Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | ANGOLACHINASINGAPOREAFRICA China Sonangol is open for business 5th October 2011 Transparency has not been a major feature of China Sonangol’s and China International Fund’s activities in Africa, but one of the investment vehicles is now embarking on a human-resources drive...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 9 | SINGAPORE Sellapan Ramanathan 13th July 2011 President Sellapan Ramanathan, more frequently known as S.R. Nathan, will step down at the end of his second six-year term on 1 September. The 87-year-old was still spry enough...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | SINGAPOREAFRICA Big plans, small city-state 13th May 2011 Singapore is widening its net in Africa. The city-state’s trade with sub-Saharan Africa reached US$8.4 billion in 2009 and it punches above its weight in financial terms. Geographically...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | ZIMBABWECHINASINGAPORE Trucks, triads and subs 13th May 2011 Few believe the official explanation that 87-year-old President Robert Mugabe’s frequent visits to Singapore are to monitor his February cataract operation or that he is being the doting...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | SINGAPORE Christina Tan 28th February 2011 Vice-Chairperson of the Africa Business Group, Singapore Business Federation President Paul Kagame‘s moves to turn Rwanda into ‘the Singapore of Africa’, a financial and information technology hub, have captured the city-state’s attention. Businesswoman Christina Tan led a...