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      <video:title><![CDATA[Soufflet Malt, Heineken launch new SA malting project]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[South Africa's agro-processing sector is getting a major boost, with global malt producer Soufflet Malt and Heineken Beverages breaking ground on a new R2 billion malting facility in Midvaal. The project is being positioned as a long-term investment in the country's barley-to-beer value chain, with implications for farming communities, job creation and local supply chains. Joining CNBC Africa for more is Guillaume Couture, President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Soufflet Malt. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[South Africa’s JSE slumps on lower precious metals]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Joining CNBC Africa to discuss the mix of global and local market news is Lindile Malgas, Investment Strategist, Absa Investments.]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Expanding Uganda’s coffee market: Turning Africa’s coffee into a high-value global economy]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Africa's coffee sector is at a critical inflection point as producers shift from exporting raw beans to building globally competitive value-added ecosystems. From instant coffee and cosmetics to tourism, green manufacturing, and smart cities, the focus is on scaling revenues, creating jobs, and retaining value on the continent. To unpack how Africa can transform coffee into a multi-billion-dollar growth engine, CNBC Africa spoke to Tugume Nelson, CEO at Inspire Coffee Group for more.]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Lesaka maintains full-year profit guidance]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[South African fin-tech company Lesaka this morning delivered a positive set of second-quarter results, showing that the Group achieved the midpoint of its profitability guidance and reporting positive net income at group level. The numbers mark a key moment in the group's turnaround story, alongside a strategic development being the regulatory clearance from the Competition Tribunal to acquire digital lender Bank Zero. To unpack the numbers and look back at the trading quarter, CNBC Africa is joined by Lincoln Mali, CEO, Lesaka Technologies. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Fitch's Afreximbank rating downgrades raises questions]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[In a world where cheap money is all but gone, correcting how African risk is understood and priced is no longer a theoretical debate. It is a financing imperative. Recent developments between Fitch Ratings and the African Export-Import Bank have brought this debate back into focus, raising concerns about methodology, context, and how African development finance institutions are assessed.
To unpack this further, CNBC Africa is joined by Zwelibanzi Maziya, Chief Rating Officer, at African Credit Rating Agency.
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Control Risks: Further militant attacks on security infrastructure in Niamey remain likely]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Further militant attacks on security infrastructure in Niamey remain likely and will expose operators and personnel to incidental threats. That’s according to Control Risks noting activities in western Niger by Islamic State Sahel Province and al-Qaida’s Sahel affiliate Nusrat al-Islam, which claimed its first incursion within 12 miles of Niamey in January, will aggravate insecurity. Meanwhile, Niger’s military government say they will take French uranium company, Orano to court, accusing it of creating an ecological disaster in the country. Beverly Ochieng, Senior Analyst at Control Risks joins CNBC Africa for more. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[VAT allocations: What’s the impact of states' lion share?]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[7.73 trillion naira representing a 26.5 year-on-year increase. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, will appear before the Senate on 5th of March to defend the 2026 budget proposal while the red chamber fixes 17th of March for the final consideration and passage of the 58.47 trillion naira budget. Vahyala Kwaga, Group Head, Research and Policy Advisory at Budgit Foundation joins CNBC Africa for more on these.]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[C&I Leasing sees profit up 83.4% in FY'25 ]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[C & I Leasing has reported growth in its profit for 2025 by 83.4 per cent to 2.9 billion as the company says its focus has been on expansion of its core leasing operations. Gross earnings surged by 49.5 per cent to 54.9 billion naira. Lenin Ugoji, Group Managing Director at C & I Leasing, joins CNBC Africa to unpack the unaudited report. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Nigeria's manufacturing PMI drops to 49.7 in January ]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Broad stagnation of new orders was enough to see Nigeria's Purchasing Managers’ Index slip to 49.7 points in January, from the 53.5 points in December. However, employment, purchase prices and staff costs rose, leading manufacturers to increase their selling charges at the sharpest pace in four months. Abdulazeez Kuranga, Regional Economist for West Africa at Standard Bank Group, joined CNBC Africa to unpack the latest PMI report. ]]></video:description>
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    <loc>https://www.cnbcafrica.com/media/7770303009193/nigeria-s-parliament-rejects-electronic-transmission-of-election-results</loc>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Nigeria's parliament rejects electronic transmission of election results   ]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Nigeria's parliament has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026, approving changes to election timelines, voter accreditation technology and penalties, while retaining some key provisions of the existing law. Aspects like the electronic transmission of results, electronically generated voter identification among others have become topics of discourse. Eze Onyekpere, Lead Director, Center for Social Justice, joins CNBC Africa to discuss this development. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Uganda's energy revolution: The Amari pioneer project]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[With the $50 million Amari Power Transmission project, Uganda becomes the first African nation to move a privately financed Independent Transmission Project (ITP) into the construction phase. Gridworks is breaking the "transmission bottleneck" to connect Uganda's generation surplus to industrial hubs and regional markets, creating a new blueprint for infrastructure investment across the continent.
CNBC Africa’s Keamo Mosepele spoke with Eric Olanya, Country Director for Uganda at Gridworks.
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Business Leadership South Africa tracks reform momentum]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Business Leadership South Africa has released its latest Reform Tracker Quarterly Review. Although the overall reform score has accelerated by 23.7 per cent, since tracking began in March 2024; the momentum has slowed, in the latest quarter. The Tracker monitors 245 reform deliverables across criminal justice, governance and economic categories. Joining CNBC Africa to shed light on the story being told by the numbers, is Busisiwe Mavuso, the CEO of Business Leadership South Africa. ]]></video:description>
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