Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | ZIMBABWEINDIA What’s mine is mine 28th February 2011 In November 2010, India’s Essar group (through its Mauritian subsidiary) announced it would take a 54% stake from the government of Zimbabwe in its long-troubled iron and steel wor...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 3 | INDIAAFRICA ‘An emerging priority’ 30th January 2011 New Delhi’s diplomats struggle to offer Africa something that Beijing and Washington do not India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describes Africa as ‘an emerging priority’ for his government, which is poised to reinforce its economic, diplomatic and security links with t...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 3 | INDIA Sriprakash Jaiswal 30th January 2011 Deputy Minister of Coal India is seeking African supplies to cope with a looming coal shortage. Dependent on coal, India has large reserves – 58.6 billion tonnes in 2009 – but environmental regulations ob...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 2 | INDIAAFRICA Digging deeper 27th December 2010 New Delhi wants to beat its international competitors in the race for new oil concessions by building strategic partnerships with Angola and Sudan India’s diplomats are looking for both commercial and ‘preferential’ means to access oil acreage and to increase oil supplies. However, the Indian government will need to speed up ...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 1 | INDIA Ravi Ruia 18th November 2010 Co-founder and Vice-Chairman, Essar Group The Essar Group’s overseas expansion is accelerating into Africa. In April, Ravi Ruia announced that his sojourn in London would become permanent. The city became his capital-raisi...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | NIGERIAINDIA India follows China’s lead 21st October 2010 Wherever China goes in Nigeria, India tends not to be too far behind. Chinese contractors may have landed all of the major railway deals in Nigeria (AAC Vol 3 No 4), but Indian man...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | INDIA Ratan N. Tata 21st October 2010 Chairman, Tata Group Ratan N. Tata is the Chairman of the Tata Group, an industrial conglomerate that began life as the cotton trading company of his great-greatfather, Jamshetji Tata. The Group now ...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | UGANDACHINAINDIAOIL AND GAS Queueing up for Lake Albert's oil 22nd September 2010 Indian and Chinese companies have joined the race for Uganda's oil assets in the Lake Albert Basin, where at least 2 billion barrels of oil have been discovered. Opportunities have...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | NIGERIACHINAINDIA Beijing gazumps New Delhi 20th July 2010 China's state companies advance billion-dollar oil and banking deals while India's plans are now on hold The Lagos State government, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the China State Construction Engineering Corporation signed an US$8 billion deal this month for a 300,...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIABRIEFING Take the diamonds and run 20th July 2010 A fly-by-night Indian company registered in Hong Kong has packed its bags and disappeared after mining diamonds and not paying taxes for more than four years. Kasaï Oriental...