Mining

The rise in commodities prices over the past decade (referred to by some economists as the ‘commodities super-cycle’) has led to a renewed debate on the role of the state in Africa’s mineral resources sector. Governments are increasingly exploring new

Read the rest of Time to improve state participation in Africa’s extractive industries – By Zanele Hlatshwayo »

The Republic of Congo’s mining industry is developing swiftly following 50 years of uncertainty. During a recent interview, Jean Omer Mpeho, the Press Attaché of the Republic of Congo Consulate to the UK, explained that after independence and prior to

Read the rest of Mining in the Republic of Congo: waiting for profits – By Madeline R. Young »

The arrival in town last week of a delegation of investors who met with Guinean president Alpha Conde is an indication that there is still appetite to invest in the West African nation, despite the prevailing sense of political risk

Read the rest of Guinea: The Mining Sector and Its Discontents – Risk or Reward? – Kissy Agyeman-Togobo at Songhai Advisory »

Today is The Times’ much-anticipated CEO Summit Africa with one of the more intriguing panels focusing on resource nationalism: opportunity or threat? Both the Indonesian government’s recent efforts to set out a timeframe for foreign mining divestment, and the developing

Read the rest of Resource Nationalism in Africa: what it means for governments, companies and communities – By Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica. »

There is a limit to what one can read into visual impressions made during the Mining Indaba in Cape Town earlier this month. For one thing, the paucity of Chinese mining, banking or government delegates at a large African mining

Read the rest of Zimbabwe: Rethinking investor risk – by Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica. »

Songhai Advisory LLP is a bespoke business intelligence consultancy providing critical insight on market opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor delivered his fourth budget to the Ghanaian National Assembly two weeks ago. The bill proposed significant changes to

Read the rest of Ghana’s Mining Sector: increase in taxes spark opposition from sector – By Songhai Advisory »

On 15 October 2011, around 400 Tuaregs who fought for Colonel Gaddafi in Libya returned to Mali’s northeastern region of Kidal. These tribesmen included mercenaries recruited during the 2011 insurgency in Libya and others who joined the Libyan Army after

Read the rest of Tuareg, Mali and a post-Gadaffi Sahel: rising risks to oil exploration and mining operations – By Exclusive Analysis Ltd »