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Stats SA Chief Director, Patrick Kelly joins CNBC Africa to discuss the annual CPI for May, which sits at 4.5 per cent. This has increased by 0.3 per cent from 4.4 percent in April. The main contributor to the monthly increase in the CPI was transport, which increased by 1.0 per cent month-on-month mainly due to the pressure of the fuel price.
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His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Monday Keria Ibrahim, Speaker of the House of Federation of Ethiopia, who was accompanied by Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council,
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Rwandair has launched flights to the Chinese commercial city of Guangzhou, marking the carrier’s 3rd destination to Asia. The flight is expected to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. CNBC Africa’s Steven Muvunyi filed this report.
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The Africa Property Investment (API) Summit (https://www.APISummit.co.za/), now in its tenth year and, regarded as the continent’s leading real estate investment and development gathering will showcase how the investment case across the continent’s-built environment markets has matured over the past decade. In recognition of these developments, the Sum
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His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, offered condolences to Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, on death of his father.
In a phone call with Ethiopia's Prime Minister today, His Highne
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[New Times] The current global context and trends have made it important for developing countries to take lead in their own development agenda and the pursuit of prosperity as opposed to leaving it to external stakeholders, President Paul Kagame has said.
The African Development Bank is very active in Egypt as the Bank is funding a lot of projects in the country. This is according to Tarek Amer, Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt who discussed this and more with CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi.
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The world’s newest country descended into civil war in 2013 following the outbreak of clashes at a national convention.
CNBC’s Elizabeth Schulze discusses talk of regulation over Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency….
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The Commonwealth has held a training session for more than 30 Cameroonians designed to highlight the role women can play in building peace, understanding conflict and countering v
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Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has an estimated 201 million mouths to feed daily, according to recent data from the United Nation’s Population Fund. Ensuring food security for this rising population is no easy feat. Kola Masha, Managing Director of Babban Gona joins CNBC Africa to explore how Nigeria can move the needle for food security….
Gombi local government area lies two hours outside Yola, the capital of Adamawa, and a mere three-hour drive to Cameroon. Nearly all residents farm on some scale, w
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Samer Abu Ltaif, the president of Microsoft MEA, discusses the launch of cloud services in the UAE….
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The market is in a fragile state, but the rollover of the current OPEC deal has already been factored in, says Amena Bakr, senior correspondent at Energy Intelligence Group….
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange says it will continue to work with market stakeholders to ensure the development of a robust Islamic finance sector as it presents opportunities for enhancing the country’s economic fortunes. CNBC Africa’s Wole Famurewa caught up with Jude Chiemeka, Head of Trading Business Division at the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Greenpeace (www.Greenpeace.org/Africa) is calling on West African governments to immediately phase out the wasteful fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) industry, to stop the threat to regional fish stocks essential for the food security and livelihoods of local people, outlined in a new Greenpeace report released today.
The report, entitled A
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa yesterday flew to Mozambique for the 12th edition of the US-Africa Business Summit, which provides Zimbabwe a platform to engage with United States of America and African private sector executives, international investors and multilateral stakeholders.
Over the past ten years, private equity has outperformed the JSE’s All Share Index. Should this be reason enough for you to invest in it over the JSE? In this episode, Tanya van Lill, CEO of SAVCA and Craig Beney, co-CEO of Helical Capital Partners discuss which is the better investment?…
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Nigeria’s National Pensions Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria are currently exploring a framework where workers under the contributory pensions scheme can access 25 per cent of their contributions for personal home investments. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.
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