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Displaying 15 results from 2013 (out of 132 total).

KCM on the back foot

With elections just two years ahead, the threat of job cuts unnerves the Lusaka government

Konkola Copper Mines, a subsidiary of Anil Agarwal's London-listed Vedanta Resources and Zambia’s second-largest copper producer, is having a rocky ride under the Patriotic Front government. In opposition,...


KCM on the back foot

With elections just two years ahead, the threat of job cuts unnerves the Lusaka government

Konkola Copper Mines, a subsidiary of Anil Agarwal's London-listed Vedanta Resources and Zambia’s second-largest copper producer, is having a rocky ride under the Patriotic Front government. In opposition,...


Essar on hold

Negotiations drag on but the relaunch of ZISCO will take place before year's end, according to the Commerce and Industry Minister


    Vol 7 (AAC) No 1 |
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Sunil Bharti Mittal

Chairman, Bharti Airtel, India

Beijing and New Delhi may profess that they are not in competition in Africa, but businessman Sunil Mittal made it clear in October that he regards Chinese companies...


Closing tax loopholes

Mauritius will host another round of talks to discuss amending a controversial tax treaty, as the finance sector shifts its focus to Africa

Mauritius has invited Indian officials to a new round of discussions, in early October, on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) signed by the two countries in 1982....


Grab first, drop later

Addis Ababa reconsiders policies after India-backed agribusiness projects fail to deliver

Ethiopia is rethinking its land policies after the failure by India’s large agribusiness ventures, which have also drawn much criticism from non-governmental organisations, to deliver results.


    Vol 6 (AAC) No 11 |
  • INDIA

Rahul Dhir

CEO, Delonex Energy, Britain

Delonex Energy was launched by Rahul Dhir in 2012. The former boss of oil company Cairn India is now working with Warburg Pincus, a large United States-based private...


    Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 |
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Subhanu Saxena

Chief Executive Officer, Cipla, India

Africa is a major market for the pharmaceuticals industry, especially with regard to antiretroviral and antimalarial medicines, and India’s Cipla aims to grab a big share of the...


Help for the East

With European security support to be reduced in 2015, Kinshasa is counting on China and India to help the UN mission and Congolese troops

India and China are offering to help President Joseph Kabila’s government secure its eastern borders following a series of bilateral meetings in June in Kinshasa. These offers follow...


    Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 |
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R. V. Kanoria

Former President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Businessman R. V. Kanoria, the former President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, led a 21-member delegation to Morocco on 27-31 May, to attend...


Not in our back yard

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,...


Middleman at the gate

On 26 April at the Libreville headquarters of Oil India Limited, Paul Maurice Tomo lay shirtless on the ground in front of a painted sheet that read:...


    Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 |
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Salman Khurshid

External Affairs Minister, India

Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs, was in Uganda on 17-18 April, on his first official visit to Africa. Ahead of the third India-Africa summit due in...


    Vol 6 (AAC) No 5 |
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Prasun Kumar Mukherjee

Managing Director, Sesa Goa, India

Prasun Kumar Mukherjee, Managing Director of Sesa Goa, India’s largest private iron-ore exporter, has announced that his firm will invest US$2.6 billion in the development of three Liberian...


Big projects and bottlenecks

Natural resources are still the main draw for investors but new markets for India’s food, services and consumer goods beckon the big companies

The Indian National Congress and Manmohan Singh will try to hang on until general elections are called, in mid-2014 at the latest. With corruption fuelling the public’s anger,...


Displaying 15 results from 2013 (out of 132 total).