CNBC Africa

16/09/2026

The tech industry has been “tone deaf” in explaining AI and properly informing the public about real risks, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told CNBC on Wednesday. Ohanian said the debate around AI should focus on substantive risks rather than issues that can be used to score political points, arguing that an informed public is essential to navigating the technology.

Read the full article here: https://cnbcafrica.pulse.ly/rzqopmfnag

16/09/2026

Mining chemicals importer Kemcore has been granted environmental clearance for a manufacturing plant in Botswana, paving the way for it to secure financing to build a facility to supply copper and cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. The approval is an important development milestone, Kemcore founder and Chief Commercial Officer Calisto Radithipa said.

Read the full article here: https://cnbcafrica.pulse.ly/scui3w02la

16/09/2026

South Africa’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it had noted with concern U.S. visa restrictions on some people from South Africa announced by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio a day earlier. The foreign ministry added in a statement that the U.S. announcement aligned with “the mischaracterisation of South Africa’s domestic policies by fringe groups”.

Read the full article here: https://cnbcafrica.pulse.ly/o1gdox15qu

16/09/2026

Launching tomorrow on Closing Bell Southern Africa, the brand-new Africa FX Desk. 🌍📊

At 16:30 CAT, join CNBC Africa Editor Godfrey Mutizwa, Thapelo Moitsiwa, Senior Manager at Standard Bank CIB, and Andre Cilliers, Currency Strategist at TreasuryONE, for a conversation to unpack the latest moves in African currencies, key market developments and what’s shaping the FX landscape across the continent.

📅 Thursday, 17 September
⏰ 16:30 CAT
📺 DStv Channel 410

Don’t miss the launch of , only on CNBC Africa.

16/09/2026

CNBC Africa AI Summit: AI at Scale: Turning Copilot, Cloud and Agents into Business Outcomes.

Tertius Zitzke, CEO of 4Sight Holdings, collaborates with Anisa Khan, AI Business Solutions Lead at Microsoft, on scaling AI from pilot projects to measurable business outcomes. They frame AI as a business transformation initiative that should be measured across four ROI lenses.

The discussion emphasizes that governance and foundational guardrails must be established before scaling to prevent risks such as shadow AI exposing confidential data.

Watch: https://cnbcafrica.pulse.ly/wdzhs44nlr
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Tertius Zitzke, CEO of 4Sight Holdings, collaborates with Anisa Khan, AI Business Solutions Lead at Microsoft, on scaling AI from pilot projects to measurable business outcomes. They frame AI as a business transformation initiative that should be measured across four ROI lenses. The discussion empha...

16/09/2026

Across Africa, the priorities may differ, but the challenge of turning ambition into delivery is shared.

At the , chapter leaders and project professionals from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Togo and Malawi reflected on the conversations that shaped the summit, the lessons they are taking home and how PMI Global is supporting stronger project implementation in their respective countries.

From infrastructure and investment to building project capability, the summit brought the focus back to what it takes to move from vision to ex*****on.

Africa Delivers MORE, Together.

16/09/2026

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his view of artificial intelligence safety, taking a stance that’s more akin to the perspective of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang rather than Anthropic chief Dario Amodei. Zuckerberg said in a post on X and other social media platforms that he believes AI labs that fail to “focus on alignment will fall behind,” referring to the kind of work that developers conduct to ensure the technologies adhere to human values.

Read the full article here: https://cnbcafrica.pulse.ly/g26btn72tt

16/09/2026

South African inflation expectations stabilised in the third quarter, a survey showed on Wednesday, after a steep rise in the previous quarter because of the oil price shock triggered by the Iran war.

Read the full article here: https://cnbcafrica.pulse.ly/crd3pxjnpv

16/09/2026

Kenya’s government will appeal a court ruling that ordered the cancellation of a deal in which it sold an extra 15% stake in telecoms firm Safaricom to South Africa’s Vodacom, Finance Minister John Mbadi said. The $1.6 billion deal, announced last December and completed in June, lifted Vodacom’s shareholding in Safaricom to 55%, while the Kenyan government’s stake fell to 20%.

Read the full article here: https://cnbcafrica.pulse.ly/z7bgfhsqec

16/09/2026

The countdown to INVESTED 2026 is on.

On 19 November, CNBC Africa will bring together global investors, policymakers and business leaders in Johannesburg for a new pan African platform focused on Africa’s investment, innovation and economic growth.

Be part of the conversation shaping where capital, technology and opportunity meet across the continent.

📍 Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
📅 19 November 2026
🕗 08:00 to 17:00 CAT

Register here: https://cnbcafrica.pulse.ly/lhyhfo1tpu