DR Congo: The Kinshasa-Matadi Transport Corridor A Vital Link Receives Attention An important announcement on a long-delayed rail project… In August 2023, an interesting news item appeared on my computer screen. It was headed: “The rehabilitation of the Kinshasa-Matadi railway:…
Cameroon: The Kribi Deep Water Port Becomes a Reality So much port development From about 2010 until 2018, many of my business missions into sub-Saharan Africa were based on sea port developments. New ports were developing relatively suddenly in…
Ethiopia: Prospects for a Health Sector Transformation? The mission The client was a multinational pharmaceuticals manufacturer, specialising in the production of drugs that treat rare diseases. Special emphasis was on the fields of oncology (cancer) and nephrology (kidney disease.) My…
Botswana: Can Maun Evolve into Something More Than Just the ‘Welcome Mat’ to the Okavango Delta? The precious Okavango Delta. A major ‘bucket list’ item It’s a question clients have asked me many times: “You’ve travelled all over Africa.…
Zambia: Mpulungu Port As A Unique Inland Waterway Trade Route One day I’ll get to visit Mpulungu I have to start with the confession that I have never been to Mpulungu before. I had my first opportunity in the very…
Libya: Stepping into a Pre-Revolution Scenario and Yet Another ‘Crisp Atmosphere’ Experience My mission to Libya and a nervous arrival It was December 2010 when I took an Egyptair flight from Johannesburg to Cairo and then another Egyptair flight onwards…
Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast: An Agricultural Success Story that is Blossoming Even More Why no dried mangoes?… It was sometime around 2002 and I was walking with an Ivorian friend in the streets of Abidjan’s posh Cocody suburb. “So many mangoes…
Namgola: Development of Southern Angola and Northern Namibia into a Significant Economic Region A new trade route and ‘Namgola’… I was sitting on the stoep of a home on the outskirts of Windhoek enjoying a few sundowners with a Namibian…
Zimbabwe: The Critical Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in Providing Relief to Much of the Population Elections have just been held in Zimbabwe with President Mnangagwa announced as head of state for a second term. Whatever the debate surrounding the elections…
Ghana: Major Expansion of Takoradi Port Awaits Oil and Gas Developments A flurry of port developments in sub-Saharan Africa Recent decades have seen major new port developments and port expansions in sub-Saharan Africa. Long-standing ports developed during colonial times…