Such is the competition for Mozambique’s mining permits that the government has threatened to revoke licences from companies that do not quickly develop their concessions. Mining legislation requires...

Protestors celebrated a victory in September after China Union, Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation and the China-Africa Development Bank agreed to employ more local people and do more...

On 18 August, the acting Chief Executive Officer of state-owned telecoms operator Ethio Telecom, Andualem Admassie, signed the second of two US$800 million deals that will drastically improve...

In response to the January 2013 attack on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to spend a chunk of Tokyo’s 2014 defence...

Ethiopia is rethinking its land policies after the failure by India’s large agribusiness ventures, which have also drawn much criticism from non-governmental organisations, to deliver results.

China’s trade and investment in Africa continues to rise rapidly since it became the continent’s largest trading partner in 2009, new Chinese government statistics show. On 29 August,...

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh was busy in southern Africa during August, following up on his government’s initiatives to increase trade levels and win business deals for state-owned...

Delonex Energy was launched by Rahul Dhir in 2012. The former boss of oil company Cairn India is now working with Warburg Pincus, a large United States-based private...

Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah became the new President of Malaysian palm oil producer Felda Global Ventures on 17 July. As new regulations and a shrinking supply of land...

Chad has frozen the activities of China National Petroleum Corporation after inspectors found the company was dumping waste oil in holes dug in the ground in the Bongor...