Erin Burnett broadcasts live from Lagos
She will be hosting a number of Nigerian business leaders 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.