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African technology start-ups attracted $2.4 billion in 2020 despite a downturn in Africa’s economy at the height of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, which has hit businesses and brought many activities to a halt. This is according to the report by Briter Bridges, a data firm. Fintech and solar companies attracted the biggest share of investment. Dario Guiliani, Director of Briter Bridges joins CNBC Africa for more.

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Business interruption, the coronavirus pandemic and Cyber incidents are the top three business risks for 2021 with all three being strongly interlinked according to the 10th Allianz Risk Barometer. Dickson Okorie, Team Lead for Claims at Allianz Nigeria Insurance joins CNBC Africa for more.

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As the US transition takes shape today, part of the US President-elect’s “America Rescue Plan” includes an $11-billion support to the global humanitarian response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A plan that has been welcomed by ONE campaign, who are seeking a smart implementation of the resources. They also note that as vaccines become available, lower income countries have to wait years to get them because higher-income countries have stronger buying powers. Gayle Smith, President and CEO of the ONE Campaign joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for more.

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ABIDJAN, Jan 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The value of West Africa&#8217;s regional BRVM bourse rose around 15% in 2020 to 10.4 trillion CFA francs ($19.32 billion), driven by a record performance from its bonds listings, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
The Abidjan-based exchange trades shares of 46 companies, including Senegalese telecoms company Sonatel, Burkina Faso’s main telecoms operator Onatel and lender Societe Generale Cote d’Ivoire. The bonds of several companies and countries are also listed on the exchange.
Its bonds market saw a record 2.377 trillion CFA francs raised in 2020, nearly double the amount in 2019 as countries and companies issued debt to offset the impact of the pandemic, BRVM Chief Executive Edoh Kossi Amenounve told reporters.
&#8220;Investors were quite active on our market despite the COVID-19 crisis,&#8221; he said.
Last March, the value of the bourse&#8217;s bonds exceeded that of its equities for the first time after investors sought refuge in the debt market as the novel coronavirus swept the world. ($1 = 538.4400 CFA francs) (Reporting by Loucoumane Coulibaly Editing by Alessandra Prentice and Barbara Lewis)
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South Africa’s National Treasury has suggested that the government raise taxes to fund the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa’s worst coronavirus hotspot.



Director General of the National Treasury Dondo Mogajane told a local radio station that higher taxes were one option the Treasury was looking at to provide the approximately R15 billion rand ($1 billion) required to fund the vaccines. The final decision will be announced by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in his budget next month.



“If we have to tax to ensure that we get this money, we will do it. On the Budget Day, we will be detailing what option (we take) and it will be detailed enough to indicate where the money will come from,’’ Mogajane told Radio 702. &#8220;Commitment is there to pay for this.”



South Africa has recorded more than 1.3 million cases of the virus and over 38,000 deaths in the past year, just under half of the total cases registered on the continent. President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday established an inter-ministerial committee chaired by Deputy David Mabuza to manage the rollout.



South Africa says it has secured some 20 million doses which scheduled to be distributed in the first half of the year. The Serum Institute of India (SII) is expected to be among the first providers with about a million supplied this month and 500,000 doses in February.



Mogajane said there were very few choices for the government to consider in the battle to save lives.



“One way or the other, we will have to bite the bullet, we have to do it for the sake of South Africans and saving lives. We have to do everything in our power to make sure that we buy these vaccines and vaccinate South Africans.”



North West University Business School Professor Raymond Parsons argued against raising taxes in an economy that suffered a recession last year and has seen sub-optimal growth for the past decade.



“…Raising the tax burden may be inevitable but it is the least desirable option, especially if it simply creates a negative &#8216;tax-and-spend&#8217; cycle. It also comes at a time when a &#8216;low trust&#8217; situation prevails in SA about the use of government funds. Tax hikes should be minimized so as not to damage economic recovery,”



He said the ideal solution would be for the funds to be mainly found through additional reprioritisation of state spending, better collection of existing taxes and renewed economic growth which boosts tax revenues.

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JOHANNESBURG, Jan 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The South African arm of Heineken will cut 70 jobs and put new investments on hold in the country due to the significant impact of bans on alcohol sales and COVID-19 trading restrictions, it said on Wednesday.



South Africa has recently banned alcohol sales for the third time as part of efforts to free up space for COVID-19 patients in hospitals burdened with alcohol-related injuries.



About 30% of local breweries have been forced to shut their doors permanently and some, including Heineken, have abandoned planned investments.



Heineken employs just under 1,000 full time employees in South Africa where more than 165,000 people in the industry have lost their jobs since lockdowns started at the end of March.



The company said in a statement in light of the continued market pressure and in line with a global review by its Dutch parent company, it now finds it necessary to restructure its operations to build a business fit for the future.



&#8220;Prior to considering this action, the company implemented various cost mitigation measures throughout 2020,&#8221; Heineken South Africa Human Resources Director Yvonne Mosadi said.



&#8220;Unfortunately, given the ongoing challenging situation the company finds itself in, these measures are no longer adequate to manage and sustain the operating costs of the business.&#8221;



The maker of Windhoek and Amstel beer said it will continue to review its cost and organisational structure to ensure &#8220;it is fit for the future needs of the business particularly during this tumultuous period.&#8221;



In August the brewer dropped plans to build a 6 billion rand ($403 million) brewery in KwaZulu-Natal following the second ban on alcohol sales.



In an emailed response to questions the brewer said other new investments will be placed on hold.



On Friday, South African Breweries, part of Anheuser-Busch InBev, cancelled 2.5 billion rand of investments earmarked for 2021. ($1 = 14.8933 rand) (Reporting by Nqobile Dludla;Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)



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The South African hospitality industry has been heavily impacted by COVID-19 and the subsequent restrictions imposed. Alcohol sales bans have resulted in less profits and therefore less jobs. Joining CNBC Africa to discuss the outlook for the hospitality industry is Rosemary Anderson, the National Chair for the Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa and Mike Ratcliffe, Chair of Stellenbosch Wine Routes and Visit Stellenbosch.

New alcohol ban having a ‘devastating effect’ on SA’s wine & hospitality industry

AMSTERDAM, Jan 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The Dutch government is set to add the first nationwide curfew since World War II to its already broad lockdown on Wednesday in a bid to limit the spread of new coronavirus mutations in the Netherlands, broadcaster RTL said.
The curfew would allow only people with pressing needs to leave their homes between 8:30 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. local time as of Friday night, RTL said, citing government sources.
Schools and non-essential shops have already been closed since mid-December, following the shutdown of bars and restaurants two months earlier.
This lockdown will remain in place until at least Feb. 9, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said last week.
The introduction of the first night curfew since that imposed on the Dutch by German occupiers in World War II is highly contentious, and various political parties have already said they will never back it.
The government is discussing the curfew and other possible measures on Wednesday morning, and has said it will announce its decisions early in the afternoon.
It will then seek the backing of parliament for its measures in a debate expected to start around 1500 GMT. The curfew however can be imposed without the backing of opposition parties.
The government is also considering whether to ban travel to and from Britain and South Africa, RTL said, to limit the spread of the highly contagious variants of the virus which were first discovered there.
Infections in the Netherlands have decreased steadily in the past three weeks, but health authorities say the new variants will lead to a new surge by next month if social distancing measures are not tightened.
The Dutch government currently has a caretaker status, as Rutte last Friday handed his resignation to King Willem-Alexander following a damning report on his cabinet&#8217;s handling of childcare subsidies.
Rutte has said he will remain able to take decisions on COVID-19 policies until a new government is formed after the March 17 elections, seeking broad support for measures from both coalition and opposition parties. (Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Giles Elgood)
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The coronavirus is threatening the ability of the world to fight climate change after it worsened economic inequality and destabilized existing geopolitical structures, the World Economic Forum (WEF) says.



WEF’s Global Risks Report 2021 published today says the Covid-19 pandemic is increasing disparities and social fragmentation and will threaten the global economy.



“The pandemic has not only claimed millions of lives, but it also widened long-standing health, economic and digital disparities,” the Geneva-based organization said in the report which also cited economic, environmental, and societal risks as looming dangers.



The novel virus has killed more 2 million people globally since its outbreak in China’s Wuhan city last year. In Africa, the African Union’s Africa Centres for Disease Control says 3.3 million people have been infected while more than 80,000 have died.



&nbsp;“Environmental risks dominate by impact and likelihood, looking ahead towards the next decade. Societal fractures, uncertainty and anxiety will make it more difficult to achieve the coordination needed to address the planet’s continued degradation,” WEF said.



World Economic Forum Managing Director Saadia Zahidi says as governments, businesses and societies begin to emerge from the pandemic, they must urgently shape new economic and social systems that improve a collective resilience and capacity to respond to shocks while reducing inequality, improving health and protecting the planet.&nbsp;



“We know how difficult it is for governments, business and other stakeholders to address such long-term risks, but the lesson here is for all of us to recognize that ignoring them doesn’t make them less likely to happen.”



She says WEF reports have been warning the world about the dangers of pandemics for the last 15 years and it only became a reality in 2020.



Social Value Committee President Lee Hyung-hee says the pandemic in 2020 was a stress-test that shook the foundations of economies and societies worldwide.



“Rebuilding resilience to systemic shocks will require significant funding, international cooperation and greater social cohesion. Resilience will also hinge on the continued growth in connectivity worldwide, as we know that economies that digitized early performed relatively better in 2020.”



Head of Global Risk and Geopolitical Agenda at WEF, Emilio Granados Franco told CNBC Africa that globally, the pandemic has tested the political systems, governments’ capacity, supply chain resilience, cultures and geographies.



“The important objective now is to draw lessons from how different countries responded to the challenges.”

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ABUJA, Jan 18 (Reuters) &#8211; Nigeria has written to the African Union to request 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to supplement the COVAX programme and has allocated $26 million for licensed vaccine production, the health minister said on Monday. Nigeria, like other countries across Africa, is grappling with a second wave of the novel coronavirus. As of Monday, Nigeria, the continent&#8217;s most populous country of 200 million inhabitants, had 110,387 confirmed cases and 1,435 deaths.
The African Union has secured a provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from manufacturers for member states, its chair South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said last week.
&#8220;Nigeria has written to express interest in 10 million doses of the viral vector vaccine, which could be supplied as from March 2021,&#8221; Health Minister Osagie Ehanire told reporters in the capital Abuja. &#8220;This vaccine does not require deep freezers.&#8221; Ehanire did not mention the name of the vaccine.
He also said the ministry of finance had released 10 billion naira ($26.27 million) to support domestic vaccine output as Nigeria was exploring options of &#8220;licensed production in collaboration with recognised institutions&#8221;. The government is already in talks with &#8220;one or two producers&#8221;, he said.
Last week the finance minister said the government was working on the type and quantity of COVID-19 vaccines to procure and would make financial provision for them.
Nigerian authorities have said the country is working with the COVAX programme backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to secure fair access to COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries, and expects to receive its first doses in late January and early February.
WHO Africa director Matshidiso Moeti last week said African countries could start to receive the first doses from COVAX by the end of March, with larger deliveries by June. ($1 = 380.7000 naira) (Reporting by Felix Onuah Writing by Alexis Akwagyiram Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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The Nairobi Securities Exchange recently launched an unquoted securities platform, allowing trading of securities of unlisted companies. This is part of efforts to attract companies to the bourse which has experienced listing drought for the past few years. David Ngugi Gitau, Investment Analyst at Cytonn joins CNBC Africa for more.

Kenyan bourse looks to attract companies with its unquoted securities platform

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The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) today announced the addition of two new countries &#8211; Mauritius and Morocco &#8211; to its Bloomberg African Bond Indices (ABABI), marking a steady progress in the Bank’s efforts to deepen the continent’s local currency bond market.

The African Development Bank administers the ABABI, a family of African bond indices launched in February 2015 and calculated by the independent, global index provider Bloomberg.

At the launch, the indices included Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Botswana and Namibia joined in October 2015, and Ghana and Zambia in April 2017. Effective 1 January 2021, Mauritius and Morocco have become members of the ABABI, the Bank said.
“This is a positive development as the inclusion of Mauritius and Morocco, two of Africa’s better-rated issuers, will improve the overall credit quality of the ABABI, which now captures close to 90% of the outstanding amount of African sovereign local currency bonds,” said Stefan Nalletamby, Director of the Bank’s Financial Sector Development Department.
Mr. Nalletamby noted that in the current environment, the ABABI indices are a reliable tool for international investors to measure and track African sovereign bond markets. “This will be even more relevant following the COVID-19 crisis as sovereign debt managers, who will need to further diversify their local currency funding instruments, will also need to adjust their strategies, enhance transparency and widen their fixed income investor base, given the increased financing needs of the economies.”
The Index methodology for the current ABABI family can be found here (https://bit.ly/3sCP91C).
The African Development Bank works to deepen the continent’s local currency bond markets and create an environment where African countries can access long-term financing. By providing transparent and credible benchmark indices, the Bank and Bloomberg provide investors with a tool to better measure and track the performance of Africa’s bond markets.
The Bank has also structured and invested in an exchange traded fund, the African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF), replicating the index and providing investors with an innovative tool to gain exposure to African local currency fixed income. ADBF is listed in US dollars on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius and managed by Mauritius Commercial Bank Investment Management.
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In 2020, we saw huge appetite for Initial Public Offerings, with technology listings attracting a lot of attention from investors. According to CNBC International, IPOs have raised $8 billion so far this year. If this trend continues, IPOs could raise about $212 billion by the end of 2021. Joining CNBC Africa to give more insight is Henry Biddlecombe, Equity Analyst &#038; the Co-Manager of the Global Technology Fund at Anchor Capital.

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South Africa’s AfroCentric says it is ready to help the government vaccinate frontline health workers in the fight against COVID-19.



The diversified health solutions business provider is offering its 3,000 nurses to travel around country to vaccinate about 150,000 workers per day as part of its contribution to sight the pandemic which has killed more than 37&nbsp;105 South Africans since last year.



&nbsp;“Afrocentric is working closely with Government to procure COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they are approved by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority SAHPRA and has the infrastructure to rapidly distribute the vaccines, maintaining the cold chain to all corners of South Africa,’’ AfroCentric’s CEO Ahmed Banderker said in a statement. &#8220;We have already dispensed more than 10 million prescriptions in 2020.’’



This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced that South Africa has secured 20 million vaccine doses to combat the coronavirus, which are to be delivered mainly in the first half of the year. Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says the country is expected to receive one million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) in January, and 500,000 doses in February.



Afrocentric says this will help meet the National Department of Health’s phased approach for delivery, in partnership with the private sector for 1.25 million frontline healthcare workers prioritised for Phase 1 and 16 million essential workers and high-risk people, prioritised for Phase 2.



AfroCentric’s membership base of over 3.8 million lives includes members of medical schemes Government Employees Medical Scheme&nbsp;(GEMS), Polmed, Bonitas, MediPos and other medical schemes that support South Africa’s frontline workers. Bandeker says these include doctors, nurses, policemen and women.



&nbsp;“These nurses will provide services on an appointment basis at AfroCentric and Medscheme branches, occupational health and primary health clinics nationwide, onsite at the members’ place of work and will follow-up with members afterwards to monitor their response to the vaccine” he added.



The extensive network of international suppliers Afrocentric has will source WHO-prescribed PPE for healthcare workers to enable them to administer vaccines safely without risk to themselves or our members.

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In its Global Economic Prospect report, the World Bank says Nigeria’s economy is estimated to have shrunk by 4.1 per cent in 2020, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic affected activity in all sectors. Head of Research at Financial Derivatives, Damilola Akinbami joins CNBC Africa to explore options for Nigeria&#8217;s economic recovery.

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