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<p>In the second installment of Botswana Stock Exchange &#8211; An African Gem, we look at investment prospects for the Southern African Country. In particular we are looking at the consumer sector and also a general outlook on the investment environment in the wake of the damage caused by Covid-19&#8230;.</p>


Botswana Stock Exchange: The case for investing in Botswana amid COVID-19 crisis

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<p>Traders at Access Bank say they expect money market rates to decline further as system liquidity remains strong. Constance Onyia, Fixed Income dealer at Access Bank, joins CNBC Africa to discuss market activities at the fixed income and FX space&#8230;.</p>


Access Bank : Money market rates expected to decline

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<p>In July, President Ramaphosa joined the UN Women in a dialogue that focused on the commitments that came from the Women’s Conference in Beijing -more than 20 years ago. Commitments was made at the conference around procurement, financial inclusion and structure policies around GBV. To achieve this commitment requires the support of corporate South Africa. This panel of experts discusses principles, driven under the umbrella of UN Women, that focuses on Uplifting Women through partnerships&#8230;.</p>


Uplifting Women Through Partnership

Uplifting Women Through Partnerships

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<p>When it comes to women’s health, cervical cancer is the fourth most common form of cancer among women worldwide, and the most common cancer among women living with HIV, who are six times as likely to develop cervical cancer. And yet, according to the World Health Organization, it is preventable and curable, as long as it is detected early and managed effectively. This panel discussion innovations, critical issues and the patient journey with regard to HPV/cervical cancer, pre-eclampsia and fertility within the Africa context and the role of improved access to diagnostics in future-proofing African Healthcare systems&#8230;.</p>


Innovating Women’s Health in Africa


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<p>The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the corona virus pandemic has cost the world’s poorest region more than 30 million jobs and reversed a lot of the continent’s economic gains of recent years.</p>



<p>Bank President Akinwumi Adesina told CNBC Africa that Africa also lost between $145 and $190 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) to the virus while continental fiscal deficits ballooned to 75 percent from 60 percent before the crisis.</p>



<p>&#8220;The impact, everywhere you look has been very, very serious and to recover we need access to vaccines,&#8221; Adesina said, citing that the continent witnessed its worst growth rate in two decades.</p>



<p>Africa remains the least vaccinated region in the world with about 2.5 percent fully vaccinated to-date, against over 25 percent in Asia, 27% in South America and over 40 percent in Europe and North America.</p>



<p>The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization on Friday urged countries with large stocks of vaccines to share them lower income countries including those on the continent.</p>



<p>Adesina said Africa will need support to find the $485 billion needed to finance the recovery of African economies between this year and 2023. For its part, the Bank had availed $10 billion covid crisis response facility and a $3 billion social impact, the largest in the world.</p>



<p>&#8220;So we go to work with everybody from across the world to be able to raise the resources to support Africa to have the fiscal space it needs to be able to recover to recover.&#8221;</p>



<p>Adesina is Berlin, Germany for the Global Compact with Africa summit which is looking at ways of spurring greater macro-economic reforms in Africa as it tries to recover from the pandemic, ways to attract more private investment&nbsp; and strategies to deal with debt and try to recover some of the 20 percent drop in foreign direct investment the continent saw in 2020.</p>



<p>The summit brought together heads of states of some of the 12 African countries that have joined the compact and institutional partners including the AfDB. They debated ways to increase foreign direct investment and building vaccine manufacturing capacity on the continent.</p>



<p>They also got an update on the reforms being implemented to attract investment ways to address climate change and Africa’s debt burden.</p>



<p>&#8220;Africa will not be able to recover until Africans are vaccinated,&#8221; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told the summit, a message endorsed by World Bank President David Malpass who noted that half of 54 vaccine financing programs were in Africa.</p>



<p>Adesina and International Fund Managing Director Katerina Georgieva said compact member nations were making greater gains than non-compact <strong>members.</strong></p>



<p><strong>&#8220;We have seen a lot of improvement in public private partnerships and in the cost and ease of doing business but also in terms of the companies that are investing in a lot of African countries.</strong>&#8220;</p>


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Covid-19 has cost 30 million African jobs, African Development Bank says

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<p>Traders at UBA say they expect the bond market to trade sideways in the interim today, as yields hit new resistance levels around 12.9 per cent. Dumebi Udegbunam, Fixed Income Trader at UBA joins CNBC Africa to review the trading week&#8230;.</p>


UBA: Bond yields hit new resistance levels

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<p>The first Women in Infrastructure Summit 2021 was by CNBC Africa, in association with the Development Bank of Southern Africa last week. On the theme of “Creating an Inclusive Infrastructure Industry” in this segment we feature a panel discussion on Challenges of Accessibility in the Industry; a One-on-One interview with Dr Ola Brown on Healthcare Infrastructure; a panel discussion on the Role of Women in Infrastructure; and closing remarks from Bathobile Sowazi, Company Secretary, DBSA&#8230;.</p>


Women in Infrastructure Summit: Challenges of accessibility in the industry

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<p>President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina says he hopes to use the G20 Compact with Africa meeting in Berlin, Germany, to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the African continent as well as the plans to recover some of the Foreign Direct Investments that have declined in well over a year. In an exclusive interview with CNBC Africa, Dr Adesina says the gross financing for Africa is about $485 billion between 2021 and 2023&#8230;.</p>


G20 Compact with Africa to address COVID-19 & FDI decline

G20 Compact with Africa to address COVID-19 & FDI decline, says AfDB’s Adesina

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<p>The naira showed resilience against the dollar on Thursday, gaining by as much as 1 naira 12 kobo at the I&#038;E window. Similar close was seen at the NAFEX rate, despite the illiquidity in the market. Bosun Obembe, FX and Derivatives trader at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more&#8230;.</p>


Naira gains across official markets

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<p>About 307 billion naira worth of notes were sold at Wednesday&#8217;s treasury bills auction, compared to the 157 billion naira offered. Meanwhile, the auction results show a further reduction in the stop rates of the one-year treasury bills to 6.8 per cent. Also, strong second-quarter data shows renewed pace of economic growth for Nigeria, so what does this mean for the markets going forward? Egie Akpata, Director at UCML Capital joins CNBC Africa for more&#8230;.</p>


Nigeria: Stop rate for one-year T-Bills drops further

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<p>The theme of “Creating an Inclusive Infrastructure Industry” was addressed during the first Women in Infrastructure Summit 2021 hosted by CNBC Africa, in association with the Development Bank of Southern Africa this week. The first panel discussion focused on Gender Mainstreaming, and was followed by a Keynote Address by Monhla Hlahla, Chairman, Royal Bafokeng Holdings&#8230;.</p>


Women in Infrastructure Summit: Achieving Gender Equality through Gender Mainstreaming

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<p>Ahead of the planned $6.2 billion Eurobond issuance next month, traders at UBA say they expect reduced buying interest in the bonds market. Ifeoma Onyejekwe, Fixed Income Trader at UBA joins CNBC Africa for more&#8230;.</p>


UBA: Eurobond issuance to reduce interest for FGN bonds

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<p>As the deadline for the release of banks’ earnings reports draws near, the attention of investors will be on the performance of the big 5 banks. Tijani Oladipupo, Business Head at Norrenberger Advisory Partners joins CNBC Africa for more&#8230;.</p>


Norrenberger: Banks’ H1 earnings to drive sentiments

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<p>Office buildings are standing empty as businesses were forced to adapt to the &#8216;new normal&#8217; during the Covid-19 pandemic. Will this be the working world of the future? What factors should employers consider when having to manage a remote workforce? CNBC Africa is joined by a panel of experts to address these topics&#8230;.</p>


Disruption: The Future of Remote Working

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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s Debt Management Office will offer about 157-billion-naira worth of treasury bills across three tenors today. Akpevwe Oputu, Fixed Income Dealer at Access Bank joins  CNBC Africa for a mid-week analysis of Nigeria&#8217;s fixed income and FX markets&#8230;.</p>


Nigeria’s Debt Management Office to offer 157bn naira at T-bills auction

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<p>In this episode of Focus on Road to Women in Infrastructure, Catherine Koffman: Group Executive, Project Preparation at the Development Bank of Southern Africa talks about the role of women in infrastructure&#8230;.</p>


DBSA’s Catherine Koffman on the role of women in infrastructure

DBSA’s Catherine Koffman on the role of women in infrastructure development

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<p>Traders at UBA say low supply continued to keep bids steady at the treasury bills space as banks prepare funding positions ahead of the auction debits scheduled for today. Chuka Nwachukwu, Head Bonds Trading at UBA joins CNBC Africa for more&#8230;.</p>


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Botswana Stock Exchange: The case for investing in Botswana amid COVID-19 crisis

Access Bank : Money market rates expected to decline

Uplifting Women Through Partnerships

Innovating Women’s Health in Africa

Covid-19 has cost 30 million African jobs, African Development Bank says

UBA: Bond yields hit new resistance levels

Women in Infrastructure Summit: Challenges of accessibility in the industry

G20 Compact with Africa to address COVID-19 & FDI decline, says AfDB’s Adesina

Naira gains across official markets

Nigeria: Stop rate for one-year T-Bills drops further

Women in Infrastructure Summit: Achieving Gender Equality through Gender Mainstreaming

UBA: Eurobond issuance to reduce interest for FGN bonds

Norrenberger: Banks’ H1 earnings to drive sentiments

Disruption: The Future of Remote Working

Nigeria’s Debt Management Office to offer 157bn naira at T-bills auction

DBSA’s Catherine Koffman on the role of women in infrastructure development

Liquidity pressure hits banks ahead of auction debits

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Botswana Stock Exchange: The case for investing in Botswana amid COVID-19 crisis

Access Bank : Money market rates expected to decline

Uplifting Women Through Partnerships

Innovating Women’s Health in Africa

Covid-19 has cost 30 million African jobs, African Development Bank says

UBA: Bond yields hit new resistance levels

Women in Infrastructure Summit: Challenges of accessibility in the industry

G20 Compact with Africa to address COVID-19 & FDI decline, says AfDB’s Adesina

Naira gains across official markets

Nigeria: Stop rate for one-year T-Bills drops further

Women in Infrastructure Summit: Achieving Gender Equality through Gender Mainstreaming

UBA: Eurobond issuance to reduce interest for FGN bonds

Norrenberger: Banks’ H1 earnings to drive sentiments

Disruption: The Future of Remote Working

Nigeria’s Debt Management Office to offer 157bn naira at T-bills auction

DBSA’s Catherine Koffman on the role of women in infrastructure development

Liquidity pressure hits banks ahead of auction debits

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