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<p>Following its unanimous decision to retain the benchmark interest rate at 13.5 per cent, Nigeria&#8217;s Monetary Policy Committee met for its first time in 2020 to consider economic dynamics and decide on rates&#8230;.</p>


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<p>Team South Africa, led by Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, supported by several Cabinet Ministers, the Central Bank Governor and business give an update on key outcomes emanating from engagements at the UK-Africa Investment Summit and the World Economic Forum in Davos&#8230;.</p>


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<p>As Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) led by Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele concludes its first meeting for the year 2020 – CNBC Africa discusses the economy and factors that will impact the MPC&#8217;s decision&#8230;.</p>


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<p>Vetiva says it expects members of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to vote to keep the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) and all other policy rates constant today. Mosope Arubayi, Economist at Vetiva joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>CNBC International spoke with UBER CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi to discuss the company&#8217;s growth prospects in 2020.</p>


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<p>The Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group conducted research that looked into South Africa’s Fintech sector and found that the payment segment is the largest and most mature of them, following international Fintech trends. Kagiso Mothibi, Head of Fintech Department at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>Following the news of Telkom’s planned job cuts, the company sited spectrum and data regulations as one of the reasons for the company’s strategy change. So where does this leave the other giants in the telecoms sector with regard to the same issues. Sabelo Dlamini, Senior Research and Consulting Manager at the International Data Corporation joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>The detection and diagnosing of illnesses continues to improve via artificial intelligence (AI). What steps do leaders need to take to ensure the ethical and responsible application of AI and robotics in medicine? Join an in-depth discussion that explores the principles and priorities for governing disruptive technologies&#8230;.</p>


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<p>More than 40 million people are victims of modern slavery; seven out of ten victims are women and one in four are children. How can we end the fastest-growing global crime and address the forces that enable modern slavery?&#8230;</p>


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<p>Executive Chairman of Alpen Capital, Rohit Walia says the Expo 2020 is going to be huge for Dubai and the Middle East region as a whole. He also notes that Africa presents interesting pockets of investment opportunities. CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop caught up with Rohit Walia for more&#8230;.</p>


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<p>Risk management experts from one hundred and two countries say the most important business risks in Africa and the Middle East are business interruption events and cyber incidents. This was reflected in the risk barometer report by Allianz. The report further highlights that macroeconomic developments are the top issues for Ghana and Nigeria, while cyber incidents are the top concerns in South Africa. Nobuhle Nkosi, Head of Financial Lines at Allianz Global Corporate &#038; Specialty joins CNBC Africa to share more insight into the risk trends in Africa&#8230;.</p>


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<p>CNBC International spoke with the Darryl White, the CEO of BMO Financial Group asking him if he thinks it’s inevitable that rates cuts will be coming out of the Bank of Canada.</p>


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<p>Corruption Perceptions Index 2019 says South Africa has improved slightly from combating corruption from 43rd place in 2018 to 44th place in 2019. Although the country made one jump towards the right direction, it still remains one of the countries with a serious corruption problem. Joining CNBC Africa to discuss this further is Mzwandile Banjathwa, Project Coordinator at Corruption Watch.</p>


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<p>Alexander Forbes Investments examined the developing themes and trends impacting both South African and global investors in 2020 and beyond.</p>


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<p>In 2018, authorities at the City of Kigali embarked on a review of the city master plan to make it more affordable and inclusive. Engineer and Director of Urban Planning, Fred Mugisha joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Kigali City plans to make city more affordable

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<p>The Kenya Roads Board (KRB) has received bids from numerous banks seeking to arrange a kSh 150 billion financing plan to fund roads development, maintenance, and rehabilitation. The funds will form the greater kSh 800 million roads bond necessary to complete ongoing road projects. However, the bond faces possible backlash given upcoming laws which will require treasury approval for the debt instrument. Also, pay-as-you-earn tax dropped, putting the Treasury finances in a precarious position in the first half of fiscal year 2019/20. David Gitau, Investments Analyst at Cytonn joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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These are the big trends that will impact SA investors in 2020

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