You're reading it here first.
CNBC Africa (DStv 410) anchor Lerato Mbele is not anchoring her longtime morning show Business AM this week, but from next week she's getting a new primetime show entitled Beyond Markets that will be rebroadcast in the mornings from 8 June when CNBC Africa shuffles its morning programming line-up.
Lerato Mbele who's been with the biz channel since it started in 2007 will become the anchor of the new Beyond Markets that will go out on weekdays between 20:00 and 21:00 from this coming Monday, 7 June. From this coming Tuesday, Beyond Markets will repeat in the mornings between 06:00 and 07:00 on CNBC Africa. Beyond Markets will be hosted by Lerato Mbele from Johannesburg and Wole Famurewa from Lagos, discussing economic policy, regulation, infrastructure, private sector growth, politics and leadership. ''Beyond Markets will create a context for the more substantial discussions on the causes and effect of business cycles,'' says Lerato Mbele. ''I'm looking forward to dialogue with the vast talent of African intellectuals, entrepreneurs, political leaders and industrial champions.'' Jill de Villiers, CNBC Africa's head of programming says Beyond Markets is ''designed to become a must-watch markets-and-beyond show across the continent''.
CNBC Africa's other morning show Open Exchange is getting restructured as well. It will now start at 08:00 on weekdays with anchors Eleni Giokos, Stephen Gunnion and Alishia Seckam. From 08:00 to 08:30 the focus is on East Africa. The South African market is in the spotlight between 08:30 and 09:30. Street Talk with Alicia Seckham on CNBC Africa changes to Open Exchange West Africa between 09:30 and 10:00 from next week.
