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<p>The United Kingdom is in last-ditch Brexit talks to finalise its future ahead of the December 31st deadline. Meanwhile, data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that the UK emerged as the top source of capital investment into Nigeria, accounting for just over 40 per cent of the total capital inflows in the third quarter. As Africa gets set for trade under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in a couple of weeks, we&#8217;ll find out how the United Kingdom intends to work with Nigeria going forward. Helen Grant the UK Prime Minister&#8217;s Trade Envoy to Nigeria joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


AfCFTA & Brexit: How the U.K plans to deepen trade relations with Nigeria

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<p>Governor of Katsina State Aminu Masari has confirmed that 333 out of 839 students of the Government Science School in Kanakara, Katsina State are still unaccounted for after bandits kidnapped hundreds of students from the school on Friday. Families of the kidnapped students have taken to the streets to demand action, as the government&#8217;s rescue efforts continue. Tilewa Adebajo, the CEO of CFG Advisory joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Protests erupt in Katsina State over 333 kidnapped students

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<p>The global fashion industry is still reeling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but how can the industry bounce back and adapt better to the new normal? Noami Campbell, Model and Philanthropist joins CNBC Africa to discuss this ahead of the Arise Fashion Week 2020.</p>


Noami Campbell: I want to see the fashion world embrace African designers

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<p>As Nigeria moves to improve liquidity in the foreign exchange market through its diaspora remittance policy, digital cross-border payment business WorldRemit says they have added new options to make international payments more convenient for Nigerians. Gbenga Okejimi, Country Manager for Nigeria and Ghana at WorldRemit joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


WorldRemit: CBN’s policy to boost formal remittances to Nigeria

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<p>SBM Intelligence says between January and November this year, there were 142 incidents of the Boko Haram insurgency in North-Eastern Nigeria.</p>


How to address the insecurity challenge in North-Eastern Nigeria

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<p>The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund has called on all governments to protect, sustain and accelerate progress in fighting childhood HIV. UNICEF also says that about 15 per cent of Global Aids-related deaths in children and adolescents occurs in Nigeria. Dr Idris Baba, HIV and AIDS Specialist at UNICEF Nigeria and Dayo Amzat, Managing Director and CEO of Zedcrest Capital joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for more.</p>


UNICEF: Almost 15% of global AIDS-related deaths in children

UNICEF: Almost 15% of global AIDS-related deaths in children, adolescents occur in Nigeria

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<p>As part of efforts to generate revenue, the Nigerian government says it plans to approach the Eurobond market in 2021. Dayo Amzat, Managing Director and CEO of Zedcrest Capital joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to discuss Nigeria’s revenue options for funding its 2021 budget.</p>


Finmin Ahmed: Nigeria to explore Eurobond market to fund 2021 budget

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<p>In creating Africa’s future beyond COVID-19 and cushion the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, Africa has to be more deliberate to build structures that would enhance resilience against future economic shocks.</p>


Creating Africa’s future beyond COVID-19

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<p>Nigeria has unveiled its National Autogas Initiative, a move aimed at cushioning the recent deregulation of the downstream sector and deepen the use of the country’s vast wealth of natural gas. Justice Derefaka, Technical Adviser for Gas Business and Policy Implementation to Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigeria rolls out auto-gas scheme for cars

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<p>The approval of 4-billion-naira palliative for Nigeria’s aviation sector by the government has been heavily criticised for being insufficient. More recently, domestic airline operators raised their fares by almost 100 per cent citing forex scarcity and operational cost among other reasons. Gbenga Olowo, President of Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative joins CNBC Africa to discuss the future of Nigeria’s aviation sector in the near term.</p>


Nigeria’s aviation sector reeling from COVID-19 shock

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<p>Nigeria’s real estate sector contracted by 13.4 per cent in the third quarter of the year.</p>


Nigeria’s real estate sector contracts 13.4% in third quarter due to pandemic

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<p>The use of online shopping for fast-moving consumer goods has grown by up to five years in about six months. That’s according to Ailsa Wingfield, Executive Director of the Global Intelligence Unit at Nielsen Global Connect. Wingfield further states that new users, frequency and preference have also skyrocketed. She joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for more.</p>


Nielsen: How online shopping in Nigeria has leapfrogged 5 years in 6 months

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<p>About 110 rice farmers were killed by Boko Haram in Kwashebe Zambarmari village of Borno State, that&#8217;s according to the United Nations. Meanwhile in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region, a new coalition of 36 militant groups, called the Continuous Emancipation of Niger Delta, CEND, have made five demands to the government and threatened attacks on oil and gas facilities. Onyekachi Adekoya, Managing Director of PR24 Nigeria joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Insecurity raises fresh concerns in Nigeria

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<p>Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access; EFINA, has unveiled a framework for advancing financial inclusion for women in Nigeria in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the National Financial Inclusion Special Intervention Working Group. EFINA is also calling for proposals from individuals, households and small businesses for its Covid-19 grant, to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. Ashley Immanuel, CEO of EFINA joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to discuss the objectives of the framework and more.</p>


EFINA partners CBN on framework for advancing women’s financial inclusion

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<p>Ghanaians will head to the polls to elect a new president and 275 members of parliament come Monday the 7th of December.</p>


2020 elections: Assessing the state of Ghana’s democratic institutions

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<p>The completion of the 5,000 barrels per day refinery is a dream-come-true for the Waltersmith Group. That’s according to the company’s General Manager for Operations, Rowland Ogundu. In a chat with CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole, Ogundu says the refinery will provide opportunities for persons in the region.</p>


Nigeria’s oil refining capacity gets 5000 bpd boost

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<p>Financial Derivatives says the current global oil demand which has failed to fully recover from its pre-pandemic levels does not support the lessening of OPEC’s production cut mandates in January. This comes ahead of the December 1st meeting by the oil producer club and its allies. Pelumi Osode, Senior Economic Analyst at Financial Derivatives joins CNBC Africa for this conversation.</p>


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AfCFTA & Brexit: How the U.K plans to deepen trade relations with Nigeria

Protests erupt in Katsina State over 333 kidnapped students

Noami Campbell: I want to see the fashion world embrace African designers

WorldRemit: CBN’s policy to boost formal remittances to Nigeria

How to address the insecurity challenge in North-Eastern Nigeria

UNICEF: Almost 15% of global AIDS-related deaths in children, adolescents occur in Nigeria

Finmin Ahmed: Nigeria to explore Eurobond market to fund 2021 budget

Creating Africa’s future beyond COVID-19

Nigeria rolls out auto-gas scheme for cars

Nigeria’s aviation sector reeling from COVID-19 shock

Nigeria’s real estate sector contracts 13.4% in third quarter due to pandemic

Nielsen: How online shopping in Nigeria has leapfrogged 5 years in 6 months

Insecurity raises fresh concerns in Nigeria

EFINA partners CBN on framework for advancing women’s financial inclusion

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AfCFTA & Brexit: How the U.K plans to deepen trade relations with Nigeria

Protests erupt in Katsina State over 333 kidnapped students

Noami Campbell: I want to see the fashion world embrace African designers

WorldRemit: CBN’s policy to boost formal remittances to Nigeria

How to address the insecurity challenge in North-Eastern Nigeria

UNICEF: Almost 15% of global AIDS-related deaths in children, adolescents occur in Nigeria

Finmin Ahmed: Nigeria to explore Eurobond market to fund 2021 budget

Creating Africa’s future beyond COVID-19

Nigeria rolls out auto-gas scheme for cars

Nigeria’s aviation sector reeling from COVID-19 shock

Nigeria’s real estate sector contracts 13.4% in third quarter due to pandemic

Nielsen: How online shopping in Nigeria has leapfrogged 5 years in 6 months

Insecurity raises fresh concerns in Nigeria

EFINA partners CBN on framework for advancing women’s financial inclusion

2020 elections: Assessing the state of Ghana’s democratic institutions

Nigeria’s oil refining capacity gets 5000 bpd boost

FDC: Oil demand does not support lessening of OPEC cut

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