Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Han Fang 2nd July 2013 President, Shanghai Chamber of Commerce in South Africa Chinese entrepreneur Han Fang, new President of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce in South Africa, moved to the country two decades ago and has since established a business empire w...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | VIETNAM Hoàng Bình Quân 2nd July 2013 Head of National External Relations Committee, Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnamese politician Hoàng Bình Quân, who heads the National External Relations Committee, led a Communist Party delegation to Morocco, Tanzania, South Africa ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | JAPANAFRICA TICAD V: An agenda for business 31st May 2013 TICAD attendees will discuss how to get the Japanese private sector involved in African development and how to fight against piracy and instability Japan will roll out its plan for the next five-year phase of African engagement at the Fifth Tokyo International Conference for African Development in Yokohama on 1-3 June. Boostin... READ FOR FREE
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MOZAMBIQUEJAPAN Agricultural revolution delayed 31st May 2013 The ProSavana project that could turn Mozambique into a major agricultural producer has yet to convince local civil society groups and farmers The ProSavana project has been set up to repeat a Japan International Cooperation Agency programme that helped to turn Brazil's Cerrado region into a major agricultural producer. I...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Too great expectations 31st May 2013 The Sicomines deposits contain smaller copper reserves than predicted and some detect deep problems in the partnership with China In early May, Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon sent shockwaves through Kinshasa when he told the United Nations-backed Radio Okapi that the partnership between Congo-Kins...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | SOUTH KOREAAFRICA Angry envoys 31st May 2013 Seoul is developing new initiatives to bolster its African diplomacy but is inadvertently ruffling feathers with perceived errors in protocol Ahead of the late May visits to Seoul of Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Armando Guebuza of Mozambique, new President Park Geun-hye declared that South Korea must shape it...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MADAGASCARSOUTH KOREA Seoul food 31st May 2013 South Korean diplomats are working to help Daewoo Logistics regain at least part of a huge land-lease deal the company lost after Madagascar's 2009 coup d'état. In May, Seoul dispa...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | ZIMBABWECHINA Small beer from Beijing 31st May 2013 Vice-President Wang Yang’s visit sees scrabbling state media rerun an old warning to Chinese companies from Prime Minister Tsvangirai Zimbabwe's new constitution finally passed into law on 22 May and the way is now clear for elections. The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is pushing for the polls t...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MALAWISOUTH KOREA Youth export palaver 31st May 2013 Parliamentarians were up in arms after hearing that up to 100,000 young Malawians could be soon on their way to work in South Korea’s factories and farms in an effort by government...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MALIINDIA Not in our back yard 31st May 2013 While Mali’s government is preoccupied with retaking the northern region occupied by Islamists and Tuareg rebels, Indian firm Sahara Mining is facing challenges of its own in Tienf...