Vol 5 (AAC) No 9 | BENINCHINABRIEFING Union takes government and China to task 30th June 2012 Benin’s Syndicat national des travailleurs de l’administration des transports et des travaux publics (Syntra-Ttp) is leading public calls for African governments to hold Chinese co...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 9 | MADAGASCARCHINABRIEFING Miner’s missing millions 30th June 2012 Prime Minister Jean-Omer Beriziky says that Chinese investors are angry about the treatment they have received from the government. Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation executives voci...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 9 | ALGERIACHINABRIEFING Hang up and call later 30th June 2012 On 6 June, Algeria’s courts ruled that Chinese telecoms companies Huawei and ZTE are banned from participating in public tenders due to their inappropriate relationship with a form...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 9 | CHINAAFRICABRIEFING A matter of private equity 30th June 2012 Africa’s top private equity firms are in talks with their Chinese counterparts to channel a new wave of investment into African companies. On 16 June, Vincent Le Guennou, Chief Ex...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 9 | CHINA Cai Fuchao 30th June 2012 Director, SARFT, China In late June, Mozambique was the first stop on Cai Fuchao’s three-nation tour that also took in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLECHINA Sassou draws in Beijing 1st June 2012 Billions of dollars of Chinese building contracts could shore up the Sassou-Nguesso presidency despite growing concerns about accountability The Chinese-led construction boom in Congo-Brazzaville has been assuming mythical proportions. In May, rumours – boosted by a mobile phone video – swept through Brazzaville and Kin...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | MAURITIUSCHINA Phantom economic zones 1st June 2012 Six years after the project was launched amid great fanfare, the foundations for the Chinese special economic zone have yet to be laid China's grand plans for special economic zones across Africa to emulate the success of its coastal manufacturing regions have hit problems in Mauritius and Algeria, showing that th...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ALGERIAEGYPTCHINA Zoning in and zoning out 1st June 2012 The Chinese special economic zone in Algeria is yet another case where plans to replicate successful Asian policies met with unpredictable local conditions.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | CHINAAFRICA Previewing FOCAC V 1st June 2012 FOCAC will review China’s successes in Africa, as well as its problems, but Beijing’s policy of non-interference remains non-negotiable Beijing hosts the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on 19-20 July, where China will make a raft of new promises to its African partners ...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ERITREACHINABRIEFING A golden entrance 1st June 2012 Australian mining firm Chalice Gold Mines announced on 27 April that it would sell its 60% stake in the Zara gold mine in Eritrea to China Shanghai Corporation for Foreign Economic...