DStv viewers can see top CNBC US anchor Erin Burnett broadcasting her hit worldwide programmes from the West African business hub Lagos, on Thursday the 21st May 2009. Burnett will be broadcasting to CNBC viewers worldwide from Lagos, Nigeria between 13:00 – 16:00 CAT. Burnett, anchor of "Street Signs" and co-anchor of "Squawk on the Street" on CNBC has an array of top markets thinkers and the biggest business leaders in Nigeria lined-up from the capital, including:
Rotimi Oyekanmi: CEO West Africa, Renaissance Group
William Egby: President Coca Cola South Africa
Lamido Sanusi: GMD First Bank
Wale Tinubu Group: CEO Oando
Burnett joined CNBC from Bloomberg Television where she anchored two hours of programming daily. Prior to Bloomberg, Burnett was a Vice President at Citigroup, where she built an online financial news network targeted at institutional and retail investors. She began her career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as an investment-banking analyst focused on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a member of the team awarded the 2006 Deadline Club Award for Business Reporting. Burnett holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from Williams College in Williamstown, MA.ABOUT CNBC AFRICACNBC Africa, First in Business Worldwide, is the premier pan-African business and financial television network. With real-time coverage of financial markets and international business news, CNBC Africa provides business leaders, investors and the financial services industry across Africa with the information and analysis they need. With programming from Africa, the US and Asia, CNBC Africa provides the perfect 24-hour global business briefing. Programming is built around key business events during the day. From the start of trading in Africa, through the Opening Bell on Wall Street and the closing of the markets in Asia, our fast-paced, hard-hitting business coverage makes CNBC Africa essential viewing for senior business leaders. CNBC Africa offers viewers more than nine hours of live programming on the African markets every weekday, with flagship programmes like "Squawk Box Africa," a pre-market opening program, "Power Lunch," CNBC Africa's daily business lunchtime programme featuring business news makers of the day; and "Business Tonight," a concise wrap-up of news and the big business stories which shaped the day. The channel has become must-see viewing for those who need to know first, and viewers all over Africa are tuning in whether at work, at home, or on the move, to keep up with the latest financial news. CNBC Africa also believes in mixing business with pleasure. The network's weekend programming block, brings a change of pace for viewers who need to step down a gear after business. Today the network is available 24 hours on DStv channel 410 across Africa. In Africa, CNBC Africa launched in June 2007 as a business television network and has steadily grown its audience and built its reputation as a leading business and financial news network on the continent. As CNBC Africa grows and unfolds, it will open up and include even more news and markets information from the continent, creating a truly African network.
Rotimi Oyekanmi: CEO West Africa, Renaissance Group
William Egby: President Coca Cola South Africa
Lamido Sanusi: GMD First Bank
Wale Tinubu Group: CEO Oando
Burnett joined CNBC from Bloomberg Television where she anchored two hours of programming daily. Prior to Bloomberg, Burnett was a Vice President at Citigroup, where she built an online financial news network targeted at institutional and retail investors. She began her career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as an investment-banking analyst focused on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a member of the team awarded the 2006 Deadline Club Award for Business Reporting. Burnett holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from Williams College in Williamstown, MA.ABOUT CNBC AFRICACNBC Africa, First in Business Worldwide, is the premier pan-African business and financial television network. With real-time coverage of financial markets and international business news, CNBC Africa provides business leaders, investors and the financial services industry across Africa with the information and analysis they need. With programming from Africa, the US and Asia, CNBC Africa provides the perfect 24-hour global business briefing. Programming is built around key business events during the day. From the start of trading in Africa, through the Opening Bell on Wall Street and the closing of the markets in Asia, our fast-paced, hard-hitting business coverage makes CNBC Africa essential viewing for senior business leaders. CNBC Africa offers viewers more than nine hours of live programming on the African markets every weekday, with flagship programmes like "Squawk Box Africa," a pre-market opening program, "Power Lunch," CNBC Africa's daily business lunchtime programme featuring business news makers of the day; and "Business Tonight," a concise wrap-up of news and the big business stories which shaped the day. The channel has become must-see viewing for those who need to know first, and viewers all over Africa are tuning in whether at work, at home, or on the move, to keep up with the latest financial news. CNBC Africa also believes in mixing business with pleasure. The network's weekend programming block, brings a change of pace for viewers who need to step down a gear after business. Today the network is available 24 hours on DStv channel 410 across Africa. In Africa, CNBC Africa launched in June 2007 as a business television network and has steadily grown its audience and built its reputation as a leading business and financial news network on the continent. As CNBC Africa grows and unfolds, it will open up and include even more news and markets information from the continent, creating a truly African network.
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