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<p>The commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAC) market is expected to be worth $54.6 billion dollars by 2030, according to drone market research firm Drone Industry Insights. </p>
<p>The demand for drone pilots has been growing alongside the overall industry, with a 2018 PwC report saying 650,000 jobs could be associated with widespread drone adoption.</p>
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<p>For years, Amazon has set the bar for package delivery. When Prime launched in 2005, two-day shipping was unheard of. By 2019, one-day shipping was standard for millions of items. Now, the retail giant is turning to generative AI to drive more same-day shipping.<br />
Find more on how they are using generative AI to accomplish this: https://youtu.be/7HgT-CBmKyE&#8230;</p>


Amazon is using generative AI to drive more same-day shipping using smarter robots and better routes

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<p>The Nigerian equities market is traded largely positive this week with buy interest in OANDO, FBN Holdings and UBA. Will the market close the month green? Ameerat Adamu, Investment Research Analyst at ARM Securities joins CNBC Africa for a weekly wrap of market movements and what to expect in December.</p>


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Will Nigeria equities close November green?

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<p>The Gauteng MEC of Finance tabled the 7th administration&#8217;s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2024 for South Africa&#8217;s richest province. This Focus On will highlight how the new budget was adjusted for economic growth whilst dealing with budget cuts from National Treasury.</p>


Focus On: Gauteng Medium Term-Budget Policy Statement 2024

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<p>The Gauteng Provincial Government hosted its inaugural Climate Change Indaba highlighting the province&#8217;s key strategies and plans to steer funding and investments towards greener and more sustainable developments. This Focus On will bring key government voices from the Indaba.</p>


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<p>Traders at Access bank expect bond appetite across the curve to remain weak. Meanwhile, there is a noticeable demand on the longer end of the T-bills curve, with trades executed at an average rate of 22.15 per cent. Daniel Afolabi, Treasury Team Member at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more market updates.</p>


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<p>The 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum convenes in Davos under the theme: Collaboration for the Intelligent Age. Join CNBC Africa as we explore the alliances and strategies that will be required to ensure Africa is a participant in the exponential innovation the world is witnessing in the age of AI. Road to Davos panel discussion.</p>


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<p>Despite the concerns of many artists, filmmakers, musicians and content creators, the use of AI in the creative industries is well under way. Working out how to navigate a creative future with AI is the next challenge. </p>
<p>Shara Senderoff, co-founder of Jen, an AI text-to-music generation platform and Anastasis Germanidis, co-founder and CTO of Runwa&#8230;</p>


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<p>The second edition of the CANEX Weekend brought over 108 exhibitors and over 4000 attendees to a rich programme of activities in Algeria, showcasing the strength of Africa’s creative and cultural industries. Key among the announcements made was the doubling of the facility available for the creative and cultural industries to $2 billion, while total deals facilitated was $540 million.</p>


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<p>Angola is making strides to transform its energy sector. From exploration to production to exports, the Angolan oil and natural gas industry is bustling with new initiatives. The modernization of the Angola LNG Project could triple the plant’s gas filling capabilities from 3,000 to 9,000 12-kilogram gas cylinders per day, increasing regional gas availability by 28 per cent. This largely untapped wealth of resources offers a path toward vast employment opportunities, increased energy access, and a bridge to an eventual energy transition.</p>


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<p>When Amazon first launched its &quot;Just Walk Out&quot; cashierless checkout solution in 2018, analysts say it had the potential to revolutionize retail.<br />
But in April, Amazon pulled the tech from Whole Foods and its U.S. line of Fresh grocery stores. Instead, Amazon focused on selling it to outsiders and installed it in 200 third-party stores in NFL stadiums, arenas, colleges, airports and more.<br />
CNBC got the first on-camera tour of the lab used to develop the tech and its new &quot;multi-modal&quot; AI system.<br />
Learn why Amazon is selling its cashierless tech to retailers after removing it from its own U.S. stores: https://youtu.be/uvlJvqwNGuc&#8230;</p>


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<p>This highlights special spotlights the 11th edition of The European House Ambrosetti CEO Dialogue on Southern Africa. The event gathered a diverse group of leaders, policymakers and experts from across the African continent and the globe to discuss key priorities, challenges and areas of collaboration between Southern Africa and Europe.</p>


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<p>Traders at Access Bank anticipate improved activity in the Bond market following a less aggressive hawkish stance by the MPC. For the T-Bills side, they expect similar sentiment as system liquidity remains in a debit position. Ibukun Omojufehinsi, Treasury Team Member at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more market movements.</p>


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<p>&quot;Artificial intelligence&quot; and &quot;job creation&quot; aren&#8217;t typically two terms thrown together in the same sentence – and for good reason. One report from Goldman Sachs in 2023 estimated 300 million full-time jobs could be lost to automation. </p>
<p>And yet, that is only one side of the story. Tens of millions of jobs are also being crea&#8230;</p>


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<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria’s 25 basis points Monetary Policy Rate hike is a signal the Monetary Policy Committee might be close to an end of its tightening season. That’s according to Kubi Momoh, Chairman of Cititrust Asset Management Limited, Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives Company and Nnamdi Nwizu, Co-managing partner at Comercio Partners who say they remain cautiously optimistic about the economic recovery expected next year.</p>


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<p>CNBC Marathon examines some of the challenges facing the labor market such as job hunting, remote work, and quiet cutting.</p>
<p>A staffing firm Insight Global found that recently unemployed full-time workers applied to an average of 30 jobs, only to receive an average of four callbacks or responses. So why does it feel so hard to get a job right now and is the U.S. labor market as strong as it seems?</p>
<p>Finding fully remote work is getting challenging. ​​ During the pandemic, remote work became the darling of the corporate world, and companies going fully remote became the new normal. As the world began to open up, though, corporate America shifted its stance on remote work. Some companies have even threatened to fire workers who don&#8217;t return to the office for a certain number of days.</p>
<p>In the 2023 American workplace, a new labor market trend took over where quiet quitting left off, quiet cutting. &quot;Quiet cutting is what some people consider a subcategory of quiet firing,&quot; said &#8230;</p>


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<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria Monetary Policy Committee has raised the Monetary Policy Rate by 25 basis points to 27.5 per cent continuing its restrictive stance for the sixth consecutive time this year while leaving other key parameters unchanged. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso says the apex bank is focused on currency and price stability while highlighting on-going reforms will yield greater results in the first quarter of next year.</p>


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