Week-Long Bloomberg TV Series on Africa Starts Monday

Week-Long Bloomberg TV Series on Africa Starts Monday

NEW YORK and LONDON, May 30/PRNewswire/ --

Starting Monday, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) viewers across Europe, the U.K.,
Africa and the Middle East will get a week-long in depth look at Africa with
the special "Emerging Africa." During the special week, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION
will broadcast Africa-focused segments on its daily "Emerging Markets"
program, plus live hits from the World Economic Forum in Capetown on
Thursday, June 5th and a special edition of "Emerging Markets" dedicated to
South Africa on Friday, June 6th.

"Emerging Africa" will include reporting from Bloomberg's Johannesburg
bureau and locations around the region. The series will explore Africa's
mining industry, commodities market, politics, the World Cup 2010 development
project and African companies to watch.

The week will feature interviews with the leading experts on the region
including Institute for Democratic Alternative Analyst Steven Friedman,
FirstRand Bank, Ltd. CEO Sizwe Nxasana, Standard Bank Group, Ltd. CEO John
"Jacko" Maree, Impala Platinum CEO David Brown, Arcelor Mittal SA CEO
Nonkululeko "Nku" Nyembezi-Heita, Standard Bank Group, Ltd. CEO Goolam
Ballim, AngloGold Ashanti CEO Mark Cutifani and Fairfax PLC Mining Analyst
John Meyer.

"Emerging Africa" reports can be seen on "Emerging Markets" starting on
Monday, June 2nd at 11:30AM GMT. Emerging Markets South Africa Special airs
Friday, June 6th at 11:30AM GMT and 1:30PM GMT with repeats throughout the
weekend.

This exclusive news and follow up reports are available to the public on
BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) and BLOOMBERG RADIO(SM) services worldwide, as well
as to users of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service. Clips from the
interviews will be archived and available via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL
service.

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time gleaned from the news, data and analytics tools of the BLOOMBERG
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Source: Bloomberg

Heidi Tan of Bloomberg LP, +1-212-617-5375, htan14@bloomberg.net

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