Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | INDIA Madhusudan Ganapathi 13th December 2011 Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, India Madhusudan Ganapathi Ganapathi, the new Secretary for the Western Region in the Ministry of External Affairs, hosted the India-Africa Strategic Dialogue on 24-25 November. The even...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 1 | INDIAWEST AFRICABRIEFING Indian mining houses struggle for contracts 10th November 2011 India-linked mining companies have had less luck than their Chinese counterparts in breaking into the West African market, arriving later on the scene than Chinese companies. Howev...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | INDIA Jyotiraditya Scindia 5th October 2011 Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, India
Vol 4 (AAC) No 11 | INDIA Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi 15th September 2011 Managing Director, Karuturi Global, India As the head of an established floriculture business specialising in cut flowers, Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi first expanded his company’s African interests several years ago, opening ...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 10 | INDIA B. Prasada Rao 31st August 2011 Chairman, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. B. Prasada Rao views recent events in North Africa and the Middle East with trepidation. As the domestic market grows ever more competitive, the regions become increasingly importa...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 8 | INDIAAFRICA The charge for Africa 9th June 2011 New Delhi’s second India-Africa summit seeks to reinvigorate trade and diplomatic ties with allies in Eastern and Southern Africa India– which held its second India-Africa summit in Addis Ababa on 24-25 May – is challenging China’s previously unparalleled reach across the African continent. The Asian hypereco...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 8 | INDIA Manmohan Singh: A reforming economist 9th June 2011 Prime Minister, India While playing down the notion that it is in competition with China, India has stepped forward with offers that demand attention. At the India-Africa summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | INDIAAFRICA Chasing China 13th May 2011 Indian diplomats cannot stop talking about Chinese operations in Africa and are getting more serious about trying to outdo them New Delhi’s not so secret competition with Beijing is heating up ahead of the second India-Africa Forum in Addis Ababa on 24-25 May. India’s diplomats are adopting Beijing’s most s...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | INDIA Sanjay Kirloskar 13th May 2011 Chairman and Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers India-Africa trade will grow to US$75 billion by 2015, according to Anand Sharma, India’s Commerce Minister. With trade now at $45 bn., India’s most influential business associatio...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | MAURITIUSINDIA The island scandal calls home 28th February 2011 Scandals continue to bring Indian investigators to Mauritius’s fine shores. After last year’s cricket financing scandal (AAC Vol 3 No 7), India’s biggest-ever corruption case – lin...