Tuesday, May 7, 2013

eNCA and CNBC Africa covering the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa from Wednesday with debates, interviews and live coverage.


The eNCA (DStv 403) and CNBC Africa (DStv 410) will both be covering the World Economic Forum on Africa from Wednesday 8 May with viewers who can tune in to both of these channels on MultiChoice's DStv platform for news, debates, interviews and live coverage.

(Other TV channels might be covering the WEF on Africa too; no other ones such as the SABC and others with possible coverage could be bothered to issue any programming advisories or releases by the day before the event kicks off in Cape Town tomorrow.)


CNBC Africa (DStv 410) will have cameras at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) and host a live panel discussion entitled Agriculture: Investing in Transformation on Thursday 9 May at 15:30 (South African time).

Bronwyn Nielsen, senior CNBC Africa anchor will be the moderator of the live panel discussion.

Besides the panel discussion CNBC Africa will bring viewers live interviews, panel discussions, debates and exclusive one-on-ones with key decision makers.

Meanwhile the eNCA has its morning anchor Eleni Giokos in Cape Town to report from the WEF on Africa from Wednesday.

The eNCA's WEF on Africa coverage will also include daily live crossings from Cape Town from Wednesday where Eleni Giokos will be interviewing business world movers and shakers.

Below is the confirmed interview schedule with high profile WEF on Africa attendees whom viewers will be able to see on the ENCA (all South African times):

Wednesday, 8 May
08:00 Elsie Kanza:  WEF's Head of Africa
09:00 Jay Ireland: General Electric CEO for Africa
10:00 Trevor Manuel:  Minister in the Presidency
12:00 Suresh Chaturvedi: Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (OIA)
16:00 Ruchir Sharma:  Morgan Stanley

Thursday, 9 May
08:00 Razia Khan:  Head of Emerging Markets Standard Chartered
09:00 Peter Attard Montalto:  Director, Emerging Markets Economist NOMURA International.
10:00 Tito Mboweni: Chairman of Anglogold Ashanti Limited
14:00 Stavros Nicolaou:  Senior executive director at Aspen
15:00 David Lipton:  Managing Director IMF
16:00 Ajen Sita:  CEO for Ernst & Young
17:00 Colin Coleman:  Goldman Sachs

Friday, 10 May 
08:00 Mark Bradford:  Jones Lang LaSalle Regional Director
09:00 Razia Kahn:  Standard Chartered