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<p>Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Nigeria’s Abia State – one of the 36 States in the country – is at the Africa Investment Forum in Sandton to showcase some of the investment opportunities in the State.  He would like Abia State to become the manufacturing hub, not only for Nigeria, but for the Sub-Saharan region.</p>


Africa Investment Forum:  Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on leveraging Nigeria to attract investors

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<p>According to the 2019 Health Care and Economic Growth in Africa report, health spending on the continent remains largely inadequate to meet the growing healthcare financing needs and the rising healthcare demands, creating a huge financing gap of $66 billion per year. What should be done to improve this? Charles Ngoh, Head of Market Access &#038; Health Policy, Sub-Saharan Africa at Roche joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How public-private partnerships can help tackle health care problems in Africa

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<p>Social media giant, Facebook has made headlines for backlash they received for allowing political ads that contain false claims to run on their platform. Here on the continent, the company recently announced the expansion of its third-party fact checking program to 10 more African countries and is currently hosting a workshop in Nairobi about community standards and content policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, but what does this mean and how does it work? Fadzai Madzingira, Public Policy Associate Manager for Content at Facebook joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Facebook tightens content policy with 3rd party fact-checking workshop in Nairobi

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<p>The World Bank says Sub-Sahara Africa’s economy has remained sluggish mainly hampered by persistent uncertainty in the global economy and the slow pace of reforms to enhance domestic resilience. The World Bank projects a 2.6 per cent economic growth for the region this year. This is 0.2 per cent lower than its projections in April. From Washington DC to discuss this, Albert Zeufack, Chief Economist for Africa at the World Bank joins CNBC Africa.</p>


World Bank’s outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa economies

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<p>Africa’s poultry market is experiencing a heighten growth as a result of its rapid population and economic growth. Rwanda hosted the second edition of Poultry Africa that brought together players in poultry industry from North America, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to discuss the development of the poultry industry in Africa. For more on this, CNBC Africa’s Zwena Bachoo spoke to Event Manager of VIV Worldwide, Diana Toth.</p>


VIV Worldwide’s Diana Toth opens up on expansion plans of Poultry Africa

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<p>As energy sector players from across the region gear up for the Future Energy East Africa Conference (FEEAC) to take place in Nairobi next week, to take stock of Sub-Saharan Africa&#8217;s clean energy journey and what the future of energy in Africa looks like, CEO of East African Power (EAP), Dan Klink joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


East African Power CEO Dan Klink on how Africa can fully embrace renewables

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<p>Technological disruptions have played a key role in bridging the financial inclusion gap in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the future seems ever brighter for the industry. On the future of the industry, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Sheila M&#8217;mbijjewe joins CNBC Africa&#8217;s Arnold Kwizera for more.</p>


What the future of banking holds for women on financial inclusion

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<p>35 million women in Sub-Saharan Africa are excluded from financial services and with the rise of Fintech’s policy makers believe this number will be greatly reduced. To discuss this issue, Rwanda’s Deputy Governor, Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa joins CNBC Africa’s Arnold Kwizera for more.</p>


Monique Nsanzabaganwa on closing financial inclusion gender gap in Africa

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<p>Raghav Prasad is the man who believes he can transform digital banking landscapes in Africa, He also believes he can get millions of informal traders dealing in cash on the streets to go to banks for the first time in their lives. Prasad, Division President for Sub-Saharan Africa at Mastercard joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


World Economic Forum: How Mastercard plans to get informal traders to bank for the first time

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<p>10 per cent of Sub-Saharan girls in low income households lose almost a week of school every month due to the fact that they do not have sanitary towels. This in the long run has an economic impact on the livelihood of these girls and their families. One young lady in her bid to ensure that there is an equal playing field is campaigning for the abolition of taxes on sanitary, Isabella Akaliza joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Should African govts scrap taxes on sanitary pads for girls and women?

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<p>Technology is increasingly on a rise and playing a central role in development of sectors, bringing together entrepreneurs, tech ventures and growing economies of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. To share more on the emerging trends in cybersecurity to keep up with the rapid adoption of technology, Harish Chib, Vice President in the Middle East &#038; Africa region at Sophos joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Understanding cybersecurity trends  in SSA

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<p>The World Bank predicts that the amount of remittances sent by Africa&#8217;s diaspora to Sub-Saharan Africa will reach the $50 billion mark by 2020, now as world leaders are set to converge in New York for the 74th United Nations General Assembly, a group of the African diaspora will use the opportunity to engage continental leaders on investment opportunities on the continent with an aim of moving away from just remittances to making investments on the continent. Gbenga Omatayo, Founder of USAfricaHub joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Africa’s diaspora: How the continent must move from remittances to investments

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<p>Approximately 319 million people in
Sub-Saharan Africa live without access to hygienic water and out of these, 19
million people are in Kenya. To share how smart technologies can be leveraged
to unlock potential that exists in Kenya’s arid lands, which could play a big
role in the achievement of Kenya’s Big 4 Agenda on food security, Aisha
Walcott, Research Manager of Artificial Intelligence at IBM Research Africa
joins CNBC Africa for more.&nbsp; </p>


Smart technologies and how it can address water scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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<p>Agriculture in Africa is largely dependent on weather conditions and diseases which greatly affect productivity. While research is critical to addressing this, it’s not done effectively due to various reasons – Dr. Kirimi Sindi, Agricultural Economist and the country Manager at International Potato Center in Rwanda joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Agricultural Economist, Dr. Kirimi Sindi laments shortage of researchers in improvement of Agriculture in SSA

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<p>PwC Nigeria says official remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa grew by 10 per cent to $46 billion in 2018. Andrew Nevin, Partner and Chief Economist at PwC Nigeria says these funds are supporting economic activities on the continent. He joins CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi for more.</p>


The impact of diaspora remittances to African economies

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<p>Sub Saharan Africa&#8217;s growth is expected to grow by 3.5 per cent this year. Now this is a downcast from an earlier expected 3.6 per cent growth though still a rebound from a modest 2018. For a look at the continent&#8217;s economic outlook for 2019 – International Monetary Fund Africa Chief, Abebe Selassie joins CNBC Africa&#8217;s Arnold Kwizera for more.</p>


SSA in debt distress after latest downcast? A revised projection of economic growth

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<p>Africa is making stride ensuring that everyone has access to quality health services without encountering financial hardship. MMH Accelerator Program launched an 11 month business program for local social entrepreneurs with start-ups in the health space. Eduardo Lioy, Director Corporate Strategy Development at Boehringer Ingelheim joins CBNC Africa for more.</p>


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Africa Investment Forum: Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on leveraging Nigeria to attract investors

How public-private partnerships can help tackle health care problems in Africa

Facebook tightens content policy with 3rd party fact-checking workshop in Nairobi

World Bank’s outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa economies

VIV Worldwide’s Diana Toth opens up on expansion plans of Poultry Africa

East African Power CEO Dan Klink on how Africa can fully embrace renewables

What the future of banking holds for women on financial inclusion

Monique Nsanzabaganwa on closing financial inclusion gender gap in Africa

World Economic Forum: How Mastercard plans to get informal traders to bank for the first time

Should African govts scrap taxes on sanitary pads for girls and women?

Understanding cybersecurity trends in SSA

Africa’s diaspora: How the continent must move from remittances to investments

Smart technologies and how it can address water scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural Economist, Dr. Kirimi Sindi laments shortage of researchers in improvement of Agriculture in SSA

The impact of diaspora remittances to African economies

SSA in debt distress after latest downcast? A revised projection of economic growth

Improving healthcare systems across SSA

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Africa Investment Forum: Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on leveraging Nigeria to attract investors

How public-private partnerships can help tackle health care problems in Africa

Facebook tightens content policy with 3rd party fact-checking workshop in Nairobi

World Bank’s outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa economies

VIV Worldwide’s Diana Toth opens up on expansion plans of Poultry Africa

East African Power CEO Dan Klink on how Africa can fully embrace renewables

What the future of banking holds for women on financial inclusion

Monique Nsanzabaganwa on closing financial inclusion gender gap in Africa

World Economic Forum: How Mastercard plans to get informal traders to bank for the first time

Should African govts scrap taxes on sanitary pads for girls and women?

Understanding cybersecurity trends in SSA

Africa’s diaspora: How the continent must move from remittances to investments

Smart technologies and how it can address water scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural Economist, Dr. Kirimi Sindi laments shortage of researchers in improvement of Agriculture in SSA

The impact of diaspora remittances to African economies

SSA in debt distress after latest downcast? A revised projection of economic growth

Improving healthcare systems across SSA

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