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      <video:title><![CDATA[Rise of cross-border financial identity in East Africa]]></video:title>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[PayInc Index shows South African economic growth in March]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Joining CNBC Africa to break down these numbers is Elize Kruger, Independent Economist. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[SITA finds data coordination central to industry progress]]></video:title>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Nigeria military defends fatal airstrike at Jilli axis ]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Nigeria’s President convened top military and intelligence chiefs in Abuja, after a deadly airstrike in the Jilli axis along the Borno–Yobe corridor reportedly killed more than 100 people over the weekend. The Federal Government is standing by the April 11 operation, describing it as a precision, intelligence-led strike targeting a terrorist enclave in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State. For more on the security, intelligence, and policy implications, CNBC Africa is joined by Dennis Amachree, CEO of Zoomlens Security Solutions.]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Three decades later - Noo Saro-Wiwa returns to a still-burning Niger Delta ]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[It's been over three decades since the execution of Nigerian writer and activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others over activism against environmental and human rights issues in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta. In her book, The Burning Ground, his daughter, Noo Saro-Wiwa visits the Delta to examine the aftermath, to spotlight the level of accelerating climate and environmental threats, the lives of the people, and efforts by governments and stakeholders at cleaning up the delta of oil spills. She joins CNBC Africa for this discussion. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:description><![CDATA[MCB Group says the ongoing war between the United State, Israel and Iran has birthed a fresh layer of uncertainty to the global outlook, while noting that the ongoing war is most likely to materialise as an adverse terms-of-trade shock transmitted primarily through higher energy prices. Africa. Jessen Coolen, Economic Research Lead at MCB Group, joins CNBC Africa for this discussion. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[One Data: African countries borrowing costs rose 91% between 2020 and 2024]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Latest data from the ONE Data Development Finance Observatory shows that borrowing costs for African countries rose by 91 per cent between 2020 and 2024. The organisation also notes that lending rates from China, a long-cited alternative to Western-dominated finance, have increased by 3.2 percentage points to 5.7 per cent across African countries over the same period. Joining CNBC Africa to break down these figures is Eric Pelofsky, Vice President for Global Economic Recovery at the Rockefeller Foundation, which supported the research.]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Taking stock of South Africa’s Exchange Traded Products]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[In a volatile environment, the Exchange Traded Products sector has seen some growth. At the end of March, the total market capitalisation, for ETPs listed on the JSE, ticked up to over R295 billion - with the total number in issue, growing to 301. Joining me, to take us through, the State of SA ETP Industry; is Mike Brown, Managing Director at ETF SA. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:description><![CDATA[The Professional Provident Society, also known as PPS; has clocked another record year. This as it allocated R6.88 billion profit share to its members, for the year ended December. One of the highlights was PPS Investments, that posted assets under management of over R112 billion. Izak Smit, CEO of PPS joins CNBC Africa for more. ]]></video:description>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[IMF cuts global growth forecasts on Iran war ]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Just as global economies were starting to track a solid growth path, we encountered another spanner in the works. The war between the United States, Israel and Iran; has upended the energy market. Amid all of this, as part of its Spring Meetings; the International Monetary Fund has released its April 2026 World Economic Outlook. Deniz Igan, Division Chief of Research, at the IMF joins CNBC Africa for more. ]]></video:description>
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