Vol 1 (AAC) No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASAASIA Another chance for Asia 24th October 2008 Indian and South Korean companies are joining their Chinese counterparts in the rush for Congo’s resources. As well as announcing new deals on mining and infrastructure development, Chinese companies are also moving into Congo’s much depleted agriculture sector. Palm oil is the attraction for Zhongxing Telecom (ZTE),...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 2 | AFRICAASIA The great building race 24th October 2008 China now has the biggest market share of Africa’s fast-growing construction sector as the demand for energy and transport booms Chinese construction companies are sprinting ahead of their Western rivals to secure the biggest state contracts and expand their market share in Africa’s new building boom. By the end of...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 2 | AFRICAOIL AND GASASIA Asia's oil interests in Africa 6th November 2008 Africa-Asia Confidential maps Asia's involvement in Africa's oil sector
Vol 1 (AAC) No 1 | NIGERIAASIA New order, new deals 23rd October 2008 Asian companies face new rules and new relationships in Africa’s most prolific but politically complex oil producer Reforms in Nigeria’s oil sector, promised by Minister of State for Oil Odein Ajumogobia, will mean that some of the multibillion dollar deals with Asian companies will be reviewed...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 1 | SUDANASIA Shifting sands 23rd October 2008 Khartoum’s côterie of Asian investors worry about a return to the North-South war China is trying to strengthen its diplomatic and commercial relations with Sudan despite the international opprobrium that those relations have attracted. Meanwhile, Khartoum’s ruling National Congress (NC, aka National Islamic Front) is...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 1 | AFRICAASIA Charting Africa's Chinese future 23rd October 2008 by Chris Alden The extravagance on show at the China-Africa Summit in Beijing last November marked the beginning of a consolidation of ties between the two regions. Chinese and African leaders celebrated their...
Vol 48 No 11 | AFRICAASIA Year of the Pig - the new scramble for Africa 25th May 2007 Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China Xiang Junbo explained that this is the Year of the Pig in the Chinese calendar, a symbol of fortune and good luck. For many of the 2,000 African delegates in Shanghai who heard him, that is starting to ring true. The revelation by African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka that the China Exim Bank, the country's official export credit agency, has agreed to finance projects worth some US$20...
Vol 48 No 11 | AFRICAASIA The Western response 25th May 2007 Ostensibly, Western finance officials welcomed Asia's developing ties with Africa at the African Development Bank meeting in Shanghai. Norway's Secretary of State for International Development, Anne F. Stenhammer,...
