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<p>The Inaugural AfCFTA Digital Trade Forum dissected Africa&#8217;s current digital trade challenges, opportunities, and regulatory frameworks. This Focus On puts the spotlight on digital trade trends and policy reforms needed to speed up Africa&#8217;s Digital Trade platforms.</p>


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Focus On AfCFTA Digital Trade Forum 2025

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<p>The African Export-Import Bank commissions its first African Trade Centre in Abuja, Nigeria ushering in a transformative era for trade and investment on the continent. CNBC Africa in this special highlight brings you details of the unique offerings of the trade centre as the bank leverages partnerships to advance trade facilitation, capacity building and investment promotion.</p>


Focus On: Afreximbank commissions Abuja Afreximbank African Trade Centre

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<p>The Inaugural Eswatini Investment Conference will convene global business leaders and government representatives to explore investment and trade prospects in Eswatini. Policymakers and senior officials will engage with the business sector to emphasize critical economic areas for investment, trade, and development.</p>


Eswatini Investment Conference 2025: Creating Opportunities for Rapid Economic Transformation

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<p>Township and rural tourism have the potential to drive inclusive economic development by creating opportunities for marginalized communities. These areas often lack access to mainstream tourism markets, yet they possess unique cultural, historical, and natural attractions. Join CNBC Africa as a panel of experts will discuss best practices to promote these areas to create a diverse tourism experience.</p>


Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025: Township & Rural Tourism

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<p>On this episode of State of Africa, we bring you highlights from the Africa Leadership Forum. This time, the forum turned its focus to education—one of the continent’s most urgent priorities. Against the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals, leaders, policymakers, and experts tackled a critical question: how can African countries mobilize more funding for education and redesign learning systems to prepare the next generation for the future of work?</p>


State of Africa: How can African countries mobilize more funding for education?

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<p>Digital Trade Protocol promotes digital trade within Africa by establishing harmonized rules, facilitating cross-border data flows, and creating a secure digital trade ecosystem. Join CNBC Africa as a panel of experts aim to unpack what it will take to reduce barriers to digital trade, promote digital skills and innovation, and establish a common legal framework for digital trade among member states.</p>


AfCFTA Digital Trade Forum 2025: Boosting Digital Trade to Accelerate AfCFTA Implementation

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<p>Africa Business Weekly on CNBC Africa brings you the most impactful business stories across sub-Saharan Africa every week. From the capital markets to economic news affecting the regions from East, West ad Southern Africa, we will speak to the major newsmakers from across the sub-Saharan Africa region to get exciting and unique angles to the stories shaping the continent.</p>


Africa Business Weekly: PwC: Nigerian CEOs optimistic despite geopolitical & trade tensions

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<p>Discover the untapped potential of Rwanda&#8217;s investment landscape and learn how Nordic investors are unlocking new growth opportunities in nation on.</p>


Rwanda – Nordic Investment Future

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<p>The 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit —now in its 17th year — is set to take place from 22 to 25 June in Luanda, Angola. The summit aims to identify effective solutions to diversify the African economy and increase trade, investment, and business in both the U.S. and Africa. This episode of Focus On gives insights into what lies ahead of this year&#8217;s summit.</p>


Focus On: 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit: Driving Economic Collaboration

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<p>On this episode of State of Africa, we bring you highlights from the African Leadership Forum. The forum explored Africa&#8217;s progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, amid challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing conflicts. Leaders also shared bold, homegrown solutions driving equitable development across the continent.</p>


State of Africa: Realising Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: Progress & Way Forward

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<p>Africa Business Weekly on CNBC Africa brings you the most impactful business stories across sub-Saharan Africa every week. From the capital markets to economic news affecting the regions from East, West ad Southern Africa, we will speak to the major newsmakers from across the sub-Saharan Africa region to get exciting and unique angles to the stories shaping the continent.</p>


Africa Business Weekly: Godongwana cancels VAT hike: What is next?

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<p>Today, we unpack the shifting finance landscape: Can Africa fund its own future? From DFIs to domestic capital markets, we explore how blended finance and local mobilization are reshaping investment across the continent.</p>


Focus On Djibouti Business Forum: Domestic Financing & DFIs

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<p>From inflation to fintech, and credit ratings to capital flows — what does stability look like in a time of global uncertainty?&#8221; Strong economies need strong financial ecosystems and Africa’s resilience is being tested and proven in real time.</p>


Focus On Djibouti Business Forum: Financial Markets & Economic Resilience

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<p>In this episode, we zoom into digitization: the new currency of growth. How are governments, entrepreneurs, and investors building the systems to connect, scale, and compete in a digital-first world? Africa’s digital leap is more than a trend, it’s a necessity. But inclusion, infrastructure, and intent must align.</p>


Focus On Djibouti Business Forum: Digitization: The new currency of growth

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<p>In this episode, we zero in on the continent’s infrastructure revolution. From ports to power lines and the trade corridors linking them, we ask: What will it take to build the backbone of regional and global growth?&#8221;</p>


Focus On: Djibouti’s role in Africa’s logistics future

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<p>Africa Business Weekly on CNBC Africa brings you the most impactful business stories across sub-Saharan Africa every week. From the capital markets to economic news affecting the regions from East, West ad Southern Africa, we will speak to the major newsmakers from across the sub-Saharan Africa region to get exciting and unique angles to the stories shaping the continent.</p>


Africa Business Weekly: Godongwana withdraws planned VAT hike after political pushback

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<p>Ahmed Tidjani Sow brings Africa’s first AI-generated music video to life — a powerful tribute to the Senegalese Tirailleurs. Storytelling meets innovation in a way Africa has never seen before.</p>


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AfCFTA Digital Trade Forum 2025: Boosting Digital Trade to Accelerate AfCFTA Implementation

Africa Business Weekly: PwC: Nigerian CEOs optimistic despite geopolitical & trade tensions

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Focus On AfCFTA Digital Trade Forum 2025

Focus On: Afreximbank commissions Abuja Afreximbank African Trade Centre

Eswatini Investment Conference 2025: Creating Opportunities for Rapid Economic Transformation

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State of Africa: How can African countries mobilize more funding for education?

AfCFTA Digital Trade Forum 2025: Boosting Digital Trade to Accelerate AfCFTA Implementation

Africa Business Weekly: PwC: Nigerian CEOs optimistic despite geopolitical & trade tensions

Rwanda – Nordic Investment Future

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State of Africa: Realising Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: Progress & Way Forward

Africa Business Weekly: Godongwana cancels VAT hike: What is next?

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