Vol 58 No 24 | ISRAELAFRICA Bibi goes vote shopping 1st December 2017 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems determined to revive his planned Africa-Israel Summit. The event, due to take place in Togo in September, had to be abandoned in th...
Vol 58 No 23 | FRANCEAFRICA Macron ponders Africa play 17th November 2017 President Macron is set to expound a vision for France's ties with Africa ahead of the Europe-Africa summit in Abidjan The speech by France's head of state in Ouagadougou on the eve of the 29 November Abidjan summit will be a cornerstone of his international strategy, and advisors have been submitt...
Vol 58 No 23 | AFRICABRITAIN Trading on the fly 17th November 2017 The latest leg of British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox's African charm offensive found itself overshadowed when his colleague International Development Secre...
Vol 58 No 21 | ECONOMYAFRICA Afro optimism loses momentum 20th October 2017 With some exceptions in Ghana and East Africa, economies are not keeping pace with population growth Hopes that the African Development Bank (AfDB) might maintain its recent 'Afro-optimism' were temporarily subdued on 12 October when the bank reduced its 2017 growth forecast for A...
Vol 58 No 19 | ISRAELAFRICA Bibi rebuffed 22nd September 2017 A five-day Africa-Israel summit scheduled for 23 October in Lomé, Togo, has been postponed indefinitely after pressure from African governments and fears of a boycott. South Africa...
Vol 58 No 18 | UNITED STATESAFRICA The EAC's used clothes 8th September 2017 A ban on used jeans makes for an unlikely trade war. However, there are growing concerns that Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda will be among the first to feel the wrath of President Don...
Vol 58 No 15 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Growth and less opportunity 21st July 2017 African governments hoping for an easy ride from President Donald Trump's government got a reality check when, on 13 July, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in the P...
Vol 58 No 14 | UNITED STATESAFRICA No last trump for AGOA 7th July 2017 While the new US leader remains uninterested in Africa, we take a look at prospects for the American version of 'trade not aid' Few expect Africa to be a priority for President Donald Trump in view of his determination to put 'America First'. Though he has not yet unpicked any of Barack Obama's Africa-relat...
Vol 58 No 13 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA UK vote stalls trade talks 23rd June 2017 The British government's failure to get a mandate for a 'hard Brexit' leaves its plans for increased African trade on the back burner The United Kingdom's shock election result on 8 June, which deprived Prime Minister Theresa May of her governing majority, is likely to alter radically her Conservative government'...
Vol 58 No 13 | ISRAELAFRICA Friends in African places 23rd June 2017 Israel is working harder on improving relations in Africa than at any time since its 1970s' diplomatic push which was designed to isolate its Arab enemies. Prime Minister Benjamin ...