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<p>Nigeria’s President, Muhamamdu Buhari is expected to send a revised version of the Petroleum Industry Bill to the Senate for consideration and approval next week. The much-awaited 20-year-old bill is expected to revamp Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, improve local content and drive both local and domestic investments. Adeoye Adefulu, Partner at Odujinrin and Adefulu joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill gets renewed traction

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<p>The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development says if the world economy is to move away from the edge of depression and claw its way back towards sustainable growth and development, it must recover more effectively than it did from the Global Financial Crisis a decade ago. UNCTAD also stressed that a return to pre-pandemic austerity will reduce annual global growth by one percentage point and increase the global unemployment rate by 2 percentage points until 2030. Paul Alaje, Senior Economist at SPM Professionals joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: Plotting the path to global recovery

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<p>SA Express is another embattled state owned airline which was due to get its wings clipped amid the tough economic landscape for the airlines industry, but they have received a lifeline from its employees. SA Express employees under a group called Fly SAX has been given the green light to buy the airline and return it to the skies.  Aviation Analyst, Desmond Latham joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


SA Express receives lifeline from employees

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<p>South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is faced with a difficult road ahead, since his election into presidency in May last year.</p>


Outlook for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s time in office

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<p>The global pandemic has had a profound impact on the digital landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as across the world. GSMA Thrive Africa, brings together the continent’s leaders to create Africa’s most influential technology experience. Akinwale Goodluck, Head of Sub-Saharan Africa at GSMA Thrive Africa joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: How the pandemic is reshaping the digital landscape in SSA

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<p>Nigeria is looking to plug its housing deficit with a new initiative called the Family Homes Financing Initiative. Owing property in Nigeria usually comes with huge lumpsum payments and the hurdles are usually higher for the first-time homeowner. Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani, Chief Commercial Officer of Mixta Africa joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to discuss how the obstacles to owning a home in Nigeria could be whittled down.</p>


Is Nigeria getting closer to affordable housing?

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<p>Leaders from 18 African technology-enabled social enterprises that contribute to increasing nutrition and food security and/or regenerative environmental systems in the agricultural food chain have been selected to partake in the Food Systems Accelerator, designed to increase economic benefit to smallholder farmers. Pamela Roussos, Chief Community Officer at Miller Center joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Miller Center on how to scale tech enabled sustainable food system enterprises in Africa

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<p>Tanzania&#8217;s digital landscape in recent years has grown creating a number of economic opportunities. Mastercard and Selcom recently announced the launch an enhanced mobile payment application that enables people to centralize all their payment cards or supported mobile banking profiles on one digital platform. Sameer Hirji, Executive Director, Selcom Paytech Limited joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Accelerating the adoption of digital payments in Tanzania

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<p>According to the 2020 edition of the Africa CEO Survey, 99 per cent of African companies report that the pandemic had a negative impact on their revenue in 2020. However, despite the headwinds, African business leaders exhibit a relatively high degree of confidence about the continent’s long-term economic growth. Moreover, the acceleration of digitization is now establishing itself as an essential component of companies’ recovery strategy. Frederic Maury, Director of Development at the Africa CEO Forum joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


African business leaders remain bullish about continent’s long-term economic growth

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<p>As part of efforts to scale its operations over the next five years, Auxano Solar Nigeria has signed a $1.5 million investment deal with Shell-funded impact investment company All On, for a solar panel assembly plant expansion. Auxano Solar&#8217;s Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Chuks Umezulora joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for more.</p>


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All On, Auxano Solar sign $1.5m solar panel plant deal

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<p>Africa’s largest global trading partner is China; however the vulnerability of global supply chains has intensified with onslaught of the U.S-China trade tensions.</p>


How the U.S-China trade tensions impacts Africa’s free trade agreement

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<p>Nigeria is working to improve its performance in revenue collection and ensuring transparency through a new initiative where directors of finance and accounts will be deployed to selected federal government’s owned enterprises. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for this conversation.</p>


Nigeria pushes for transparency in govt owned enterprises

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<p>COVID-19 has exposed the fragilities in the global economic system. The Schwab Foundation – which is the sister organisation of the World Economic Forum &#8211; has supported the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, to reach those who the market and governments struggle to get to. Joining CNBC Africa to give insight into the role of social entrepreneurship in the COVID-19 response and recovery is Doctor Ernest Darkoh, Founding Partner at BroadReach. He also just joined the Schwab Foundation, as a board member.</p>


How social entrepreneurship can help drive post-COVID-19 economic recovery

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<p>Hyprop has reported a R4 billion reduction in the value of its property portfolio. The group’s full year results reflect the headwinds seen by most of the property sector. The company – which owns Rosebank Mall and Hyde Park Corner, amongst others – says that rental rates remain under pressure. Hyprop CEO, Morné Wilken joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Hyprop sees R4bn reduction in property portfolio amid COVID-19 challenges

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<p>According to a recent report by dubbed the 2020 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report there African countries namely; Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa are ranked among the top ten countries in cryptocurrency adoption. Despite the increased awareness, Kenya’s Central Bank previously issued circulars to all Kenyan banks requiring them to refrain from doing business with crypto-based companies. Aerlene Mugambi, Currency Investor and Forex Trader joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Kenya ranked among world’s top 10 countries in cyptocurrency adoption

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<p>The price of Personal Protective Equipment has been a big challenge to many governments, more so with the high costs of importing the highly needed gear in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But could this cost have been brought down by the governments if they looked more inwards and how much would it take? Nguo Yetu CEO, Charity Mwangi spoke to CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Why African govts should go local to ensure PPE affordability

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<p>Beginning of this month Sudan declared an economic state of emergency after its currency fell sharply in recent weeks, setting up special courts to prosecute what officials called a &#8220;systematic operation&#8221; to vandalize the economy. Anwar Elhaj, Researcher and Political Analyst spoke to CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill gets renewed traction

COVID-19: Plotting the path to global recovery

SA Express receives lifeline from employees

Outlook for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s time in office

COVID-19: How the pandemic is reshaping the digital landscape in SSA

Is Nigeria getting closer to affordable housing?

Miller Center on how to scale tech enabled sustainable food system enterprises in Africa

Accelerating the adoption of digital payments in Tanzania

African business leaders remain bullish about continent’s long-term economic growth

All On, Auxano Solar sign $1.5m solar panel plant deal

How the U.S-China trade tensions impacts Africa’s free trade agreement

Nigeria pushes for transparency in govt owned enterprises

How social entrepreneurship can help drive post-COVID-19 economic recovery

Hyprop sees R4bn reduction in property portfolio amid COVID-19 challenges

Kenya ranked among world’s top 10 countries in cyptocurrency adoption

Why African govts should go local to ensure PPE affordability

Sudan declares economic state of emergency

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Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill gets renewed traction

COVID-19: Plotting the path to global recovery

SA Express receives lifeline from employees

Outlook for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s time in office

COVID-19: How the pandemic is reshaping the digital landscape in SSA

Is Nigeria getting closer to affordable housing?

Miller Center on how to scale tech enabled sustainable food system enterprises in Africa

Accelerating the adoption of digital payments in Tanzania

African business leaders remain bullish about continent’s long-term economic growth

All On, Auxano Solar sign $1.5m solar panel plant deal

How the U.S-China trade tensions impacts Africa’s free trade agreement

Nigeria pushes for transparency in govt owned enterprises

How social entrepreneurship can help drive post-COVID-19 economic recovery

Hyprop sees R4bn reduction in property portfolio amid COVID-19 challenges

Kenya ranked among world’s top 10 countries in cyptocurrency adoption

Why African govts should go local to ensure PPE affordability

Sudan declares economic state of emergency

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