Friday, 25 March 2022 The Fourth South African Investment Conference (SAIC) is under way at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. The conference sets out to: showcase the investment opportunities available in...
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Heart and sole
Ethiopia’s footwear marches on Bethlehem Alemu is making great strides in creating employment and developing artisanal skills The flagship soleRebels store in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, is a hipster shoe...
Nigeria: attractive investment?
Within the first nine months of his administration Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has travelled 26 times to 23 countries. His incessant foreign travels have attracted many comments from the nation. In March, a...
Time to rethink policy
Africa: mining Across the continent, a wave of mining policy adjustments is impacting Africa’s investment attractiveness By Jade Davenport Mining, by nature, is an exploitative, dangerous and environmentally damaging...
Africa in the wider world
SDGs: global partnerships Global partnerships are especially important to Africa where the strain on resources and institutions requires more support from developed nations By Andrew Donaldson Responding to climate...
Africa must nudge China towards more sustainable energy investments
Policy recommendations The Africa-China partnership needs escalation to a new sustainability-focused phase in which China prioritises, and Africa demands, proactive management of externalities such as labour,...
