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South Africa 2012 Industrial Action Likely to Affect Mining Firms, Construction Companies and Major Seaports – By Robert Besseling, Exclusive Analysis Ltd.
Industrial action has increased in multiple sectors in 2011, with industry experts estimating 30 million working days lost so far this year, up from 20 ... -
DRC Free and Fair Elections: towards a democratic consolidation? – By William Townsend, Free Fair DRC
Two days after voting was supposed to have concluded in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first-ever consecutive presidential election, voting materials were still being delivered to ... -
Ghana’s Mining Sector: increase in taxes spark opposition from sector – By Songhai Advisory
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 ... -
The Zambian declaration: It’s time for change – By Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa
As a child growing up, I recall the fervor and momentum around Zambia’s first democratic multi-party election which took place in 1991. I remember running in ... -
South Africa’s Secrecy Bill: how problematic? – By Desné Masie
South African MPs recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of the “˜Secrecy Bill’ on “˜Black Tuesday’ (November 22), despite objections from civil society, the media and foreign ... -
Biafra Revisited: civil war leader Ojukwu dies – By Richard Dowden
There was one astounding moment at Chinua Achebe’s Colloquium at Brown University in the US last year when three of the most influential men in the ... -
South Africa’s carbon tax debate: Business awaits clarity – By Jolyon Ford, Oxford Analytica.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference (“˜COP 17′) started on Monday 28th in Durban. Whatever South Africa’s contribution to the multilateral debate, the business ... -
African Arguments Editorial: Congo – elections alone will not fix this broken state
The Democratic Republic of Congo is, as this piece is written, conducting its second democratic election since the end of the civil war in 2001. As ... -
A View of Abdullahi Gallab’s A CIVIL SOCIETY DEFERRED from a precolonial perspective – By Jay Spaulding
“Men make their own history, ” wrote a famous individual long ago, “but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it ... -
Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund – planning for a rainy day – By Songhai Advisory
Songhai Advisory LLP is a bespoke business intelligence consultancy providing critical insight on market opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria is one of only three OPEC member ...
