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      <news:title>Omnia rides mining and farming lift </news:title>
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      <news:title>Norway seeks stronger South Africa ties</news:title>
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      <video:description><![CDATA[Norway's Minister of International Development, Åsmund Aukrust, is currently on a visit to South Africa; as the country strengthens its relationship with South Africa. The key focus areas of this commitment being job creation, investment and sustainable economic development. CNBC Africa was joined by the Minister; for more detail, on the purpose of his visit.]]></video:description>
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      <news:title>Dlamini: Music sector must learn finance language to attract capital</news:title>
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      <video:description><![CDATA[As international markets turn their attention to the continent's dynamic creative economy, key challenges remain around securing sustainable capital and managing technological disruption. On the side-lines of the Creative Africa Nexus Conference in Lagos, Nigeria, CNBC Africa’s Prudence Makhubalo spoke with Sipho Dlamini, President for Africa & Middle East at Gamma about Financial Literacy, AI Integration & Global Investment in African Music.]]></video:description>
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      <news:title>Adegboye: BoI committed to expanding financing, support for Nigeria&apos;s creative value chain</news:title>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Adegboye: BoI committed to expanding financing, support for Nigeria's creative value chain]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Bank of Industry’s Divisional Head of Multilaterals, Yinka Adegboye, says the bank is expanding financing and support across Nigeria’s creative value chain, including through its role as executing agency for Nigeria’s Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises programme, IDICE. Speaking to CNBC Africa at the CANEX WKND in Lagos, he says the 617-million-dollar programme provides equity, grants, debt financing and business development support, while also helping creatives access markets and build the capacity to scale. He adds that funding decisions can be based on the quality of a project rather than relying solely on conventional collateral.]]></video:description>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-09T14:43:20Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Laurus Africa: Financial stocks account for 62.66% of GSE traded value</news:title>
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      <video:description><![CDATA[Trading activity in Ghana's financial stocks is telling a different story from recent price performance. Despite accounting for nearly 62.6 per cent of total market traded value, the sector is under pressure, with GCB Bank and ETI among the biggest contributors to the weakness. On the fixed income side, Investor demand nearly doubled to 5.01 billion cedis, outpacing the 44.8 per cent increase in the Treasury target to 3.54 billion cedis at Friday’s auction. Mac-Jordan Narteh, Senior Research Associate at Laurus Africa joins CNBC Africa for more market movements.]]></video:description>
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    <loc>https://www.cnbcafrica.com/media/7794234492116/samtl-base-case-scenario-sees-nigerias-inflation-around-1314-by-early-2027</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-09T14:42:32Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>SAMTL: Base case scenario sees Nigeria’s inflation around 13–14% by early 2027</news:title>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[SAMTL: Base case scenario sees Nigeria’s inflation around 13–14% by early 2027]]></video:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-09T14:40:15Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Odiaka: Aggressive OMO mop-up shows CBN managing substantial liquidity</news:title>
      <news:keywords>Closing Bell, Africa, Nigeria, CBWA, West Africa, Executive, Reuters, Naira, emerging markets, ECOB Capital, Emmanuel Odiaka, OMO, Central Bank of Nigeria</news:keywords>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Odiaka: Aggressive OMO mop-up shows CBN managing substantial liquidity]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[The Chief Executive Officer of ECOB Capital, Emmanuel Odiaka says investors remain attracted to high sovereign yields particularly at the longer end. However, the aggressive OMO mop-up indicates the Central Bank of Nigeria is managing substantial liquidity. In his reaction to the government's external borrowing and Eurobond plans, he highlights borrowing is justified where it finances productive infrastructure and export-generating  investment. However, borrowing to sustain recurrent expenditure or refinance existing obligations without improving revenue capacity is not a sustainable strategy.]]></video:description>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-09T12:22:06Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Oramah: Strategy drove intra-African trade share of Afreximbank&apos;s portfolio to 36%</news:title>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Oramah: Strategy drove intra-African trade share of Afreximbank's portfolio to 36%]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Founder and Chairman of Marob Strategies and Consulting and former Afreximbank President, Benedict Oramah, says the bank’s strategy under his leadership focused on addressing structural barriers to Africa’s trade and development, including fragmented payment systems, weak trade information and limited industrialisation. While speaking about his tenure as the bank's President at the CANEX Weekend in Lagos, he notes that intra-African trade’s share of the bank’s portfolio grew from about 3 per cent to 36 per cent during his tenure. ]]></video:description>
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    <loc>https://www.cnbcafrica.com/media/7794224929434/nesg-business-performance-index-moderates-to-1154-pts-in-october</loc>
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      <news:publication>
        <news:name>CNBC Africa</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-09T12:08:47Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>NESG: Business Performance Index moderates to 115.4 pts in October</news:title>
      <news:keywords>Power Lunch, Africa, PLWA, Nigeria, West Africa, Executive, Reuters, emerging markets, capital markets, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, Joseph Ogebe</news:keywords>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[NESG: Business Performance Index moderates to 115.4 pts in October]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Nigeria’s business activity sustained its expansion in October 2026, with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group’s latest Business Confidence Monitor showing the Business Performance Index moderating to 115.4 points, despite continued growth across sectors. Trade recorded the strongest performance, while Services also improved month on month. Joseph Ogebe, Interim Director of Research and Development at NESG, joins CNBC Africa to unpack the report.]]></video:description>
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      <video:duration>470</video:duration>
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    <loc>https://www.cnbcafrica.com/media/7794224049881/will-nigeria-sustain-revenue-drive</loc>
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      <news:publication>
        <news:name>CNBC Africa</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2026-11-09T11:56:03Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Will Nigeria sustain revenue drive?</news:title>
      <news:keywords>Power Lunch, Africa, PLWA, Nigeria, West Africa, Executive, Reuters, emerging markets, capital markets, Oladejo Adeyemi, Andersen Nigeria</news:keywords>
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      <video:title><![CDATA[Will Nigeria sustain revenue drive?]]></video:title>
      <video:description><![CDATA[Nigeria generated a record 33 trillion naira in revenue between January and October 2026, as the Finance Minister attributes improvements in digital tax administration and electronic invoicing to stronger collections. Oladejo Adeyemi, Associate Director, Commercial Practice at Andersen Nigeria, joins CNBC Africa to discuss the revenue performance and its implications for Nigeria’s tax landscape.]]></video:description>
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      <video:duration>413</video:duration>
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