NESG sets agenda for competitive Private sector

Govt needs to engage indigenous private sector - Jadesimi

Land use charge - organised private sector flays exorbitant increase.

According to the recent Depository Corporation survey report by the CBN, credit to Nigeria's domestic economy dropped by 6.41 percent to N25.71 trillion in May, driven by decline in credit to the government and to the private sector.

What does the re-election of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari mean for the country’s private sector? Timothy Olawale, Director General of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association joins CNBC Africa from Abuja to discuss this.

Abdulsamad Rabiu, Chairman of BUA Group says from a private sector perspective the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is important in that it will help in achieving the post-2015 and 2063 agenda.

Private sector players advised joining politics.

As the 13th annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association's Section on Business Law winds to a close, the Chairman of the conference planning committee, Adeoye Adefulu, says a communique containing recommendations from the conference will be issued to the Nigerian government and its economic management team.

President of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer says the Red Cross is experimenting with private sector partnerships for more impact. According to the International Red Cross Chief, while traditional humanitarianism is important in short term emergency, long term protracted conflicts, especially in Africa, demand a different strategy. To discuss this and more, President of the International Committee of Red Cross, Peter Maurer joins CNBC Africa's Christy Cole for more.

The 25th edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group has ended in Abuja with an agenda for competitive private sector.

The Togolese government is taking part in the G-20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative, which suspends payments to bilateral Paris Club creditors from the first of May till the end of the year 2020. Ratings Agency, Moody’s says Togo’s participation in the initiative offers short term liquidity relief but poses risks for the private sector. Lucie Villa, Vice President and Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s joins CNBC Africa for more.

Africa Initiative for Governance and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group partnered with Nigeria's Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to develop the Nigeria COVID-19 Incidence and Response Tracker and Dashboard which reveals the resource requirements across all 36 states in Nigeria and the FCT. Ofovwe Aig-Imoukuede, Director, Africa Initiative for Governance joins CNBC Africa for more.

The Covid-19 pandemic is pushing Africa into its first recession in a quarter of a century, with GDP forecast to shrink by up to 5 percent. The World Bank's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, has outlined a $1.5 billion facility for Africa's business community, with a focus on small and medium sized companies. Sergio Pimenta, Vice President for the Middle East and Africa of the IFC, tells FRANCE 24 that those firms in turn have a "significant" role to play in combatting the virus.