Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MOZAMBIQUEJAPAN Agricultural revolution delayed 31st May 2013 The ProSavana project that could turn Mozambique into a major agricultural producer has yet to convince local civil society groups and farmers The ProSavana project has been set up to repeat a Japan International Cooperation Agency programme that helped to turn Brazil's Cerrado region into a major agricultural producer. Its...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Too great expectations 31st May 2013 The Sicomines deposits contain smaller copper reserves than predicted and some detect deep problems in the partnership with China In early May, Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon sent shockwaves through Kinshasa when he told the United Nations-backed Radio Okapi that the partnership between Congo-Kinshasa and China...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | SOUTH KOREAAFRICA Angry envoys 31st May 2013 Seoul is developing new initiatives to bolster its African diplomacy but is inadvertently ruffling feathers with perceived errors in protocol Ahead of the late May visits to Seoul of Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Armando Guebuza of Mozambique, new President Park Geun-hye declared that South Korea must...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MADAGASCARSOUTH KOREA Seoul food 31st May 2013 South Korean diplomats are working to help Daewoo Logistics regain at least part of a huge land-lease deal the company lost after Madagascar's 2009 coup d'état. In May,...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | ZIMBABWECHINA Small beer from Beijing 31st May 2013 Vice-President Wang Yang’s visit sees scrabbling state media rerun an old warning to Chinese companies from Prime Minister Tsvangirai Zimbabwe's new constitution finally passed into law on 22 May and the way is now clear for elections. The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is pushing for the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MALAWISOUTH KOREA Youth export palaver 31st May 2013 Parliamentarians were up in arms after hearing that up to 100,000 young Malawians could be soon on their way to work in South Korea’s factories and farms in...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MALIINDIA Not in our back yard 31st May 2013 While Mali’s government is preoccupied with retaking the northern region occupied by Islamists and Tuareg rebels, Indian firm Sahara Mining is facing challenges of its own in Tienfala,...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | SIERRA LEONECHINA Doors opening 31st May 2013 China’s Kingho Energy has big ideas for Sierra Leone, but such plans could go the way of many other ambitious investments. The US$6 billion agreement the company signed...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | SINGAPORE Masagos Zulkifli 31st May 2013 Senior Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Singapore In May, Masagos Zulkifli bin Masagos Mohamad spent four days in South Africa and six days in Nigeria, where he held talks with government officials and...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | CHINA Hu Huaibang 31st May 2013 Chairman, China Development Bank Hu Huaibang, outgoing Chairman of Shanghai-based Bank of Communications, replaced Chen Yuan as Chairman of China Development Bank in May. As of February, the CDB had...