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<p>Yesterday the United Nations (UN) announced that 2020 to 2030 is declared the &#8220;Decade of Action for Global Goals&#8221;. Last year the UN Secretary General called on all sectors of society to mobilize on three levels; global action, local action and people action, the latter including civil society, the media, private sector, unions, academia and of course, Youth. Natalie Robi Tingo represents a panel of youth that&#8217;s launching today in response to this call. 12 young activists from 12 countries around the world are pledging to rally and mobilize. Kenyan Activist and only member of East Africa, Natalie Robi Tingo joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Here’s how African youths are bracing themselves for UN-endorsed “Decade of Action for Global Goals”

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<p>At the ongoing World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, CNBC International spoke to CEO of Siemens, Joe Kaeser for an outlook on the multinational conglomerate company.</p>


World Economic Forum: Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser on its global growth strategy

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<p>At the ongoing World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, CNBC International had a conversation with CEO of Barclays, Jes Staley on the banks future plans and possible investments in carbon related products.</p>


World Economic Forum: Barclays CEO Jes Staley on climate change

World Economic Forum: Barclays CEO Jes Staley on climate change, renewable energy & the banks’ future plans

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<p>By the end of 2019, Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) had surpassed $1 billion in trading marking a major milestone in its eight-year history. According to RSE, some $761 million have been raised in the primary market while $306 million has been traded on the secondary market. Also, the Rwandan government and the World Bank announced during the summit that they will be launching a 3-year, fixed-rate, RWF-denominated bond worth $40 million at the London Stock Exchange. Celestin Rwabukumba, CEO of Rwanda Stock Exchange joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


RSE hits $1bn mark – Here’s how it plans to increase domestic growth by 20%

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<p>Just over 2 years ago, when Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta began his second term in office, he released his development blueprint for Kenya, known as the Big 4 Agenda. The plan outlines 4 pillars of development: Food security, affordable housing, universal health care and manufacturing – but now with only about two and half more years to go, how much of the blueprint has the Government achieved and what comes next? Journalist, Joseph Bonyo joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How much traction has Big 4 Agenda gained in developing Kenya four years on?

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<p>Recent times have seen not only shareholders concerned with a company&#8217;s mission and ethical practices, the age of social media has held a lot more corporations accountable for upholding certain values and now, more and more, the eyes of investors and the public alike are on corporate governance. Cloudhop, a cloud computing firm based in East Africa believes that tech is the best way to implement strong governance structures. CEO of Cloudhop, Keval Shah joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How ready is Africa to fully embracing cloud-computing?

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<p>Major international airports in the region are either going through an uplift, have recently been refurbished or in some countries are being scrapped for new ones, a move experts think is a race for the title of regional hub. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Arnold Kwizera spoke to Bwambale Daniel, an Aviation Expert for more.</p>


Is East Africa winning the race to scale their airports to international standard?

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<p>The UK-Morocco Business Dialogue aims to attract and engage in trade and investment opportunities for Morocco. The conference takes place just a day after the salient U.K Africa investment summit and Morocco stands to play an important role in the economic emergence of Africa. CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop spoke to Minister Delegate for African Cooperation, Mohcine Jazouli.</p>


UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Minister Mohcine Jazouli on opportunities for investment in Africa

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<p>Kenya has secured $1.7 billion from the UK in investments deals during the UK-Africa Investment Summit. Furthermore, UK signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on mobilizing private finance into Kenyan projects. Also, the Rwandan government and the World Bank announced during the summit that they will be launching a 3-year, fixed-rate, RWF-denominated bond worth $40 million at the London Stock Exchange. Analyst Ted Kaberuka, joins CNBC Africa to make light of the deals and look into the UK-Africa relations.</p>


Kenya secures $1.7bn investment deals at UK-Africa Investment Summit

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<p>New findings indicate that occupancy rate in Kigali city’s commercial buildings stands at 85 per cent. However, there are still bottlenecks without which commercial real estate would be more viable. Dickson Malunda, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


IPAR: Here’s how Kigali can improve its commercial real estate sector performance

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<p>On the side-lines of the UK-Morocco Business Dialogue in London, International Trade Minister, Conor Burns spoke to CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop about what Brexit means for trade with Africa and why Morocco is pivotal to the United Kingdom when looking to enter the African marketplace.</p>


UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Conor Burns on where the UK sees business opportunities in Morocco

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<p>At the on-going UK-Morocco Business Dialogue in London, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop spoke to Ismail Douiri, General Manager of Attijariwafa Bank about what Morocco is doing to improve its business environment and attract investors.</p>


UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Attijariwafa Bank’s Ismail Douiri on why Morocco is Europe’s gateway into Africa

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<p>Last year saw Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contributing over 30 to the Gross domestic product (GDP) of Kenya, with 83.6 per cent of the country&#8217;s total employment created attributed to them, but they did face some challenges. SME Consultant, Victor Otieno joins CNBC Africa to discuss solutions that will enable this sector of entrepreneurs contribute even more in 2020.</p>


Here’s how Kenyan SMEs can raise their GDP contribution in 2020

How Kenyan SMEs can contribute more to the country’s GDP in 2020

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<p>Africa’s tourism sector has been growing very fast, surpassing all the regions in the world save Asia Pacific. Now, effort is being invested into boosting domestic travel – Kwakye Donkor, CEO of Africa Tourism Partners joins CNBC Africa to discuss how this can further growth of the sector.</p>


Kwakye Donkor on Africa’s plans to stimulate growth through tourism

Kwakye Donkor: How tourism can help grow African economies, boost intra-Africa travel

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<p>Sudan has begun allowing private traders to export gold, a move expected to crack down on smuggling and attract foreign currency into the country’s cash-strapped treasury. Until January 1st 2020, when the decision was made, Sudan’s Central Bank had been the sole body legally allowed to buy and export gold and set up centers to buy the metal from small-scale miners. Hajooj Kuka, Analyst and Activist joins CNBC Africa for more on what the country is doing to revive the economy.</p>


Sudan allows private traders to export gold in bid to boost revenues

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<p>In the following conversation, CNBC Africa’s Steven Muvunyi spoke to Frank Murangwa, Director of Destination Marketing at the Rwanda Convention on what the country expects to achieve in the Meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions (MICE) sector this year and how the $88 million target in revenues will be met.</p>


Rwanda’s MICE sector set to fetch $88mn this year: Here’s how

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<p>Airtel has acquired a 12-year unified license to operate as Airtel Rwanda, after operating for two years as Airtel-Tigo, on the other hand AfDB Group has approved an $8.9 million to support the preparation of the Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project and finally we will follow up on the first treasury bond that was issued this year by the government of Rwanda. Journalist of The New Times, Hudson Kuteesa joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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Here’s how African youths are bracing themselves for UN-endorsed “Decade of Action for Global Goals”

World Economic Forum: Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser on its global growth strategy

World Economic Forum: Barclays CEO Jes Staley on climate change, renewable energy & the banks’ future plans

RSE hits $1bn mark – Here’s how it plans to increase domestic growth by 20%

How much traction has Big 4 Agenda gained in developing Kenya four years on?

How ready is Africa to fully embracing cloud-computing?

Is East Africa winning the race to scale their airports to international standard?

UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Minister Mohcine Jazouli on opportunities for investment in Africa

Kenya secures $1.7bn investment deals at UK-Africa Investment Summit

IPAR: Here’s how Kigali can improve its commercial real estate sector performance

UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Conor Burns on where the UK sees business opportunities in Morocco

UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Attijariwafa Bank’s Ismail Douiri on why Morocco is Europe’s gateway into Africa

How Kenyan SMEs can contribute more to the country’s GDP in 2020

Kwakye Donkor: How tourism can help grow African economies, boost intra-Africa travel

Sudan allows private traders to export gold in bid to boost revenues

Rwanda’s MICE sector set to fetch $88mn this year: Here’s how

Airtel acquires 12-year unified license, undergoes name-change: Rwanda weekly round-up

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Rwanda

Here’s how African youths are bracing themselves for UN-endorsed “Decade of Action for Global Goals”

World Economic Forum: Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser on its global growth strategy

World Economic Forum: Barclays CEO Jes Staley on climate change, renewable energy & the banks’ future plans

RSE hits $1bn mark – Here’s how it plans to increase domestic growth by 20%

How much traction has Big 4 Agenda gained in developing Kenya four years on?

How ready is Africa to fully embracing cloud-computing?

Is East Africa winning the race to scale their airports to international standard?

UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Minister Mohcine Jazouli on opportunities for investment in Africa

Kenya secures $1.7bn investment deals at UK-Africa Investment Summit

IPAR: Here’s how Kigali can improve its commercial real estate sector performance

UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Conor Burns on where the UK sees business opportunities in Morocco

UK-Morocco Business Dialogue: Attijariwafa Bank’s Ismail Douiri on why Morocco is Europe’s gateway into Africa

How Kenyan SMEs can contribute more to the country’s GDP in 2020

Kwakye Donkor: How tourism can help grow African economies, boost intra-Africa travel

Sudan allows private traders to export gold in bid to boost revenues

Rwanda’s MICE sector set to fetch $88mn this year: Here’s how

Airtel acquires 12-year unified license, undergoes name-change: Rwanda weekly round-up

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