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Oil prices are on track for a third weekly gain due to supply tightness from Saudi Arabia's production cuts combined with optimism that China’s economy is turning a corner.

Can oil prices sustain new highs?

Oguche Aguda, CEO of Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria joins CNBC Africa to discuss this and the July numbers of Pencom’s net asset value. 

Unpacking Nigeria’s Q2’23 pension industry performance

Analysts say the release of more banks’ half year earnings will prop up banking stocks. Unity, Zenith bank and United Bank for Africa are the latest to release their figures.

Banks’ half-year earnings to drive stocks

The Nigerian equities market has regained positive momentum following this week's negative run which analysts attribute to the downgrade by FTSE Russell Group from Frontier to Unclassified Market Status.

Nigerian equities shrug off profit taking

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Ezra Yakusak says lack of access to trade and market information remains a challenge to Africa’s regional trade strategy.

Boosting Africa’s regional trade strategy

Analysts at Standard Bank say hedging forex in illiquid markets should be considered more from a risk management strategy rather than speculative. 

Hedging FX in illiquid markets

Chinnan Dikwal, the Vice Chair at the African Energy Council, joins CNBC Africa to unpack this report.

Nigeria crude production at 1.2mbpd in August

The Vice President of Financial Institutions at the Africa Finance Corporation, Samson Vese says more work needs to be done in terms of project development to transform initiatives into bankable projects at the sub-national levels.

Developing bankable projects at sub-national levels

Nigeria has hinted on plans to go into metals refining, particularly lithium as it seeks to tap into opportunities in the battery production and electric mobility space.

Nigeria eyes metals refining

Ghana has raised cocoa price for local farmers by 63 per cent as part of efforts to boost income of farmers and curb cocoa bean smuggling. 

Will Ghana's 63% hike in cocoa farmgate prices curb smuggling?

Tatonga Rusike, Sub-Saharan Economist at Bank of America Global Research joins CNBC Africa to unpack the report.

BofA: Near-term growth weakening in SSA countries, except Kenya

Nigerians are set to pay more for single-phase and three-phase pre-paid electricity meters. 

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