CNBC Africa is an African television network

Television network

A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...

 for Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa as a geographical term refers to the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara. A political definition of Sub-Saharan Africa, instead, covers all African countries which are fully or partially located south of the Sahara...

. It was launched by CNBC

CNBC

CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...

 and Africa Business News (Pty) LTD on June 1, 2007. CNBC Africa is headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

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The channel features programmes and updates from CNBC Europe, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the US and other CNBC affiliates around the world.

For the launch of the channel on June 1, 2007, CNBC Africa broadcast an 1 hour interview with the then president of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki...

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Bureaus

Bureaus for CNBC Africa are located in:

• Nairobi
  Nairobi
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• Abuja
  Abuja
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• Lagos
  Lagos
  Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
  
  
• Cape Town
  Cape Town
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• London
  London
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The channel produces 7 hours of local programming per business day.

Anchors

• Bronwyn Nielsen
• Alishia Seckam
• Lerato Mbele
• Stephen Gunnion
• Eleni Giokos
• Godfrey Mutizwa
• Suzanne Beukes
• Chris Bishop

Availability

The channel is available in 41 African countries on the DStv platform and is the most widely available finance and business news channel on the continent. It is available on:

• DStv Premium
• DStv Compact
• DStv Select 1
• DStv Select 2
• DStv Easy View

Programs

CAT Central Africa Time Central Africa Time, or CAT, is a time zone used in central and southern Africa. The zone is two hours ahead of UTC , which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time and also the same as Eastern European Time....	Programme	Hosts
0400-0600	Cash Flow Cash Flow (CNBC Asia) Cash Flow From Australia is a television business news program aired every weekday at 10:00am Singapore/Hong Kong/Taiwan time on CNBC Asia. It is broadcast live from CNBC Asia's studio in Sydney and presented by Oriel Morrison...	Maura Fogarty & Amanda Drury Amanda Drury Amanda Drury is a journalist and news anchor for CNBC, currently based in Manhattan, New York. She has appeared on various CNBC shows as an expert in finance and business. Previously based in CNBC Asia’s headquarters in Singapore and then in Sydney, Drury relocated to CNBC's global headquarters...
0600-0700	Business AM	Lerato Mbele
0700-0800	Squawk Box Europe Squawk Box Europe Squawk Box Europe is a television business news programme on CNBC Europe, aired from 7-10am CET each weekday. It also airs on CNBC Asia between 2.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m. Hong Kong / Singapore time , and in the United States on CNBC World at the respective time, 1:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m., ET...	Geoff Cutmore, with reporters Louisa Bojesen, Anna Martin Anna Martin Anna Martin may refer to*Anna Maxwell Martin , English actress*Anna Mebus Martin , American businesswoman and bank president... and Steve Sedgwick
0800-0830	Breakfast Briefing	Leigh Roberts & Peter Ndoro
0830-0900	Morning Call	Leigh Roberts & Peter Ndoro
0900-0930	Open exchange	Leigh Roberts
0930-1000	Taking Stock	Alishia Naidoo & Leigh Roberts
1000-1015	Lagos Open	Alishia Naidoo & Leigh Roberts
1015-1100	Worldwide Exchange Worldwide Exchange Worldwide Exchange is a television business news program on CNBC channels around the world. It is broadcast live from studios on three continents. The global program is anchored by Ross Westgate in London, Christine Tan in Singapore and various anchors in New York...	Nicole Lapin Nicole Lapin Nicole Miriam Lapin is an anchor on CNN Live who regularly appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN, and CNN International. In January 2010, Lapin joined CNBC in New York as an anchor for Worldwide Exchange, joining CNBC Europe's Ross Westgate in London and CNBC Asia's Christine Tan in Singapore. She... , Ross Westgate Ross Westgate Ross Westgate is an English financial journalist for CNBC Europe in London, where he is a co-anchor of the global business news programme, Worldwide Exchange Ross Westgate is an English financial journalist for CNBC Europe in London, where he is a co-anchor of the global business news programme,... , Christine Tan Christine Tan Christine Tan is a Singaporean financial journalist with CNBC Asia and is the Singapore anchor for Worldwide Exchange, the global business-news program broadcasting live each weekday from Asia, Europe and the United States...
1100-1130	Mid-Morning Update
1130-1200	Street Talk	Alishia Naidoo
1200-1230	Mid-day	Alishia Naidoo
1230-1300	Power Lunch	Alec Hogg
1300-1500	US Squawk Box Squawk Box Squawk Box is a business news television program which airs at breakfast time on the CNBC network. The program is currently co-hosted by Joe Kernen, Rebecca Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Since debuting in 1995, the show has spawned a number of versions across CNBC's international channels, many of...	Joe Kernen Joe Kernen Joe Kernen is a CNBC news anchor. He is currently co-host of CNBC’s "Squawk Box". His nickname is "The Kahuna".Kernen came to CNBC in the 1991 merger with Financial News Network, having joined FNN after a 10-year career as a stockbroker.Kernen grew up in the Western Hills section of Cincinnati,... , Carl Quintanilla Carl Quintanilla Carl Quintanilla is an anchor of the CNBC network's "Squawk Box," morning program. Previously, Quintanilla was an NBC News correspondent based in New York and Chicago, and is a substitute on both NBC Nightly News and Today Show.-Reporting career:... , Rebecca Quick Rebecca Quick Rebecca Quick is an American television journalist/newscaster, co-anchorwoman of CNBC's financial news show Squawk Box. Quick is currently based at CNBC’s New Jersey headquarters.-Early life:... , Charles Gasparino
1500-1600	US Squawk On The Street Squawk on the Street Squawk on the Street, which debuted on December 19, 2005, is a business show on CNBC that follows the first 90 minutes of trading on Wall Street in the United States....	Mark Haines Mark Haines Mark Haines was a host on the CNBC television network.-Early life and education:Haines grew up in Oyster Bay, New York, and resided in Monmouth County, New Jersey. His alma mater was Denison University, and in 1989, the University of Pennsylvania Law School... , Erin Burnett Erin Burnett Erin Isabelle Burnett is the anchor of CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront. She was the co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk on the Street program and the host of CNBC's Street Signs program... , David Faber David Faber (CNBC) David H. Faber is a financial journalist and market news analyst for the television cable network CNBC. He is currently the co-host of CNBC's The Strategy Session, and appears on the show Squawk on the Street.-Career:...
1600-1630	Regional Update	Siki Mgabadeli
1630-1700	Markets Close	Bronwyn Nielsen & Byron Kennedy
1700-1730	Markets Roundup	Bronwyn Nielsen
1730-1800	European Closing Bell European Closing Bell European Closing Bell is a television programme aired on business news channel CNBC Europe from 5pm to 6pm CET , and from 11am to 12pm on CNBC World in the United States. The programme is presented from London by Guy Johnson and Louisa Bojesen...	Guy Johnson
1800-1900	US Power Lunch Power Lunch Power Lunch is a television business news program on CNBC, airing between 1:00pm and 2:00pm Eastern Time. It is presented by Tyler Mathisen, Sue Herera, and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. Simon Hobbs will fill in on occasion. Bill Griffeth anchored the program alone from 1996 to 2002...	Bill Griffeth Bill Griffeth Bill Griffeth is an American financial journalist from CNBC, the cable network he has been with since 1991.-Journalism career:Prior to joining CNBC, Griffeth was part of the production team that started the Financial News Network in 1981...  & Sue Herera Sue Herera Sue Herera is a television reporter for the CNBC financial television network. Herera earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Northridge in 1980 along with her co-anchor Bill Griffeth...
1900-2000	Business Tonight Business Tonight Business Tonight is an evening business news talk show aired weekdays from 6:30 to 7PM ET on CNBC until circa October 1997. The show was hosted by Sue Herera....	Bronwyn Nielsen
2000-2030	Markets Africa	Siki Mgabadeli (and Carina Kamal from London)
2030-2100	Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope A kaleidoscope is a circle of mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other end creates a colorful pattern, due to the reflection off the mirrors...	Mandlakazi Mpahlwa
2100-2110	News@Nine	Nikiwe Bikitsha
2110-2150	The Other Dimension	Lerato Mbele
2150-2200	US Closing Bell Closing Bell Closing Bell can refer to two CNBC programs, the original Closing Bell on CNBC , and European Closing Bell on CNBC Europe.-About the show:...	Maria Bartiromo Maria Bartiromo Maria Bartiromo is an American television journalist, magazine columnist and author of three books. Bartiromo is a native of New York and attended New York University. She worked at CNN for five years before joining CNBC television...
2200-2230	Different shows every day
2230-2300	US Closing Bell	Maria Bartiromo
2300-0000	Europe Tonight Europe Tonight Europe Tonight is an evening television business news programme which was broadcast on CNBC Europe from 2004 to 2009. The programme was most recently presented by Guy Johnson and Anna Edwards.-History:...	Guy Johnson

Presenters

• Alishia Seckam
• Bronwyn Nielsen
• Fenly Foxen
• Stephen Gunnion
• Lerato Mbele
• Eleni Giokos
• Darren Kerr
• Godfrey Mutizwa
• Chris Bishop
• Suzanne Beukes
• Jacqui Nel

Awards

• In 2009, CNBC Africa walked away with the Best Television Feature 2009 for the programme ‘Doing Business in Africa’ at the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards. CNBC Africa producer and reporter, Talia Sanhewe, was the winner of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2009 Western Region Television News Category.

• CNBC Africa received a further award in 2010 by winning the Banking Reporting Category of the Africa investor Financial Reporting Awards 2010. The channel was nominated in both the 'Ai Financial News Reporting - Banking' and 'Ai Financial News Reporting - Resources (Mining, Energy, Oil & Gas)' categories. Later that year, CNBC Africa received the Broadcast Award at the Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism 2010 and producer Natascha Jacobsz-Botha was the winner of the Citadel ‘Words on Money’ Journalism Awards ‘Newcomer of the Year 2010’. CNBC Africa is nominated for 'Best Infrastructure Feature' and 'Best Tourism Feature' at the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2010.