Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | CHINA Meng Jianzhu 25th July 2013 Secretary, Central Politics and Law Commission, CPC, China With more Chinese nationals and businessmen in Africa than ever before, the Beijing government has much to do when it comes to protecting its citizens. After a wave...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | INDIA Subhanu Saxena 25th July 2013 Chief Executive Officer, Cipla, India Africa is a major market for the pharmaceuticals industry, especially with regard to antiretroviral and antimalarial medicines, and India’s Cipla aims to grab a big share of the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | SOUTH KOREA Kang Chang-hee 25th July 2013 Speaker, National Assembly, South Korea National Assembly Speaker Kang Chang-hee made his first trip to Africa in July and spent 13 days in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. In Dar es Salaam, the government...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINAINDIA Help for the East 2nd July 2013 With European security support to be reduced in 2015, Kinshasa is counting on China and India to help the UN mission and Congolese troops India and China are offering to help President Joseph Kabila’s government secure its eastern borders following a series of bilateral meetings in June in Kinshasa. These offers follow...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | JAPANAFRICA Africa's bidding war 2nd July 2013 Tokyo used its conference to show that Japan's aid and its private sector can compete with China and India in Africa At the Fifth Tokyo International Conference for African Development, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government pledged ¥3.2 trillion (US$32 billion) in public and private funds for African growth over...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | GHANACHINA Miners out but no funds in 2nd July 2013 Accra-Beijing relations are tested by growing concerns about illegal gold mining and a slowdown in finance for the Chinese-built gas plant Ghana’s expulsion of some 200 Chinese accused of involvement in illegal gold mining and more delays in disbursements from the China Development Bank for the gas plant in...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | CHINAAFRICA Spotlight on Queensway Group 2nd July 2013 China International Fund's former parent company, Dayuan International Development, is ordered by a judge to hand over its books to a former director A high-profile Hong Kong court case could reveal more details about the business dealings of the secretive China International Fund and China Sonangol. Nicknamed the ‘88 Queensway Group’...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | MALAWISOUTH KOREA Seoul says no to youth export 2nd July 2013 South Korea ends speculation on the matter and begins to investigate Yoon Choong-sup, the man behind the plan South Korea is adamant that it did not and will not authorise the arrival of some 100,000 young Malawian workers, as announced by President Joyce Banda and her...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | GABONCHINA Tax troubles but business buoyant 2nd July 2013 Despite the legal actions and environmental problems, relations between the governments of Gabon and China are still strong Punitive action against a Chinese oil company following a tax dispute has not undercut Libreville-Beijing ties. Although the government revoked Sinopec-owned Addax Petroleum’s oil permit in Obangue in...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | TANZANIACHINA Pipeline and transparency protests 2nd July 2013 The details of contracts signed during President Xi Jinping's March visit – and their implications – are still filtering through Major Chinese investments, such as the new US$10 billion port to be built north of Dar es Salaam in Bagamoyo, are raising concerns amongst both the opposition and...