Vol 62 No 4 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Far from obvious 18th February 2021 A year after promising to be Africa's 'partner of choice', the UK is offering little beyond more of the same In ordinary times, January's UK-Africa investment summit – the second such event ever and the first international investment event Britain has hosted since leaving the Europe...
Vol 42 No 23 | AFRICAAIRLINES No more handouts 23rd November 2001 Belgium's Sabena went bust. Swissair was to have rescued it but followed it into financial collapse. For Africa's business travellers and public servants, it's a disaster. Swissair...
Vol 62 No 11 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICACOVID-19 Parting on patents 27th May 2021 United States President Joe Biden's backing for an unlikely patent-waiver for Covid-19 vaccines is deft political manoeuvring. It announced the USA's return as lead player internat...
Vol 60 No 16 | UNITED STATESAFRICA AGOA no go 9th August 2019 The days of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which has granted tariff-free access for 6,500 products to the United States from 39 African countries since 2000, may be number...
Vol 42 No 10 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Queuing for influence 18th May 2001 Who's lobbying for whom - and what's it worth - in Angola, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Swaziland a...