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<p>Ghana Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says its GDP growth forecast for the year has been revised to 0.9 per cent from the 6.8 per cent earlier projected. While presenting the Mid-year budget review to the parliament, Ofori Atta also sought the approval of a supplementary worth 11.9 billion cedis. Joining CNBC Africa to highlight the takeaways from the mid-year budget review is John Gatsi, Dean of the School of Business at the University of Cape Coast.</p>


Ghana revises down 2020 GDP growth forecast to 0.9% on COVID-19 crisis

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<p>Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed says the COVID-19 has shown the urgent need for the government to diversify its revenue sources and will be doing so under its Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative. Dipo Ajayi, Head of Fixed Income and Forex at Chapel Hill Denham joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Addressing Nigeria’s revenue realities

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<p>Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund with a total sum of about of 75 billion naira for three years. According to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, the establishment of the fund provides pathways for Nigerian youths to access credit, grants and needed funds for entrepreneurship. Kayode Akindele, Partner at TIA Capital joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Buhari approves establishment of Nigeria youth investment fund

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<p>Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will today present the country’s mid-year budget review to the parliament, ahead of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting slated for Friday the 24th of this month. Samuel Kofi Ampah, Head of Research at Groupe Ndoum joins CNBC Africa to discuss what to expect and also assess Ghana’s economy.</p>


Assessing Ghana’s economy ahead of mid-year budget review

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<p>The move by the Central Bank of Nigeria to restrict foreign exchange for maize imports will be negative for the margins of affected corporates, that’s according to Rand Merchant Bank. The CBN had earlier this week issued a directive stopping the processing of form M for corn imports in a move it says will stimulate local production. Feyisike Ilemore, Research Analyst at RMB Nigeria joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How CBN’s forex restrictions for maize impacts corporates

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<p>Coronation Merchant Bank says Nigerian investors have had it good investing in T-Bills and getting inflation beating returns for a decade until 2019. The bank’s Head of Research, Guy Czartoryski joins CNBC Africa to discuss how investors can navigate the Nigerian investment waters in the new normal.</p>


Coronation Merchant Bank on investing in the new normal amid COVID-19

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<p>Oil producer club and its allies, OPEC+ agreed to ease production cuts to 7.7 million barrels per day from August until December this year. Dayo Amzat, Managing Director and CEO of Zedcrest Capital joins CNBC Africa to discuss what these decisions mean for the global oil market and emerging economies like Nigeria.</p>


OPEC & allies agree to ease oil production cuts

OPEC & allies agree to ease oil production cuts, here’s how this impacts emerging markets

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<p>Global data analytics company; Nielsen, says the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sharp drop in consumer sentiment in West Africa in the second quarter of the year. Ged Nooy, Managing Director at Nielsen Nigeria joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


West African consumer sentiment drops sharply as COVID-19 crisis deepens

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<p>Updated forecasts from the African Development Bank show that Africa’s growth is expected to rebound to 3 per cent by 2021 from a 3.4 per cent contraction in 2020 in the worst-case-scenario. Hanan Morsy, Director for Macroeconomic Forecasting and Research at the AfDB joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


AfDB forecasts Africa’s growth in 2021

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<p>The African Development Bank says an additional 49 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty by the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath. This was in the updated forecast of the Africa Economic Outlook, where they expect Central Africa and West Africa to be the hardest-hit regions. Kayode Akindele, Partner at TIA Capital joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How COVID-19 could condemn millions of Africans into extreme poverty

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<p>This month marks a year since the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced the Loan-To-Deposit-Ratio policy. Nigeria&#8217;s apex bank says banks total credit rose to 3.1 trillion naira on the performance of the LDR policy. Muyiwa Oni, Regional Head, Equity Research at Standard Bank Group joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How will COVID-19 impact Nigerian banks’ half-year earnings?

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<p>Shareholders of the Central Securities Clearing System approved dividend payments which translate to a 22.8 per cent year-on-year growth in returns to shareholders.</p>


CSCS CEO on how the company is responding to the COVID-19 crisis

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<p>A new tool by the International Trade Centre aims to track policies for women in trade.</p>


This new ITC tool seeks to empower women in trade

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<p>The Covid-19 pandemic is making businesses shift their models to working remotely, thereby making authenticated identity increasingly critical to unlock financial inclusion, drive e-commerce and financial services. Esigie Aguele, CEO of Nigerian KYC start-up; Verifyme joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: Authenticated identity becoming critical as businesses work remotely

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<p>Global engineering talent company, Andela is looking to double its talent pool and is ready to accept engineers from all African countries. Omowale David-Ashiru, Andela’s Vice President for Global Operations joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Andela looks to double talent pool with Africa expansion

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<p>Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for some insight on how Nigeria’s Pension Fund Administrators plan to weather the Covid-19 storm in the second half of the year.</p>


Crusader Sterling Pensions: How Covid-19 will impact Nigerian pension funds in H2

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<p>It is the first day of July and this month’s activities at Nigeria’s fixed Income market will begin with a Treasury Bills auction as the Debt Management Office intends to rollover a total of 88.8 billion naira across the standard tenors. So what can we expect from the market in the second half of the year? Constance Onyia, Fixed Income Dealer at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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Ghana revises down 2020 GDP growth forecast to 0.9% on COVID-19 crisis

Addressing Nigeria’s revenue realities

Buhari approves establishment of Nigeria youth investment fund

Assessing Ghana’s economy ahead of mid-year budget review

How CBN’s forex restrictions for maize impacts corporates

Coronation Merchant Bank on investing in the new normal amid COVID-19

OPEC & allies agree to ease oil production cuts, here’s how this impacts emerging markets

West African consumer sentiment drops sharply as COVID-19 crisis deepens

AfDB forecasts Africa’s growth in 2021

How COVID-19 could condemn millions of Africans into extreme poverty

How will COVID-19 impact Nigerian banks’ half-year earnings?

CSCS CEO on how the company is responding to the COVID-19 crisis

This new ITC tool seeks to empower women in trade

COVID-19: Authenticated identity becoming critical as businesses work remotely

Andela looks to double talent pool with Africa expansion

Crusader Sterling Pensions: How Covid-19 will impact Nigerian pension funds in H2

What to expect from Nigeria’s money markets in second half of 2020

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financial markets

Ghana revises down 2020 GDP growth forecast to 0.9% on COVID-19 crisis

Addressing Nigeria’s revenue realities

Buhari approves establishment of Nigeria youth investment fund

Assessing Ghana’s economy ahead of mid-year budget review

How CBN’s forex restrictions for maize impacts corporates

Coronation Merchant Bank on investing in the new normal amid COVID-19

OPEC & allies agree to ease oil production cuts, here’s how this impacts emerging markets

West African consumer sentiment drops sharply as COVID-19 crisis deepens

AfDB forecasts Africa’s growth in 2021

How COVID-19 could condemn millions of Africans into extreme poverty

How will COVID-19 impact Nigerian banks’ half-year earnings?

CSCS CEO on how the company is responding to the COVID-19 crisis

This new ITC tool seeks to empower women in trade

COVID-19: Authenticated identity becoming critical as businesses work remotely

Andela looks to double talent pool with Africa expansion

Crusader Sterling Pensions: How Covid-19 will impact Nigerian pension funds in H2

What to expect from Nigeria’s money markets in second half of 2020

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