Dr Alain Tschudin
Mining money
While other countries’ attitudes towards Africa waver, China is seizing the opportunity to snap up the continent’s mining assets On 17 January this year, any remaining uncertainty over one of the largest transactions...
Backing a rogue state
Liberation struggle ties bind Africa to North Korea, and despite UN sanctions, the nation enjoys a reciprocal market for materiel, and more, on the continent The mere mention of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...
Modi courts Africa’s markets
East and Southern Africa’s sizeable Indian diaspora won’t necessarily cement the country’s ties with the continent, but careful diplomacy might In July 2016 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first official...
Gung-ho diggers quitting Africa in droves
The big players in Australia’s mining sector have grown wary of Africa’s regulatory requirements, but smaller miners still take chances on the continent Seen from an investment perspective, the pattern of engagement...
South Africa lagging behind the Asian Tigers
While South Africa is a developmental state on paper, it’s not keeping pace with Asian nations’ successes When Jacob Zuma assumed power in 2009 he promised to work on turning South Africa into a “developmental state”,...
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