KENYA: THE AFRICAN ICT HUB ASPIRES TO GLOBAL STATUS WHILE ITS DYNAMIC ICT START-UPS PROLIFERATE SO MANY ICT PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES… Here I am sitting at my desk, preparing a blog on Kenya’s remarkable information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. And I’m sitting…
Zimbabwe: Can the Government Succeed in Beneficiating its Vast Lithium Resource? AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT In December 2022, the Zimbabwean Minister of Mines and Mining Development issued the following government notice: “No lithium-bearing ores, or un-beneficiated lithium whatsoever, shall be exported from Zimbabwe to another country.”…
MAURITIUS: CAN THE ISLAND BECOME A MAJOR LOGISTICS PLATFORM FOR RELIEF AID SUPPLY IN AFRICA? AN IMPORTANT MISSION I’m sitting in an Air Mauritius aircraft on my way to the island. The plane is full of tourists and honeymoon couples in casual attire…
WHY IS GABON SO RICH? Easy question to answer: It has plenty of oil and gas and also huge rainforests covering nearly 90% of its total land area delivering some of the best hardwoods in the world. And then there…
Nigeria: A Massive Electricity Supply Problem, Brave Decisions & Small but Innovative Successes A more than daunting power supply problem Let’s start with the facts. There are various estimates of Nigeria’s true population count, but it must be around 220 million…
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…
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…