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<p>Nigeria’s parliament has passed the medium-term expenditure framework for 2022 to 2024, pegging the oil benchmark for next year’s budget at $57 a barrel. The legislature also estimated crude oil production at 1.88 million barrels per day and an exchange rate of 410 naira to a dollar. Moses Hammed, Investment Analyst  joins CNBC Africa for more&#8230;.</p>


Nigeria’s parliament passes medium-term expenditure framework for 2022 to 2024

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<p>In the second edition of Digital Trailblazers, we take a look at the partnership between Yoco and Salesforce in optimising digital payments. We also look at Yoco’s expansion plans and innovations to accelerate digital transformation for businesses&#8230;.</p>


Digital Trailblazers EP2: Salesforce

Digital Trailblazers EP2: Salesforce, Yoco partner to drive digital transformation across Africa

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<p>Nigeria raised $4 billion in its latest Eurobond issue on Tuesday to fund the 2020 budget deficit. Meanwhile, the Debt Management Office is conducting a bond auction today with a view to raise 150 billion naira in the local debt market. Chuka Nwachukwu, Head of Bonds Trading at UBA, joins CNBC Africa to discuss developments in Nigeria&#8217;s fixed income market&#8230;.</p>


Nigeria rakes $4bn from Eurobond auction

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<p>Traders at Access Bank say they expect a calm trading session at the bonds market as the Debt Management Office conducts a 150 billion naira bond auction across three tenors today. Tolulope Senbanjo, Team Member, Treasury at Access Bank, joins CNBC Africa to discuss activities in the fixed income and fx markets&#8230;.</p>


Bond market trades calm ahead of DMO 150bn naira auction

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<p>Traders at UBA say they expect investors to take advantage of attractive instruments at the treasury bills market amid dwindling yields as the market is set to receive 156.7 billion naira from OMO maturities this week. Dumebi Udegbunam, Fixed Income Trader at UBA joins CNBC Africa for a weekly wrap up of the markets&#8230;.</p>


UBA: Investors to take advantage of dwindling yields in T-bills market

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<p>The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has voted to retain the benchmark interest rate at 11.5 per cent, whilst keeping all other monetary parameters constant. According to the Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, while reading the communique at the end of the monetary policy committee meeting on Friday, retainment of the benchmark interest rate is in line with the apex bank’s effort to bolster Nigeria’s economic growth through the expansion of credit to the real sector. The committee also noted the improvement in the manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs, which increased to 46.9 per cent each from 46.6 per cent and 44.8 per cent recorded in July 2021&#8230;.</p>


Nigeria’s Central Bank retains key interest rates

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<p>The AGRF Summit 2021 has brought together experts and representatives of governments, private sector, and the civil society to one platform to decode the methods of improving the resilience of Africa&#8217;s food systems as well as accelerating its recovery after the pandemic. Commitments and negotiations held at this massive summit will be carried further as a consensus of all African stakeholders to the UNFSS to ensure food security and agricultural development on the continent&#8230;.</p>


AGRF Virtual Summit: Presidential panel on how to improve the resilience of Africa’s food systems

AGRF Summit 2021: Presidential panel on how to improve the resilience of Africa’s food systems

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<p>As the head of the Agricultural Livelihoods Portfolio at the IKEA Foundation, Petra Hans described why small landholders are still struggling and continue to live in poverty in Africa. She asserted the need for people and planet positive methods in food systems and spoke about the IKEA Foundation&#8217;s agenda at the AGRF 2021 summit and UNFSS&#8230;.</p>


IKEA Foundation on becoming people and planet positive

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<p>The AGRF Summit 2021 has brought together experts and representatives of governments, private sector, and the civil society to one platform to decode the methods of improving the resilience of Africa&#8217;s food systems as well as accelerating its recovery after the pandemic. Commitments and negotiations held at this massive summit will be carried further as a consensus of all African stakeholders to the UNFSS to ensure food security and agricultural development on the continent&#8230;.</p>


AGRF Summit 2021: Unpacking the Africa Agriculture Status Report

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<p>The president of  International Fund For Agriculture Development (IFAD) Gilbert Houngbo shared his expertise on how Africa can achieve its SDGs and turn rural regions into engines of economic growth through improved food systems. He also stressed the need for responsible investment in targeted areas of agriculture along with a 3-year multi-billion dollar investment plan for Sub-Saharan Africa&#8230;.</p>


Multi-billion dollar investment in Africa’s food systems

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<p>While the Central Bank of Nigeria accelerates moves to go after unauthorized foreign exchange dealers, analysts say now is the time for Nigeria to achieve a unified exchange rate. Speaking after the briefing of the Central Bank Governor on decisions of the MPC, our studio analysts stressed that an increase in dollar supply is a big part of the solution to Nigeria&#8217;s foreign exchange challenges&#8230;.</p>


Analysts: CBN needs to unify Nigeria’s Fx markets

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<p>Prof. Hamadi Iddi Boga from the Govt. Of Kenya joined CNBC Africa to share examples of agricultural advancement in Kenya as well as how governments on the continent must move to achieve stronger agricultural value chains in the face of climate change. He also spoke of the need for low-cost tech solutions to support small land-holding farmers and to ensure a conservationist approach to all systems in agriculture&#8230;.</p>


Climate impact on agricultural value chain

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<p>Jennifer Baarn, Acting MD, AGRF joined CNBC Africa to speak about the ongoing AGRF summit in Nairobi, Kenya. The summit aims to create a coordinated voice of all stakeholders to build resilience and accelerate the recovery of all food systems in Africa. As the planet battles the impact of the pandemic as well as prepares to mitigate climate impact, food security is being considered the most urgent and important concern of the century&#8230;.</p>


AGRF on how to built resilient and robust food systems for all

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<p>With the 5 per cent GDP growth recorded in Q2 2021, Nigeria’s economy has continued a positive trajectory in three quarters, since the contraction in Q2 and Q3 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, inflationary pressure continued to drop, after recording a 5th moderation in the month of August to 17.01per cent. Analysts expect that the CBN Monetary Policy committee will maintain the status quo and keep its monetary policy rate at 11.5per cent, but will the recent events spring a surprise? Bismarck Rewane; CEO, Financial Derivatives, and member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Andrew Nevin, Chief Economist at PwC Nigeria, Mansur Ahmed, President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, and Nnamdi Nwizu, Co-Managing Partner at Comercio Partners, join CNBC Africa to explore expectations from today’s announcement&#8230;.</p>


Pre-MPC Panel Analysis: Nigeria’s Central Bank holds fifth MPC meeting of 2021

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<p>Market watchers await the outcome of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee in relation to foreign exchange policy as the naira continued a steady slide in the parallel market. The CBN has stated that that it is more concerned about FX supply than the valuation of the naira. Tijani Oladipupo, Business Head at Norrenberger Advisory Partners joins CNBC Africa for more&#8230;.</p>


Reviewing Nigeria’s foreign exchange market

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<p>The naira lost some ground against the dollars at the official forex market ahead of the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee later today. Meanwhile, traders at Access Bank say they expect the Central Bank to conduct its biweekly retail forex auction today. Dimeji Obasa, Team Member, Treasury at Access Bank, joins me to discuss the forex market and preview the MPC&#8217;s decision&#8230;.</p>


Naira weakens at official Fx market

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<p>September is tourism month and we celebrate it with the launch of the Durban Tourism My City My Heritage 2021. We bring you highlights of what the city of eThekwini has planned to revive the tourism sector&#8230;.</p>


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Nigeria’s parliament passes medium-term expenditure framework for 2022 to 2024

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Nigeria’s Central Bank retains key interest rates

AGRF Summit 2021: Presidential panel on how to improve the resilience of Africa’s food systems

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AGRF Summit 2021: Unpacking the Africa Agriculture Status Report

Multi-billion dollar investment in Africa’s food systems

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Climate impact on agricultural value chain

AGRF on how to built resilient and robust food systems for all

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Nigeria’s parliament passes medium-term expenditure framework for 2022 to 2024

Digital Trailblazers EP2: Salesforce, Yoco partner to drive digital transformation across Africa

Nigeria rakes $4bn from Eurobond auction

Bond market trades calm ahead of DMO 150bn naira auction

UBA: Investors to take advantage of dwindling yields in T-bills market

Nigeria’s Central Bank retains key interest rates

AGRF Summit 2021: Presidential panel on how to improve the resilience of Africa’s food systems

IKEA Foundation on becoming people and planet positive

AGRF Summit 2021: Unpacking the Africa Agriculture Status Report

Multi-billion dollar investment in Africa’s food systems

Analysts: CBN needs to unify Nigeria’s Fx markets

Climate impact on agricultural value chain

AGRF on how to built resilient and robust food systems for all

Pre-MPC Panel Analysis: Nigeria’s Central Bank holds fifth MPC meeting of 2021

Reviewing Nigeria’s foreign exchange market

Naira weakens at official Fx market

The Durban Tourism My City My Heritage 2021: Highlights Special

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