Tuesday, September 4, 2012

BREAKING. CNBC Africa opens 9th news bureau in Africa in Rwanda; wants to open bureaus in Uganda, Tanzania and Botswana next quarter.


CNBC Africa (DStv 410) is opening the African business channel's 9th African news bureau in the Rwanda capital Kigali.

"The company's presence in Rwanda marks yet another milestone in CNBC Africa's brief history," says Robert Naidoo, managing director of the ABN Group. "By 2014 we hope to be in 20 African countries, making us the only media company in Africa providing comprehensive business and economic news from across the continent."

Rwanda marks CNBC Africa's 3rd bureau to open this year following Zambia in July and Mozambique in May.

CNBC Africa's other news bureaus are located in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Gabon and Namibia. CNBC Africa plans to open further news bureaus in Uganda, Tanzania and Botswana in the next quarter of this year.