Members of Nigeria's monetary policy committee will begin a 2-day meeting next Monday to review key macroeconomic indicators notably, inflation, GDP growth and the exchange rate.

Nigeria's first quarter GDP rate contracted at a slower rate, falling 0.52 percent compared to 1.73 percent in the same period in 2016.

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For Nigeria to achieve its target of 7 per cent growth in GDP by 2020, human capital development cannot be over-emphasised. Jimi Tewe, CEO of Inspiro Consulting joins CNBC Africa to discuss how best the country can address its skills gap.

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Economists are forecasting a drop in Nigeria's December 2016 inflation rate figure, and also expect Nigeria to recover from its recession in 2017.

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Nigeria's headline inflation hit 18.3 per cent in October 0.48 percentage points higher than the rate recorded in September. As more economic data pours in and the monetary policy committee meeting expected next week.

Tony Boyadjian, senior vice president of foreign exchange at Compass Global Markets, discusses the weakening Chinese yuan, China's GDP and his outlook for the Australian dollar.

Despite a contraction in Nigeria's second quarter GDP, activity in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector contributed 0.26 per cent a rise from the 0.24 per cent, in the second quarter of 2015.

Nigeria's pension regulator aims to achieve a strategic objective of covering 30 per cent of the country's working population by 2024, Niyi Falade, CEO Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.