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<p>Nigeria’s much-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill has suffered yet another setback. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva says the National Assembly has moved deliberations on the bill to the first quarter of 2021. Joining CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for this conversation are Oyeyemi Oke, Oil and Gas Lawyer and Partner at A02 Law and Dipo Ajayi, Head of Fixed Income and Forex at Chapel Hill.</p>


Nigerian lawmakers move Petroleum Industry Bill deliberations to Q1’21

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<p>The World Bank says the Covid-19 pandemic could push over 100 million people into extreme poverty this year. According to the Bretton Woods Institution, Nigeria has the largest poor population in Sub-Saharan Africa that’s about 79 million extreme poor which accounts for 20 per cent of the total poor in the region. Dipo Ajayi, Head of Fixed Income at Chapel Hill Denham joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


World Bank: COVID-19 to push over 100mn people into extreme poverty in 2020

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<p>The African Development Bank&#8217;s Vice President for the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialisation, Solomon Quaynor says limited government resources for public infrastructure, retreating investors and the emergence of new types of infrastructure to be prioritised are some of the three major impacts the global pandemic on infrastructure development. He discussed these and more with CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor.</p>


AfDB’s Quaynor on how COVID-19 has impacted infrastructure investment in Africa

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<p>President, Muhammadu Buhari, will present Nigeria&#8217;s 2021 budget to a joint sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday. According to Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, the proposed spending plan was predicated on a 379 naira to a dollar exchange rate, an oil benchmark of $40 per barrel, and an oil production volume of 1.86 million per day. Dayo Amzat, MD and CEO of Zedcrest Capital joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Market & business expectations from Nigeria’s 2021 budget

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<p>Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been largely criticized for stating that “it makes no sense for oil to be cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi Arabia” &#8211; while giving his 60th Independence Day address. Tunde Ajileye, Partner at SBM Intelligence and Winston Osuchukwu, Co-Founder of Trans-Sahara Investment Corporation joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to discuss the realities surrounding Nigeria’s petrol pricing.</p>


Digging deeper into Nigeria’s petroleum pricing realities

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<p>According to a report by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the three important drivers of financial exclusion are lack of income, lack of education, and low trust in Financial Service Providers. So how can Nigeria navigate its way through these hurdles to achieve its financial inclusion targets? Professor Olayinka David-West, an Academic Director and a Professor of Information Systems at the Lagos Business School joins CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole for more.</p>


Olayinka David-West on how Nigeria can achieve its financial inclusion targets

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<p>An ‘agonising milestone’, that was how the United Nation’s Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres described the over one million global COVID-19 death toll. While concerns over the rate of rising new cases linger, Pharmaceutical powerhouses, Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline have jointly announced the commencement of phase II clinical trial for an adjuvant COVID-19 vaccine. Kayode Akindele,  Partner at TIA Capital joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How Africa can adapt to new COVID-19 realities as the search for vaccine continues

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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>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>Mali’s military rulers have appointed the country&#8217;s former Minister of Defence, Bah Ndaw, as the transitional president, while the head of the August 18th coup Colonel Assimi Goita was appointed as the vice-president. The announcement came on the eve of Mali’s 60th Independence Day celebration which takes place today. Tajudeen Ibrahim, Senior Vice President and Head of Research at Chapel Hill Denham joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Mali@60: What does the future hold for Mali after military coup?

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<p>Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo says the tech sector received investments worth $377 million between 2018 and 2019. Osinbajo further noted that the focus of the Nigerian government on its digital sector is vital to its overall socio and economic wellbeing. However, the World Bank says for countries like Nigeria, the digital economy offers opportunities, but also brings risks of being left behind. Tliewa Adebajo, CEO of CFG Advisory joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


CFG Advisory on how Nigeria can harness its digital economy for growth

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<p>The Nigeria labour has threatened to strike over tariff hikes one of which is the increment in electricity bills which kicked off on the first of this month. Since its commencement, various Nigerian regulatory arm has rolled out measures to monitor electricity distributors and also ring-fence their collections and remittances. Joining CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for this conversation is Oti Ikomi, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of Proton Energy.</p>


Proton Energy CEO on Nigeria’s social contract & how to address electricity tariff challenges

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<p>In a couple of weeks, Nigeria will mark its diamond jubilee as it celebrates 60 years of independence. Opinion research think-tank; African Polling Institute says Bell Ihua, its recent report shows that 91 per cent of correspondents they surveyed say they are proud of being Nigerians, however, 54 per cent say they do not feel their voice counts in government’s decision making. Bell Ihua, CEO of the African Polling Institute joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigeria @60: Assessing the Nigerian social contract

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<p>Fitch Ratings describes the move to recapitalise Nigeria’s insurance sector as a credit positive for the industry. As Insurance firms race towards the 2021 recapitalisation deadline, Emmanuel Odiaka, Managing Director &#038; CEO of ECOB Capital joins CNBC Africa to look at how these firms can tap into the stock market to meet their recapitalisation targets.</p>


Nigerian insurers race towards recapitalisation ahead of 2021 deadline

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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s major capital market regulator has put out guidelines on how the investing community in Nigeria should classify cryptocurrencies and digital assets. The Securities and Exchange Commission also gave a three-month ultimatum for already existing digital assets to register their offerings. Chuta Chimezie, Founder and Coordinator, Blockchain User Group and Sam Chidoka, MD and CEO of Kairos Capital joins CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole for this discussion.</p>


What the move to regulate Nigeria’s digital assets space means for investors

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<p>The Global Center on Adaptation works with both the public and private sector as a broker to speed up action and support adaptation solutions in a bid to build a more climate-resilient future for the world. Patrick Verkooijen the CEO and Chair of the Executive Board of the Global Center on Adaptation joins CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole and Kayode Akindele, Partner at TIA Capital to discuss their plans for Africa as they launch their regional office in Africa.</p>


GAP CEO on Africa’s journey to a climate resilient future

GCA CEO on Africa’s journey to a climate resilient future

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<p>Amsterdam based online remittance service provider Azimo says it has entered into a partnership with China&#8217;s Alipay.</p>


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Nigerian lawmakers move Petroleum Industry Bill deliberations to Q1’21

World Bank: COVID-19 to push over 100mn people into extreme poverty in 2020

AfDB’s Quaynor on how COVID-19 has impacted infrastructure investment in Africa

Market & business expectations from Nigeria’s 2021 budget

Digging deeper into Nigeria’s petroleum pricing realities

Olayinka David-West on how Nigeria can achieve its financial inclusion targets

How Africa can adapt to new COVID-19 realities as the search for vaccine continues

Is Nigeria getting closer to affordable housing?

Nigeria pushes for transparency in govt owned enterprises

Mali@60: What does the future hold for Mali after military coup?

CFG Advisory on how Nigeria can harness its digital economy for growth

Proton Energy CEO on Nigeria’s social contract & how to address electricity tariff challenges

Nigeria @60: Assessing the Nigerian social contract

Nigerian insurers race towards recapitalisation ahead of 2021 deadline

What the move to regulate Nigeria’s digital assets space means for investors

GCA CEO on Africa’s journey to a climate resilient future

How resilient is the remittance market to the COVID-19 shock?

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Nigerian lawmakers move Petroleum Industry Bill deliberations to Q1’21

World Bank: COVID-19 to push over 100mn people into extreme poverty in 2020

AfDB’s Quaynor on how COVID-19 has impacted infrastructure investment in Africa

Market & business expectations from Nigeria’s 2021 budget

Digging deeper into Nigeria’s petroleum pricing realities

Olayinka David-West on how Nigeria can achieve its financial inclusion targets

How Africa can adapt to new COVID-19 realities as the search for vaccine continues

Is Nigeria getting closer to affordable housing?

Nigeria pushes for transparency in govt owned enterprises

Mali@60: What does the future hold for Mali after military coup?

CFG Advisory on how Nigeria can harness its digital economy for growth

Proton Energy CEO on Nigeria’s social contract & how to address electricity tariff challenges

Nigeria @60: Assessing the Nigerian social contract

Nigerian insurers race towards recapitalisation ahead of 2021 deadline

What the move to regulate Nigeria’s digital assets space means for investors

GCA CEO on Africa’s journey to a climate resilient future

How resilient is the remittance market to the COVID-19 shock?

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