Absa’s Ridle Markus on the impact of COVID-19 on SSA economies

Corruption is difficult to decipher in growing economies - Bismarck Rewane.

"The capital market in Nigeria meets the international environment. Nigeria is not in isolation anymore," says Jim Ovia, chairman of Nigeria's largest commercial lender Zenith Bank Plc. He made the comments during an interview with Bloomberg Television's Francine Lacqua in London.

Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim country better known for its recent political turbulence than its gender diversity, now has female bosses at 3 of its 11 homegrown investment banks.

Workers in the world's richest countries are getting their biggest pay bump in a decade as companies seek to attract staff amid shrinking unemployment in the U.S., Japan and the Euro area.

Gender equality is a topic stressed almost every day globally, and a study conducted by the IMF has seen the urge for women to lead the way in business as an important strategy to improve equality ratings and in turn see a countries economy grow by almost 35 per cent. Donna Rachelson, CEO of Branding and Marketing You and author of SA’s best-selling book ‘Play to Win: What women can learn from men in business’ joins CNBC Africa for more.

Pierre Guislain the Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure, and Industrialisation at the AfDB says development banks like Afreximbank and the AfDB have a core mandate to harness the potential of Africa’s private sector to accelerate the continent’s transformation. He explored ways to attain this transformation with CNBC Africa's Christy Cole.

PwC Nigeria says official remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa grew by 10 per cent to $46 billion in 2018. Andrew Nevin, Partner and Chief Economist at PwC Nigeria says these funds are supporting economic activities on the continent. He joins CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi for more.

World Bank to support emerging economies as growth stumbles

One of the most venerable American investment banking houses has relaxed employee dress codes. We were shocked by the move at first – but then we saw a potential upside. You, too?

As South Africa and Nigeria’s government deliberates on easing lock-down restrictions and re-opening the economy, the bank of Ghana has left rates unchanged and the South African reserve bank is expected to cut rates again this week, for the third time this year. Joining CNBC Africa to unpack the Covid-19 economic ramifications on Sub-Saharan African economies is Ridle Markus, Africa Strategist at Absa Corporate and Investment Banking.

Wild animals spring to mind when it comes to conservation across Africa. But COVID-19's disruption of conservation is also destroying the continent's most sustainable economic treasures in rural areas.

The economic damage caused by the virus pandemic is expected to tip thousands of companies across the world into insolvency this year. As governments dig deep to stem the looming tide, their policies differ widely.