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<p>Angela Durkin, COO of Maersk Drilling spoke to CNBC Africa&#8217;s Jill de Villiers about how the African oil and gas sector can pull itself out of the recent downturn and where the West African oil development hot spots are.</p>


Maersk Drilling  sees the upside in oil’s downturn

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<p>Chairperson of First Bank Nigeria, Ibukun Awosika, says facilitating a process of deconstructing the structural systems that makes it difficult for women to access the finance and knowledge they need to build skills in business is key to unlocking the wealth of Africa. She discussed this and more with CNBC Africa&#8217;s Christy Cole.</p>


First Bank’s Ibukun Awosika talks on ways to empower women in Africa

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<p>Segun Awolowo, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council says it is hard to do business and industrialise in Africa with interest rates around 24 per cent. He discussed this and more with CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole on the side-lines of the recently concluded African Investment Forum.</p>


NEPC’s Segun Awolowo on securing investments for Africa

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<p>Naked Insurance announced that drivers might not have their claims paid out, if they are found to have been under the influence of dagga. Ernest North, Co-founder at Naked Insurance joins CNBC Africa for more on the implications of the landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court legalizing use dagga for private use.<br />
http://cnbc.africa/videos/&#8230;</p>


Insurance claims might not be paid if found to be driving  under influence of dagga

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<p>DISCOP markets bring together producers and buyers from across the continent and abroad, facilitating international co-production deals. DISCOP CEO, Patrick Zuchowicki joins CNBC Africa to unpack this further.<br />
http://cnbc.africa/videos/&#8230;</p>


Joburg to host DISCOP markets

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<p>Kenyan Innovation hub and tech accelerator iHub announced at the ALN Africa Investment Conference in Dubai that it is partnering with Raise, a Bahamian and Kenyan technology company that has developed a company ownership platform to manage compliant digital securities in frontier markets. For more CNBC Africa spoke to Marvin Coleby, CEO and co-founder at Raise to better understand the partnership.</p>


iHub first tokenised African tech accelerator

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<p>At the just concluded Africa Investment Forum, The Financial African Alliance on Climate Change unveiled its guiding principles. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor and Fifi Peters discuss how insuring against extreme weather events in Africa can impact food security on the continent with Dolika Banda, CEO of the African Risk Capacity Insurance. </p>
<p> http://cnbc.africa/videos/&#8230;</p>


Insuring against extreme weather events in Africa

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<p>CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor caught up with Mustapha Njie, Chief Executive Officer of TAF Africa Global to discuss the investment opportunities in Africa’s real estate sector on the side-lines of the just concluded African Investment Forum.</p>


TAF Africa Global CEO talks on investing in Africa’s real estate sector

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<p>According to a new global report released today by Sustainable Energy for All, the world is still falling behind in meeting the universal electrification agenda of 2030. $52 billion is the total amount missing to provide the world&#8217;s energy needs. Joining CNBC Africa for more is Rachel Kyte, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All.</p>


600 million Africans have no access to energy, here’s how govts can address this

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<p>Winani Ndlovu, Research Manager at Employer Branding Research at Universum for a look at the latest from the Statistics SA report on how much local companies spend on their employees.</p>


Here’s how much local companies spend on their employees

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<p>CNBC Africa reporter Steven Muvunyi recently won the ICT and Telecommunication reporting award at Rwanda’s annual Development Journalism Awards. The awards spearheaded by the government of Rwanda through the Rwanda Governance Board.</p>


CNBC Africa’s Steven Muvunyi wins ICT & Telecommunication reporting award

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<p>Around 600 million people, over half the population of sub-Saharan Africa, have no access to grid electricity. In fact, across sub-Saharan Africa, mobile phones are more common than access to electricity. One British company Azuri Technologies is leverage the mobile phones&#8217; mileage to make off-grid energy accessible across Africa. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Michael Mugisha spoke to Azuri Technologies CEO, Simon Garth-Bransfield about solving Africa&#8217;s solar energy funding gap.</p>
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Solving Africa’s solar energy funding gap

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<p>Most of Africa’s problems are as a result of poor leadership. CNBC Africa sat down with Buffett Award 2018 recipient and founder of the Africa Leadership University Fred Swaniker on his line of thought and more. </p>
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Buffett Award 2018 recipient Fred Swaniker speaks on leadership in Africa

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<p>Data from the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing show that Nigeria&#8217;s power generation dropped to 2,390 megawatts, as the number of idle power plants increased to 15.  Joy Ogaji, Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies in Nigeria joins CNBC Africa to discuss ways to improve power generation in Nigeria.<br />
http://cnbc.africa/videos/&#8230;</p>


What is holding back Nigeria’s power generation?

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<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria has published the half year activity report highlighting the performance of the country’s financial markets in the first half of this year. Paul Alaje, Senior Economist at SPM Professionals joins CNBC Africa to discuss some of the key points indicated in the report.</p>
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CBN assesses performance of financial markets in H1

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<p>Unity Bank says the delay in filing its financial statements was occasioned by certain corporate actions that include ongoing discussions with the bank&#8217;s prospective investors. Kolawole Ebenezer, CFO of Unity Bank joins CNBC Africa to break down the numbers and share the bank&#8217;s new strategy going forward.</p>
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Unity Bank clears air on new strategy

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<p>Nigeria’s competitiveness ranking dropped three places in the latest Global Competitive Index released by the world economic forum. So what are the factors holding back Africa’s largest economy from taking pole position on the continent and beyond in the area of competitiveness? Chika Mordi, CEO of the National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria joins CNBC Africa this discussion.<br />
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iHub first tokenised African tech accelerator

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600 million Africans have no access to energy, here’s how govts can address this

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Maersk Drilling sees the upside in oil’s downturn

First Bank’s Ibukun Awosika talks on ways to empower women in Africa

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Insurance claims might not be paid if found to be driving under influence of dagga

Joburg to host DISCOP markets

iHub first tokenised African tech accelerator

Insuring against extreme weather events in Africa

TAF Africa Global CEO talks on investing in Africa’s real estate sector

600 million Africans have no access to energy, here’s how govts can address this

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CNBC Africa’s Steven Muvunyi wins ICT & Telecommunication reporting award

Solving Africa’s solar energy funding gap

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How can Nigeria build a globally competitive economy?

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