Nbr. 466, August 2019
Index
- Foreign private investment now as big as foreign aid.
- Lusophone Compact to benefit Angola's private sector.
- SFO investigates banknote printer's South Sudan operations.
- Ethio Telecom's earnings rise by 7%.
- US imposes travel restrictions on Nigerians for 'undermining democracy'.
- World Bank supports fight against Ebola in DRC.
- France's Canal+ acquires Nollywood studio.
- Kenyan parliament votes to nationalize Kenya Airways.
- PepsiCo buys South Africa's Pioneer Food Group.
- South African government gives Eskom fresh loan.
- After Collymore: Safaricom faces the future.
- Bob Collymore, the artist who changed Safaricom.
- Strategic investments pay off for Kenya's largest brewer: East African Breweries Limited (EABL) is reaping the rewards of its decision to invest in key assets, as its managing director and CEO explains to Tom Collins.
- Can Nigeria's CFTA move undo the negative legacy of protectionism? Joining the African Continental Free Trade Area may be Nigeria's first step towards realising the potential of its business sector as a force in Africa, argues Dianna Games.
- Lagos urges commuters to head to the water: The waterways of Lagos offer a speedy means of alternative transport that could foster the local economy, but many hurdles need to be overcome, as Linus Unah reports.
- FIFA appointment shakes up African football: For some, the appointment of Fatma Samoura as "FIFA general delegate for Africa" offers the chance to resolve the controversies surrounding the Confederation of African Football (CAF), but for others it represents a hostile move, as David Thomas reports.
- Kenya's finance minister snared in dam probe.
- Africa and the IMF after Lagarde.
- Africa's Silicon Valleys ripen for investment.
- Zambian mining judgment calls for new depths in sustainability reporting.
- TICAD 7: Start of a new era for Japan and Africa.
- TICAD--empowering Africa through high-level policy dialogue since 1993.
- JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.
- The background to TICAD: Anver Versi explains the developments that led to the creation of TICAD in 1993.
- TICAD 7--HIGHLIGHTS.
- Japan expands its trade and investment in Africa: Japan is seeking to diversify the range of its trade partners in Africa and encouraging SMEs and startups to invest in the continent, as Neil Ford reports.
- MOROCCO LURES AUTOMOTIVE INTEREST.
- A FIRST FOR SUMITOMO IN AFRICA.
- INVESTING IN THE FULL FOOD CHAIN.
- Japan has come to Africa.
- JICA supports Kenya's development.
- Japan eyes its last largest market.
- Abiy's reforms embolden Ethiopian regionalists.
- Nigerian mining revival in the works.
- Gold miners struggle amid Zimbabwe currency woes.
- HR IS DEAD--LONG LIVE THE EMPLOYS EXPERIENCE: In his introduction to the second edition of Talent Matters Alex Mugan, Managing Director of Global Career Company, explains why it's time to stop focusing on humans as resources and start benefiting from the strategic possibilities of people.
- CAREERS IN AFRICA EMPLOYER OF CHOICE 2019-THE METHODOLOGY.
- AGGREKO AFRICA: WORKING ID BUILD STRONG AFRICAN LEADERSHIP: Interview with John Lewis, Managing Director, Africa--Aggreko.
- 'WE WANT TO ENERGISE OUR PEOPLE TO MAKE A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR BUSINESS': Interview with Edna Malavolonek, Head of HR, Aggreko Africa: Aggreko's Head of Human Resources for Africa talks to us about the company's main priorities for the talent agenda, how the company deals with its internal communications and what she is doing to support the diversity of the business.
- HOW BOSCH IS CUSTOMISING ITS GLOBAL EVP FOR AFRICA.
- PURPOLOGY--THE SECRET BEHIND AFRICA'S CHALLENGER EMPLOYER BRANDS.
- A culture of malfeasance: Oonagh McDonald reveals how the financial markets were rigged in the 2000s and sets out the reforms that still need to be implemented.
- DRC needs urgent long-term Ebola plan.