Improving payment systems in Africa

David Steinacker at the Mobile West Africa 2016, talks to Guardian TV on the rise of mobile usage and the need for Nigeria and the West African market to form a partnership bond.

Unstable electricity supply affecting quality of telecom service in Nigeria - NCC

Saudi Telecom Company Group CEO Khaled Biyari discusses the company's earnings, performance and a $1.8 billion soccer broadcast rights deal.

Mohamad Al Hajj, an equities strategist at the research arm of EFG-Hermes in Dubai, talks about Saudi Arabia's economy, which grew 1.15% in the first quarter from an year earlier, and the nation's stocks.

Analysts say multiple taxation, issues around right of way and vandalism are some of the biggest challenges operators in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector are faced with.

The Economic Intelligence Unit says businesses in some of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest economies have been forced to close or reduce production over access to hard currency or working capital to keep their import-dependent operations afloat. Benedict Craven, Country Risk Manager at Economic Intelligence Unit joins CNBC Africa for more.

Telecom titan Patrick Drahi is buying Sotheby’s for $2.7 billion, taking it private after more than three decades as a public company.

Refinitiv says Sub-Saharan African investment banking fees reached an estimated $227.3 million in the first half of the year, the lowest first-half total in three years. Franita Neuville, Market Development Manager for Investment and Advisory at Refinitiv joins CNBC Africa for more.

In its 9-month financial statement, MTN Nigeria recorded a 28.9 per cent increase in its Profit-After-Tax. Meanwhile, Airtel Africa’s Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) margin grew by 43.9 per cent in its half-year 2020 earnings driven by improved efficiency in Nigeria. David Adu, Senior Analyst at Meristem Securities joins CNBC Africa for more.

The huge dearth infrastructure poses a major challenge to sub-Saharan Africa’s development. As populations grow and investments increase, the pressure on existing infrastructure is worsening.

Nigeria has reported the first case of coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. The person in question is an Italian citizen who flew in from Milan. Next, Cameroon's ruling party has obtained a majority in parliament following a contentious election in early February. And Congolese singer Fally Ipupa's concert in Paris prompts rallies as protesters accuse him of being a sympathiser of former president Joseph Kabila and set fires near a train station in the city centre.

The coronavirus outbreak is expected to push sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first time in 25 years, the World Bank warns. We speak to the Bank's chief economist for Africa. Also, in the Cameroonian city of Douala, a door-to-door medical inquiry has kicked off in a bid to track down potential carriers of Covid-19. Hospitals are on high alert for a surge in admissions, as our correspondents report. And six scientists in Senegal race to develop a ventilator that can be created locally usi