Africa CEO Forum joins CNBC Africa on the development trajectory of the African finance.</p>


Africa CEO Forum: How to reinvent African finance post COVID-19

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<p>Elon Musk, Microsoft and oil giants like BP, Occidental and Exxon Mobil are investing in carbon capture technologies. Carbon Engineering and Climeworks are two start-ups that have built machines to suck CO2 straight out of the atmosphere in a process known as direct air capture. But the technology faces a number of challenges, one of which is that there’s currently no market for the captured CO2. As a result, some companies are selling their captured CO2 to oil companies, which use it to produce even more oil.  </p>
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Why Carbon Capture Is Not Yet A Quick Fix For Climate Change

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<p>Murray &#038; Roberts reported a diluted continuing headline loss per share of 8 cents for the six months ended December. This is from a 49 cents profit in the previous comparable period. The company says its results were negatively affected by prolonged Covid-19 restrictions. Henry Lass, CEO at Murray &#038; Roberts joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Murray & Roberts CEO: Here’s how to look at the results

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<p>African Rainbow Minerals has seen a 134 per cent jump in headline earnings, year-on-year, for the six months ended December 2020. The performance was underpinned by higher metal prices, coupled with a weaker rand. Mike Schmidt, CEO of African Rainbow Minerals joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


ARM’s headline earnings surge 134%

ARM’s headline earnings surge 134%, looks to double PGM portfolio

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<p>Brimstone&#8217;s headline loss per share has widened 13.5 per cent. The investment holding company incurred Covid-19 related expenditure of approximately R40 million during the year under review. The company has repaid more than R1 billion in debt. Brimstone CEO, Mustaq Brey joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Brimstone CEO on how the business is responding to COVID-19 headwinds

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<p>The Covid-19 crisis continues to weigh heavily on global airlines and African airlines are not insulated. In the month of January alone, demand for African airlines dropped 63.9 per cent.</p>


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<p>Somalia issued its first mobile money licence to Hormuud Telecom, in a move aimed at formalising the country’s digital payments system and integrating it with the global financial infrastructure. Governor of Somalia’s Central Bank, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked media reports that it is preparing to bar foreign portfolio investors from participating in its Open Market Operations auction. Meanwhile, UBA traders say they anticipate cautious trading in the secondary T-bills market for the rest of the week as traders carefully manage their liquidity profiles. Ifeoma Onyejekwe, a Fixed Income Trader at UBA joins CNBC Africa for more&#8230;.</p>


CBN debunks report on plan to phase out OMO auction

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<p>As Nigeria works to recover from the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the arrival of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines brings a new hope to this recovery drive. But the rising insecurity in recent weeks has become a source of concern. Winston Osuchukwu, Co-Founder of Trans-Sahara Investment Corporation.</p>


Trans-Sahara Investment Corporation on how Nigeria can sustain recovery efforts

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<p>Nigeria’s equities market extended loses from Tuesday’s session even as more earnings trickle in.  Joining CNBC Africa to unpack some of these results is Gbolahan Ologunro, Research Analyst at Cordros Securities.</p>


Tracking Nigerian earnings & equities performance

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<p>The President of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria, AUFCDN, has been detained by the Department of State Services over the blockade of foodstuff and cattle from the North to Southern Nigeria. The Union had embarked on a strike over alleged harassment and extortion of its members by security personnel. The Union had also demanded that the Federal Government pay 475 million naira as compensation for the destruction of lives and property during the #EndSARS protest. Emmanuel Ijewere, Chairman of Best Food Farms joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Northern Blockade: Food scarcity looms in South-West Nigeria

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<p>The Director of Monetary Policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria says there will be a phasing out of the Open Market Operations bills that was introduced in 2015 to stabilise the naira following the collapse in oil prices. Joining CNBC Africa to discuss the potential impact of this on the market is Akpevwe Oputu, Fixed Income Dealer at Access Bank&#8230;.</p>


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