RWANDA: THE ‘SINGAPORE’ OF EAST AFRICA?  A COUNTRY EMERGING FROM THE DEEP DARK It’s the late nineties and I’m visiting Rwanda for the first time. I’m attending a COMESA conference and I tell the Rwandan delegate next to me how excited I am to be…
Côte d’Ivoire: The ‘Jewel of West Africa’ Makes a Major Move from Agriculture to Mining ONCE THE ‘JEWEL OF WEST AFRICA’ I first visited Côte d’Ivoire way back in 1982. It was my first foray into West Africa and I was alone without any…
ETHIOPIA: STRONG PRIVATISATION DEVELOPMENTS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LOGISTICS & BANKING SECTORS GOVERNMENT MAKING LONG-AWAITED PRIVATISATION MOVES When I led a large business mission to Addis Ababa in 2016, it was impressed on me by the government authorities whom I met then that state…
NAMIBIA: BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS FROM MAJOR OIL & GAS FINDS There has been much media coverage of the relatively recent major oil and gas finds in Namibia. Let’s set the scene before discussing the resultant business implications. First, there were the announcements…
Zambia: The Return of Anglo-American & Revival of the Mining Sector The news that Anglo American has returned to mining activity in Zambia has drawn the attention of global operators and investors. The move came in the form of a…