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<p>As the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rip through businesses across Africa and the globe, to what extent can international and development finance institutions provide support for Africa?</p>


COVID-19: IFC moves to support Nigerian businesses hit by the pandemic

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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s Federal Executive Council has approved a transit plan between the country&#8217;s Economic Recovery Growth Plan which elapses this year and a successor plan &#8211; the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan. The 2.3 trillion naira 12-month stimulus plan looks to combat recession projections and cushion COVID-19 impact on the economy. Winston Osuchukwu, Co-Founder of Trans-Sahara Incorporated joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigeria’s FEC approves N2.3 trillion stimulus plan

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<p>Monthly data from Nigeria’s pensions industry shows that the country’s total pension fund assets stood at 10.6 trillion naira as at April this year with Federal Government Securities weighing 66.25 per cent of the total pension fund assets. The data also showed that new retirement savings account grew 85 per cent less in April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Pabina Yinkere, Chief Investment Officer at Sigma Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How COVID-19 is impacting Nigeria’s pensions industry

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<p>Are calls for the reopening of borders by trade ministers in Africa synonymous with tearing down trade barriers ahead of the postponed implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement now slated for January 2021? Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: How to address trade barriers in SSA

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<p>Global Foreign Direct Investment flows will decline by up to 40 per cent in 2020, from their 2019 value of $1.54 trillion, meaning that for the first time since 2005 global FDI will fall below 1 trillion dollars. This is contained in a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The report also projects a further 5 to 10 per cent decrease in global FDI in 2021. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


UNCTAD: Global FDI to fall below $1trn first time since 2005

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<p>With a 25 per cent to 40 per cent forecast decline in foreign direct investment to Africa, different countries in the region will be looking to reposition themselves to take full advantage of the low FDI flows as a source of revenue that has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Ministers from the ECOWAS region are calling for a coordinated plan to re-open cross border trading. Sam Chidoka, Managing Director and CEO of Kairos Capital joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Repositioning Nigeria for investment amid COVID-19

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<p>As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect every aspect of life, real estate company Alphacrux carried out a survey to determine the impact of the pandemic on the residential real estate market in Lagos. Alphacrux CEO, Tobi Adama joins CNBC Africa more.</p>


Alphacrux CEO: How COVID-19 is impacting real estate agency business in Lagos

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<p>Nigeria’s vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo says Africa&#8217;s largest economy&#8217;s GDP may fall to between minus 4.40 per cent and minus 8.91 per cent this year depending on the length of the COVID-19 induced lock-down period and the strength of Nigeria’s economic response. Femi Oladehin, Partner, Investment Banking at Argentil Capital Partners joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Assessing Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 sustainability plan

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<p>Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says prompt pre-emptive measures need to be taken otherwise Nigeria&#8217;s unemployment rate could rise to about 33.6 per cent, by the end of the year. Osinbajo made this statement while presenting a post-COVID-19 Economic Sustainability Plan to President Muhammadu Buhari. Wilson Erumebor, Senior Economist at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How Nigeria plans to tackle unemployment during the COVID-19 crisis

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<p>Ghana’s headline inflation rose to 11.3 per cent in May, straying further away from the country’s inflation target band of 8.0 per cent plus or minus two. This comes as the World Bank says that Ghana’s economic growth is expected to slow down to 1.5 per cent this year as agriculture commodity exporters like Ghana have suffered from collapse in export demand as well as disruptions to supply chains. Courage Kingsley Martey, Senior Economist at Databank Group joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Databank’s economic outlook for Ghana

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<p>The World Bank says it expects Nigeria’s oil sector to shrink by 10.6 per cent this year. This comes as the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari says Nigeria has brought down its oil production to 1.412 million barrels per day in compliance with the supply cut agreed on by oil producer club, OPEC and its allies. Abiodun Adesanya, CEO of DegeConek joins CNBC Africa more.</p>


How OPEC’s extended supply cut impacts Nigerian oil producers

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<p>Latest World Bank data shows that economic activity in Sub-Sahara Africa is on course to contract by 2.8 per cent this year, the deepest ever on record.</p>


World Bank: SSA economy to contract 2.8% in 2020

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<p>The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo officially declared the eleventh Ebola outbreak in the country on the first of June this year. This means that the DRC is now fighting to curtail the spread of three major health outbreaks – the Ebola Virus Disease, Measles and the COVID-19 pandemic simultaneously. Niniola Williams, Managing Director of Drasa Health Trust joins CNBC Africa more.</p>


DRC faces triple threat of coronavirus

DRC faces triple threat of coronavirus, Ebola & measles

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<p>The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention is coming up with a new continental strategy to ramp up testing to help limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The man leading this strategy, Dr John Nkengasong Director of the Africa CDC, joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to discuss the specifics of this strategy and how Africa is bracing up to the Covid-19 shock.</p>


COVID-19: Africa CDC tweaks strategy to ramp up testing

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<p>As analysts across Africa talk home-grown solutions to support economies in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, CEO and Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello joins CNBC Africa to explore exports, regulations and revenue generation through Nigeria’s Ports as an economic buffer within a pandemic.</p>


COVID 19: How can Nigeria’s ports thrive within a pandemic?

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<p>With over 11,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, Nigeria has continued with plans to ease its COVID-19 restrictions. The latest being the move to lift the restrictions in interstate travel as well as domestic Air travel from the 21st of this month. Kyari Bukar, Former Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group joins CNBC Africa to assess Nigeria’s COVID-19 strategy in amid rising cases.</p>


Unpacking Nigeria’s COVID-19 strategy

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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s insurance regulator NAICOM has extended the deadline for the recapitalisation of insurance companies to September 2021. The recapitalisation process has also been segmented into two phases. Tajudeen Ibrahim, vice-President and Head of Research at Chapel Hill Denham joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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COVID-19: IFC moves to support Nigerian businesses hit by the pandemic

Nigeria’s FEC approves N2.3 trillion stimulus plan

How COVID-19 is impacting Nigeria’s pensions industry

COVID-19: How to address trade barriers in SSA

UNCTAD: Global FDI to fall below $1trn first time since 2005

Repositioning Nigeria for investment amid COVID-19

Alphacrux CEO: How COVID-19 is impacting real estate agency business in Lagos

Assessing Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 sustainability plan

How Nigeria plans to tackle unemployment during the COVID-19 crisis

Databank’s economic outlook for Ghana

How OPEC’s extended supply cut impacts Nigerian oil producers

World Bank: SSA economy to contract 2.8% in 2020

DRC faces triple threat of coronavirus, Ebola & measles

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COVID 19: How can Nigeria’s ports thrive within a pandemic?

Unpacking Nigeria’s COVID-19 strategy

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financial markets

COVID-19: IFC moves to support Nigerian businesses hit by the pandemic

Nigeria’s FEC approves N2.3 trillion stimulus plan

How COVID-19 is impacting Nigeria’s pensions industry

COVID-19: How to address trade barriers in SSA

UNCTAD: Global FDI to fall below $1trn first time since 2005

Repositioning Nigeria for investment amid COVID-19

Alphacrux CEO: How COVID-19 is impacting real estate agency business in Lagos

Assessing Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 sustainability plan

How Nigeria plans to tackle unemployment during the COVID-19 crisis

Databank’s economic outlook for Ghana

How OPEC’s extended supply cut impacts Nigerian oil producers

World Bank: SSA economy to contract 2.8% in 2020

DRC faces triple threat of coronavirus, Ebola & measles

COVID-19: Africa CDC tweaks strategy to ramp up testing

COVID 19: How can Nigeria’s ports thrive within a pandemic?

Unpacking Nigeria’s COVID-19 strategy

NAICOM extends insurance recapitalisation deadline to September 2021

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