Vol 2 (AAC) No 11 | JAPANAFRICA Africa slips down the foreign policy agenda 22nd September 2009 After its regime change, Tokyo will focus more on China and the USA and begin a cost-cutting review of its Africa and development policy initiatives Tokyo's pledges to double aid to Africa and offer US$4 billion in concessional loans are in question following the landslide election of the Democratic Party of Japan on 30 August....
Vol 2 (AAC) No 11 | CHINAAFRICABRIEFING Financial follow-through 22nd September 2009 Aggressive investment by the China Investment Corporation, which manages nearly US$300 billion of Beijing's $2.1 trillion in foreign reserves, is leading to a boom in Africa-focused investments. In...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 11 | NAMIBIAINDIABRIEFING Nuclear-fuelled relations 22nd September 2009 New Delhi made one of its most important energy and resource deals in Africa on 31 August, signing an accord with the Namibian government to allow for trade...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 11 | CONGO-KINSHASASOUTH KOREABRIEFING The great South Korean commercial offensive 22nd September 2009 The latest result of the close ties between Kinshasa and Seoul was revealed on 8 September by Générose Lushiku, Congo-Kinshasa's Minister of Urbanism and Habitat, who announced that...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 11 | GHANACHINABRIEFING An oil barter rescue 22nd September 2009 Oil industry officials in Accra are linking Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor's 18 September statement that Ghana had applied for a US$2 billion concessional loan from China to...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 10 | CHINAAFRICA Labouring the point 27th August 2009 A new report by African trades unionists accuses Chinese companies of breaking regulations on minimum wages and working conditions African trades unionists are stepping up their criticism of the Chinese companies in countries like Algeria, Nigeria and South Africa. In mid-August the Congress of South African Trade Unions called on...