CNBC Africa
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Consumer News and Business Channel Africa (known as CNBC Africa) is an African pay television network launched on 1 June 2007. Founded by Rakesh Wahi and Zafar Siddiqi,[1] the network is produced under license from CNBC International and is owned by Africa Business News.[2] It is headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg.
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Country | South Africa |
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Broadcast area | African continent |
Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Programming | |
Picture format | 4:3 576i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Africa Business News |
History | |
Launched | 1 June 2007 |
Links | |
Website | cnbcafrica |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
DStv | Channel 410 |
Streaming media | |
cnbcafrica.com | www |
The channel features programmes and updates from CNBC Europe, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the US and other CNBC affiliates around the world.
Bureaus

Bureaus for CNBC Africa are located in:
The channel produces 7 hours of local programming per business day. Local content is generated in the studios in Sandton, Johannesburg.[3]
The Arabic Business Programmes Show for:
- Cairo
- Casablanca
- Khartoum
Shows
- Against All Odds [4]
- Banking The Future
- Crypto Trader[5]
- Here for Africa
- Political Capital
- Young Money
- Angola Changing The Narrative
- Business Spotlight
- Business This Week
- Buy Africa
- Captains of Industry[6]
- Chivas Win The Right Way
- The Mentorship Challenge
- Closing Gate
- Currency Wars
- Deal Flow
- Doing Business in Botswana
- Doing Business in Rwanda[7]
- Driving Forward
- Economic Lifelines Nigeria
- Eye on Gauteng
- Eye on Kenya
- Eye on KZN
- Eye on MDG Nigeria
- Eye on Nigeria’s Capital Markets
- Eye on Rivers
- Finweek
- Gurus
- Hot Stocks[8]
- Inside Her C-Suite
- Invest Africa
- It’s Africa’s Time
- Kicking Doors
- Latitude
- Marketing Media Money
- Masters of Innovation
- Money Talks
- My Worst Day
- Nigeria Going Beyond Oil
- On the Couch
- Open Exchange[9]
- Personal Finance
- Political Capital
- Relish
- Resource Watch
- Share Shootout
- Silver Screen
- Talking Stocks
- Tech @ Work
- Unstoppable
- Women on Wealth[10]
Regular expert contributors
- Bruce Whitfield[11]
- Paul Theron[12]
Awards
- 2009: CNBC Africa received the Best Television Feature 2009 for the programme "Doing Business in Africa" at the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards.[citation needed]
- 2009: CNBC Africa producer and reporter, Talia Sanhewe, was the winner of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2009 Western Region Television News Category.[citation needed]
- 2010: CNBC Africa won the Banking Reporting Category of the Africa investor Financial Reporting Awards 2010.[citation needed] The channel was nominated in both the 'Ai Financial News Reporting - Banking' and 'Ai Financial News Reporting - Resources (Mining, Energy, Oil & Gas)' categories.[citation needed]
- 2010: CNBC Africa received the Broadcast Award at the Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism 2010[citation needed]
- 2010: Producer Natascha Jacobsz-Botha was the winner of the Citadel ‘Words on Money’ Journalism Awards ‘Newcomer of the Year 2010’.[citation needed]
- 2010: CNBC Africa was nominated for 'Best Infrastructure Feature' and 'Best Tourism Feature' at the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2010.[citation needed]
References
External links
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