Essential The Africa the Media Doesn't Tell You About
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The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
At this point SA is more pro-African than Zimbabwe. Like WTF?
South Africa land reform being worked out
South Africa land reform being worked out
This is why I am glad the EFF exists.
South Africa land reform being worked out
This is why I am glad the EFF exists.
The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
Nice but belongs in the Latin America/Caribbean thread.
The Odum of Ala Igbo
Hail Biafra!
Ohhhhh my bad.
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TZ orders multinational mining firms to open local bank accounts
Tanzania has directed multinational companies operating in the country's extractive sector to open local bank accounts so authorities can scrutinise their finances.
The move is in line with new mining laws aimed at curbing illicit financial flows in the oil and gas subsectors.
The companies are required to comply with the directive immediately in line with rules that came into effect in February this year.
The government’s decision will be seen as a bold move to stem the 'bleeding' that comes from loss of revenues from its lucrative mining sector to other jurisdictions.
A Global Financial Integrity report in 2014 estimated that Tanzania lost $8.9 billion (about Sh899 billion) in four decades through illegal financial transfers abroad.
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Kenyan billionaire awarded Sh38.9Bn power tender in Mozambique
Kenyan billionaire awarded Sh38.9Bn power tender in Mozambique - Capital Business
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan businessman has won a Sh38.9 billion tender to build and operate a 250 megawatt (MW) gas-powered plant in north-eastern Mozambique.
Business mogul and environmentalist Kariuki whose company, GL Africa Energy, will build a power plant at Nakala District and utilize gas from the Rovuma basin to generate electricity. Kariuki says he is delighted that the company has been selected by the Government of Mozambique to harness the potential of the Rovuma Basin gas reserves.
“Through state-of-the art power projects such as the Nakala District facility, GL Africa Energy is playing a vital role in generating affordable power to address the significant energy shortfall in the region and drive the development of the African Continent,” Kariuki commented.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonob...onaire-preserving-endangered-animal-species/2
FORBES: Meet Kariuki, The Kenyan Multi-Millionaire
Kariuki Ndegwa is one of Kenya’s most storied, yet elusive businessmen. Over the last three decades, Ndegwa, 60, has quietly built his company, the Janus Continental Group, into one of East Africa’s largest conglomerates while staying away from the limelight.
Modest in his personal life, calm in his demeanor, but audacious in business, Ndegwa has built a business conglomerate that includes The Hub - a premier shopping mall located in the beautiful leafy suburbs of Karen in Nairobi; Kenya’s leading manufacturer of Alcoholic beverages; Dalbit Petroleum, one of the largest oil distributors in East and Southern Africa, and Great Lakes Africa Energy. These businesses collectively employ more than 3,000 Kenyans and foreign nationals. Ndegwa is also the owner of the 5-star Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club, and the neighboring Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy and Animal Orphanage. Since acquiring the Animal Orphanage from its American owners years ago, Ndegwa has spent a fortune providing shelter and professional care to orphaned, injured, neglected, abused or frightened wild animals, with the goal to releasing them back into the wild where they belong.
Kenyan billionaire awarded Sh38.9Bn power tender in Mozambique - Capital Business
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan businessman has won a Sh38.9 billion tender to build and operate a 250 megawatt (MW) gas-powered plant in north-eastern Mozambique.
Business mogul and environmentalist Kariuki whose company, GL Africa Energy, will build a power plant at Nakala District and utilize gas from the Rovuma basin to generate electricity. Kariuki says he is delighted that the company has been selected by the Government of Mozambique to harness the potential of the Rovuma Basin gas reserves.
“Through state-of-the art power projects such as the Nakala District facility, GL Africa Energy is playing a vital role in generating affordable power to address the significant energy shortfall in the region and drive the development of the African Continent,” Kariuki commented.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonob...onaire-preserving-endangered-animal-species/2
FORBES: Meet Kariuki, The Kenyan Multi-Millionaire
Kariuki Ndegwa is one of Kenya’s most storied, yet elusive businessmen. Over the last three decades, Ndegwa, 60, has quietly built his company, the Janus Continental Group, into one of East Africa’s largest conglomerates while staying away from the limelight.
Modest in his personal life, calm in his demeanor, but audacious in business, Ndegwa has built a business conglomerate that includes The Hub - a premier shopping mall located in the beautiful leafy suburbs of Karen in Nairobi; Kenya’s leading manufacturer of Alcoholic beverages; Dalbit Petroleum, one of the largest oil distributors in East and Southern Africa, and Great Lakes Africa Energy. These businesses collectively employ more than 3,000 Kenyans and foreign nationals. Ndegwa is also the owner of the 5-star Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club, and the neighboring Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy and Animal Orphanage. Since acquiring the Animal Orphanage from its American owners years ago, Ndegwa has spent a fortune providing shelter and professional care to orphaned, injured, neglected, abused or frightened wild animals, with the goal to releasing them back into the wild where they belong.
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China wins back Burkina Faso, urges Taiwan's last African ally to follow
MAY 26, 2018 / 7:23 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
By Ben Blanchard
BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - China increased diplomatic pressure on Taiwan on Saturday by urging the self-ruled island’s last African ally, Swaziland, to align with Beijing as Burkina Faso re-established Chinese ties.
Taiwan, which is claimed by China as its own, is Beijing’s most sensitive territorial issue. Beijing says Taiwan is merely a Chinese province, with no right to state-to-state relations.
China has mounted a concerted campaign over the past two years to lure away Taiwan’s remaining diplomatic allies, as it seeks to pressure Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, who it fears wants to push for the island’s formal independence.
Tsai says she wants to maintain the status quo but will not be bullied by China and will defend Taiwan and its democracy.
On Thursday, the West African state of Burkina Faso said it was severing ties with Taiwan, the second country in a month to abandon Taipei, following the Dominican Republic.
Taiwan now has only one diplomatic ally left in Africa — the tiny kingdom of Swaziland — and official relations with just 18 countries worldwide, many of them poor nations in Central America and the Pacific such as Belize and Nauru.
Speaking to reporters in Beijing after signing an agreement to re-establish relations with Burkina Faso, the Chinese government’s top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi noted that only one African state had yet to come over to China.
“We sincerely hope that this county will join the family of China-Africa friendship at an early date,” Wang said, with Burkinabe Foreign Minister Alpha Barry at his side.
Wang added he was confident that all of Africa would stand by China’s side “in the historic cause of China’s full national reunification”.
Taiwan has accused China of using dollar diplomacy to lure away its allies, promising generous aid packages, charges China has denied. Tsai visited Swaziland in April to shore up ties.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Some countries have switched back and forth between Beijing and Taipei several times. It is the second time Burkina has cut ties with Taiwan. It last did so in 1973, before resuming relations with Taipei in 1994.
Barry said a delegation of Chinese experts would visit in the coming days to assess the county’s needs for development assistance, hopefully in time for an agreement by September when President Roch Marc Kabore would be in Beijing for a summit between China and African leaders.
“Burkina Faso intends to fully benefit from the strength and expertise of this county, seeking its support on many social and economic development projects in our own country,” Barry said.
China is Africa’s largest trade partner, with massive investments in mining, construction and banking, though it has been less active to date in Burkina.
Burkina is the fourth country to cut ties with Taiwan since Tsai came to office, following the Dominican Republic, Sao Tome and Principe and Panama.
The Vatican is possibly next, as the Holy See and China edge closer to an accord on the appointment of bishops there. (Writing by Adam Jourdan Editing by Louise Heavens and Helen Popper)
China wins back Burkina Faso, urges Taiwan's last African ally to follow
MAY 26, 2018 / 7:23 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
By Ben Blanchard
BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - China increased diplomatic pressure on Taiwan on Saturday by urging the self-ruled island’s last African ally, Swaziland, to align with Beijing as Burkina Faso re-established Chinese ties.
Taiwan, which is claimed by China as its own, is Beijing’s most sensitive territorial issue. Beijing says Taiwan is merely a Chinese province, with no right to state-to-state relations.
China has mounted a concerted campaign over the past two years to lure away Taiwan’s remaining diplomatic allies, as it seeks to pressure Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, who it fears wants to push for the island’s formal independence.
Tsai says she wants to maintain the status quo but will not be bullied by China and will defend Taiwan and its democracy.
On Thursday, the West African state of Burkina Faso said it was severing ties with Taiwan, the second country in a month to abandon Taipei, following the Dominican Republic.
Taiwan now has only one diplomatic ally left in Africa — the tiny kingdom of Swaziland — and official relations with just 18 countries worldwide, many of them poor nations in Central America and the Pacific such as Belize and Nauru.
Speaking to reporters in Beijing after signing an agreement to re-establish relations with Burkina Faso, the Chinese government’s top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi noted that only one African state had yet to come over to China.
“We sincerely hope that this county will join the family of China-Africa friendship at an early date,” Wang said, with Burkinabe Foreign Minister Alpha Barry at his side.
Wang added he was confident that all of Africa would stand by China’s side “in the historic cause of China’s full national reunification”.
Taiwan has accused China of using dollar diplomacy to lure away its allies, promising generous aid packages, charges China has denied. Tsai visited Swaziland in April to shore up ties.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Some countries have switched back and forth between Beijing and Taipei several times. It is the second time Burkina has cut ties with Taiwan. It last did so in 1973, before resuming relations with Taipei in 1994.
Barry said a delegation of Chinese experts would visit in the coming days to assess the county’s needs for development assistance, hopefully in time for an agreement by September when President Roch Marc Kabore would be in Beijing for a summit between China and African leaders.
“Burkina Faso intends to fully benefit from the strength and expertise of this county, seeking its support on many social and economic development projects in our own country,” Barry said.
China is Africa’s largest trade partner, with massive investments in mining, construction and banking, though it has been less active to date in Burkina.
Burkina is the fourth country to cut ties with Taiwan since Tsai came to office, following the Dominican Republic, Sao Tome and Principe and Panama.
The Vatican is possibly next, as the Holy See and China edge closer to an accord on the appointment of bishops there. (Writing by Adam Jourdan Editing by Louise Heavens and Helen Popper)
China wins back Burkina Faso, urges Taiwan's last African ally to follow
