Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | ANGOLACHINA No oil guarantees 7th November 2008 New Chinese investment in Angola has a note of risk attached Angola and China are to set up a'new model partnership'. This will involve the'sharing of risks' and will'complement existing models', said Gao Jian, Vice-Governor of the China Development Bank (CDB) on...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Reviews and renegotiations, again 7th November 2008 Contracts are once again revised in Congo-Kinshasa Kinshasa's Commission Ministérielle Chargée de la Revisitation des Contrats Miniers has revised the terms of China's biggest contract in Congo-Kinshasa, signed with the joint venture Sicomines, as part of a wider...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | CHINA Hu Deping 7th November 2008 President, China-Africa Business Council Facing a growing demand for agricultural products while its wealthy business people seek new opportunities, Chinese companies are searching for investments in Africa that go beyond energy and mineral...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | INDIA Akhil Gupta 7th November 2008 Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises Largely overshadowed by the family name and media attention devoted to Sunil Bharti Mittal, Akhil Gupta is Bharti Airtel's other Managing Director. Mittal is credited with the vision,...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | MALAYSIA Tiong Hiew King 7th November 2008 Rimbunan Hijau Group Malaysia's Rimbunan Hijau is the international logging company whose activities have fuelled Asian construction for 30 years. Despite heated criticism from environmental groups, Tiong Hiew King has become one of...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | JAPAN Masatu Kitera 7th November 2008 Director General of African Affairs, Japan Masato Kitera is a typical example of the dependable civil servants that Japan has assigned to its Africa projects in advance of TICAD IV, to be held in...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 6 | INDIAAFRICA The Delhi Durbar 7th November 2008 As Beijing and Tokyo boost their profiles, Prime Minister Singh's government hosts its first grand summit In a direct challenge to established Western interests and the continent's growing ties with China and Japan, India is promising to invest heavily in Africa's transport, energy and manufacturing sectors as...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 6 | INDIAAFRICA In the Navy 7th November 2008 The exercise of power on Africa's seas India has defined Africa as part of its wider strategic interest and is concerned about nuclear rival China's encroachment on what it perceives as its'wider sphere of influence' along...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 6 | INDIAAFRICA Chalo Africa 7th November 2008 The Indians are making moves in the diamond market, but will it last forever? Indian Commerce Minister Jairam Ramesh cut a deal with Endiama, Angola's state-owned diamond company, to facilitate the direct sale of stones to India by mid-2009. India is also...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 6 | NIGERIACHINA A $50 Billion Handshake 7th November 2008 Beijing may not want much to do with Nigeria A sizable and much-ballyhooed credit line looks to be little more than a goodwill gesture from China to Nigeria, promising much but delivering little. The brief fanfare attached to the initial...