Author Catherine Warrington in ‘The Story of the Ethical Elephants’ introduced us to the eight remaining elephants of the Noozoo, who are the only survivors of the herd after greedy humans took over their land, Afindica. This enchanting children’s book takes you on a journey of self discovery where each elephant represents one personality archetype [...]
The New Forests Company have been evicting citizens in order to accommodate forestry plantations in Uganda. They are now left with no option but to respond to the concerns of those affected. A report published by Oxfam highlighted that more than twenty two thousand people have been evicted, some facing a violent upheaval and others [...]
In their latest campaign for East Africa, the children’s charity, Plan UK, have called for 494 sponsors to come forward to help the children and families affected by the worst drought the region has seen for 60 years. The campaign has received the endorsement of medical practioner and television agony aunt Dr Miriam Stoppard, comedian [...]
Rising capital expenditure (capex) means the emerging African market for Iron Ore offers competitive pricing for industry consumers. Where the average capex per tonne of annual iron ore in stalwart exporter Australia is currently ~USD175/t, in West Africa it is notably 15-30% lower, at ~USD120-150/t. China, reported to have been the world’s biggest Iron Ore [...]
Perhaps not since way back in ‘97, when South African investigative journalists for the renowned TV series ‘Carte Blanche’ exposed illegal canned lion hunting, has there been such a scandal involving the country’s wildlife. Recently, there have been a number of headlines detailing alarming poaching statistics and the increase in the poaching of rhinos despite [...]
African Minerals Limited (AML) has announced its long awaited $1.5 billion equity sale to Chinese state-owned, Shandong Iron and Steel Group Company Ltd. (SISG). According to a company announcement today, SISG would invest the said amount in return for a 25% shareholding in AML’s flagship Tonkolili project and would also purchase iron ore under an [...]
Warnings have come from UN officials over the worsening of the humanitarian crisis in East Africa because of the harsh drought and conflict in Somalia, with concerns about tens of thousands of children dying. This is Africa’s worse drought in more than 60 years with the food crisis affecting more than 12 million people across [...]
African development is more effective when lead by African states and citizens, the new findings from the Overseas Development Institute shows. The report calls for a new outlook as it identified effective leadership, smart policies, institutional foundations and international partnerships as crucial roles needed to be played in development. Ghana has proved a star performer [...]
Experts at the Renaissance Capital’s 15th Annual Investment Conference in Moscow have stated that there is not a crisis in the oil market as prices are set to revert to $80- $100 per barrel. Meanwhile, the growing middle class in Asia and Africa and limited supply over time with both supply and demand shocks recently coming [...]
Farmers and governments need to improve water management as a UN report has found that climate change will have a significant impact on water supplies for agriculture. The report, ‘Climate Change, Water and Food Security’ by the Food and Agriculture Organization, warned that temperatures could increase by an estimated 4 degrees Celsius by 2080 and [...]
