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<p>The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank and OCP Group have executed fertilizer trade finance transactions worth $400 million. And this is all via blockchain technology. The initiative aims to reduce the trade finance gap in Africa and boost trade between African countries. For more detail on this, CNBC Africa’s Zinathi Gquma spoke with Michael Awori, Deputy CEO at the Trade and Development Bank.</p>


TDB’s Awori on how blockchain can help narrow the trade finance gap in Africa

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<p>On Tuesday, Aspen hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at its sterile facility, where the company will be manufacturing the Johnson &#038; Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. Johnson &#038; Johnson has agreed to supply 250 million vaccines for Africa, with 30 million being for South Africa. Stephen Saad, CEO at Aspen joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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SA should focus heavily on vaccine rollout, says Aspen CEO Stephen Saad

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<p>The Grobank deal with Nigeria&#8217;s Access Bank has been the talk of the week. Access Bank bought a controlling stake in Grobank for about $60million.</p>


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What the Access Bank, Grobank deal means for banking in Africa

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<p>Exponential change in education is causing interesting disruptions. Unicef and Bridge2Africa are two of the organisations that are preparing students for the technological disruptions and the future of work, through Robotics. Joining CNBC Africa to give more detail on these initiatives is Christine Muhigana, UNICEF Representative and Justice Gumbochuma, e-Learning Specialist at Bridge2Africa.</p>


How organisations can best prepare students for the future of work

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<p>The South African political landscape has been riddled with corruption for years, with the actions of officials in the spotlight in 2020. We have seen promises that President Cyril Ramaphosa made in his campaign coming to fruition, with government officials and businesspeople being charged for corruption. The latest being ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule, who will appear in court tomorrow. Is Ramaphosa playing the right chess pieces? Daniel Silke, Director at Political Futures Consultancy joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


ANC’s NEC makes damning resolution

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<p>Nigerian headquartered Access Bank has received approval to obtain a controlling interest in South Africa&#8217;s Grobank.</p>


Access Bank buys controlling interest in SA’s Grobank

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<p>The conversation around spectrum and its future in South Africa is a an on-going one. Recently, the communications regulator Icasa extended the temporary allocation of emergency spectrum under South Africa’s disaster management regulations by two months. This as the country&#8217;s first ever auctions which were expected to take place this month, were delayed by on-going court action. The Free Market Foundation has put together a paper on radio spectrum policy serving consumers. Free Market Foundation Founder and President, Leon Louw joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Withholding spectrum has hurt poor people the most – Free Market Foundation

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<p>Menzi Ndhlovu, Senior Analyst at Signal Risk and Ridle Markus, Africa Strategist at Absa Corporate &#038; Investment Banking join CNBC Africa to give insight on the escalating Islamist insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province.</p>


Here’s how much growing Islamist insurgency could cost the Mozambican economy

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<p>Infrastructure investment in South Africa has fallen sharply over the past six years. This is from 20.3 per cent of GDP in 2015, to 17.9 per cent in 2019.</p>


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BLSA Chair, Nyembezi on how to unblock infrastructure investment bottlenecks

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<p>Joint CEO’s of Sygnia, Magda Wiezycka is stepping down from her position. It’s come as a surprise and a shock to many as she founded and led the company since 2006. So why is she leaving and where could she possibly be going? She spoke to CNBC Africa’s Godfrey Mutizwa for more.</p>


Magda Wiezycka reflects on her journey as Sygnia CEO

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<p>On this day last year, South Africa was hours away from a strict lockdown, in government’s efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Most stores were closed, places of entertainment and recreation were also forced to close, and of course most of us were forced to work from home. 364 days later, we take a look at the year that was. Professor Mosa Moshabela, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health at the Academy of Science of South Africa joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


COVID-19: Reflecting on a year of lockdown in SA

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<p>National Treasury has proposed amendments to regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act. The Act limits the extent to which retirement funds may invest in particular assets or asset classes. One of the amendments include, The overall investment in infrastructure across all asset categories may not exceed 45 per cent in respect of domestic exposure and an additional limit of 10 per cent in respect of the rest of Africa. But could this be the solution to South Africa’s ailing economy? David Moore, Head of Alternatives at Alexander Forbes Investments and Tanya van Lill, CEO, Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association join CNBC Africa to give insight.</p>


Proposed amendments to Regulation 28: What you should know

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<p>The South African Reserve Bank&#8217;s Monetary Policy Committee has kept the repo rate steady at 3.5 per cent. This, as the economy is still exceptionally weak. The Central Bank says that one of the risks to the economic growth outlook is the slow rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. Herman van Papendorp, Head of Investment Research &#038; Asset Allocation at Momentum Investments joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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SARB keeps rates unchanged, here’s what that means for the economy

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<p>Remgro&#8217;s headline earnings per share, from continuing operations, plunged 52.7 per cent year-on-year for the six months ended December. Earnings were significantly affected by lower contributions by Mediclinic and FirstRand, as well as lower interest income. The company has, however, declared an interim gross dividend of 30 cents per share. Remgro CEO, Jannie Durand joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Remgro sees H1 earnings plunge

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<p>The Solidarity Fund marked its first year anniversary this week. The Fund was launched at the onset of Covid-19 in South Africa, with the aim of pooling contributions to fund impactful initiatives in response to the pandemic. As South Africa prepares for the mass vaccine rollout programme, what will be the role of the Fund? Adrian Enthoven, Deputy Chair at the Solidarity Fund joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Solidarity Fund’s Enthoven praises ‘radical generosity’ of South Africans in response to COVID-19 crisis

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<p>Reserve bank governor Lesetja Kganyago, will deliver an address on the decisions of the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee. The jury is still out on whether they will make any changes. Just yesterday CPI for February came in lower at 2.9 per cent. Investec Chief Economist, Annabel Bishop joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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MPC Meeting: What will the Sarb decide?

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<p>Economic growth is the current story for Africa, in fact the African Development Bank has forecasted real growth for this year to be by 3.4 per cent. While that growth is relatively slow, some people insist that Africa&#8217;s prospects may be down but not out. The latest NielsenIQ Africa Prospects Indicator report shows this. Ailsa Wingfield, Executive Director of the Intelligence Unit at NielsenIQ Global joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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TDB’s Awori on how blockchain can help narrow the trade finance gap in Africa

SA should focus heavily on vaccine rollout, says Aspen CEO Stephen Saad

What the Access Bank, Grobank deal means for banking in Africa

How organisations can best prepare students for the future of work

ANC’s NEC makes damning resolution

Access Bank buys controlling interest in SA’s Grobank

Withholding spectrum has hurt poor people the most – Free Market Foundation

Here’s how much growing Islamist insurgency could cost the Mozambican economy

BLSA Chair, Nyembezi on how to unblock infrastructure investment bottlenecks

Magda Wiezycka reflects on her journey as Sygnia CEO

COVID-19: Reflecting on a year of lockdown in SA

Proposed amendments to Regulation 28: What you should know

SARB keeps rates unchanged, here’s what that means for the economy

Remgro sees H1 earnings plunge

Solidarity Fund’s Enthoven praises ‘radical generosity’ of South Africans in response to COVID-19 crisis

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TDB’s Awori on how blockchain can help narrow the trade finance gap in Africa

SA should focus heavily on vaccine rollout, says Aspen CEO Stephen Saad

What the Access Bank, Grobank deal means for banking in Africa

How organisations can best prepare students for the future of work

ANC’s NEC makes damning resolution

Access Bank buys controlling interest in SA’s Grobank

Withholding spectrum has hurt poor people the most – Free Market Foundation

Here’s how much growing Islamist insurgency could cost the Mozambican economy

BLSA Chair, Nyembezi on how to unblock infrastructure investment bottlenecks

Magda Wiezycka reflects on her journey as Sygnia CEO

COVID-19: Reflecting on a year of lockdown in SA

Proposed amendments to Regulation 28: What you should know

SARB keeps rates unchanged, here’s what that means for the economy

Remgro sees H1 earnings plunge

Solidarity Fund’s Enthoven praises ‘radical generosity’ of South Africans in response to COVID-19 crisis

MPC Meeting: What will the Sarb decide?

How African economies fared during COVID-19 pandemic

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