Vol 1 (AAC) No 5 | MOZAMBIQUEINDIA Firing up the coal 6th November 2008 India needs coal to fire up its growth, freight rates from Australia's mines have soared, and India's own coal-mines are crippled by price controls and labour regulations. So importers are...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 5 | ZAMBIACHINA The copper clashes 6th November 2008 Tension and recriminations continue to mark relations between Zambian workers and Chinese investors, two months after the end of a two-day strike at a US$200 million copper smelting...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 5 | MALAWIMALI Lights off 6th November 2008 The abrupt closure of the Malaysian textile company Ramatex Group's operations in Windhoek with a loss of 3,000 jobs in early March has sparked a political row with trades unionists accusing...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | NAMIBIACHINA See you in court 5th November 2008 China's investment plans in southern Africa are running up against legal barriers Namibia Construction and South Africa's Murray & Roberts claim that a N$74.4 million (US$9.5 mn.) contract awarded last year to China Nanjing International for the construction of a new headquarters for...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | MAURITIUS Ramakrishna Sithanen 5th November 2008 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Mauritius Sithanen is the key strategist behind his country's fast-expanding ties with Asia's hyper-economies, China and India. He wants Chinese and Indian investment to support his plans for the development of...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 | ZAMBIABRIEFING China, India and the vote 3rd November 2008 The three main presidential candidates show they are all aware of the importance of Asian investment to the country's future Asia is looming large in Zambia's presidential elections, due on 30 October. This is partly because China and India have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Zambia's copper mines and...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 | ZAMBIAINDIA Investment and jobs 3rd November 2008 Old ties could lead to a bright future Zambia's relations with India go back a century to colonial rule under Britain, when people from the subcontinent were recruited by the colonial authorities as civil servants and others set up...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 | ANGOLAJAPAN Tokyo eyes the sparklers 3rd November 2008 Japanese trainers are to help develop the skills of Angolan workers in the diamond industry As long as it lasts, the diamond boom may help Japanese companies. They are well placed to take advantage of the decision by state diamond company Endiama that more than...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | MAURITIUSCHINA Constructive competition 3rd November 2008 Prime Minister Ramgoolam's plan for Chinese investment faces a few hurdles yet Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam began negotiations to make his country China's second special economic zone at the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation held in Beijing in November 2006, after the Indian...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | ANGOLATANZANIACHINA Flying higher 3rd November 2008 Chinese investors are to rescue Tanzania's state-owned airline and rennovate Julius Nyerere International Airport Talks on a complex three-party investment deal between China and Angola and the ailing Air Tanzania Company are nearing conclusion, officials have confirmed in Dar es Salaam. The aim...