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Monday, 20 January 2020

Star spot

How Marrakesh became the destination of choice for celebrities

What do Lætitia Hallyday, Julien Clerc, Meryl Streep and Jessica Alba have in common? They all spent the Christmas holidays in the Ochre City. ...

Friday, 17 January 2020

Scam artists

Nigeria: how fake representatives of a Qatari sovereign wealth fund fooled oil explorer Lekoil

A fraudulent loan and a bogus consultancy firm have put a damper on Nigerian oil producer Lekoil which, since it discovered and announced the ... fraudulent nature of an $184m loan arrangement with the Qatar Investment Authority, has suffered heavy losses on the London Stock Exchange, where its market cap fell £35m ($45.6m) in less than a week.

Retail rout

Massmart’s poised for showdown with union over downsizing

Massmart is embarking on a store downsizing process that could affect nearly 1,500 jobs and result in 34 DionWired and Masscash outlets being ... shut down.

Thursday, 16 January 2020

UK Africa

‘We can contribute to closing Africa’s infrastructure gap’ – UKEF

From Accra, UK Export Finance’s West Africa regional representative Steve Gray works to ensure that UK-backed loans help infrastructure projects ... get off the ground.

Article 5/5 of "UK Africa – towards a new partnership"

debt deal

DRC: Tshisekedi and Kabila meet to tackle Gécamines loan dispute

At the end of 2019, Félix Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila came together to discuss the dispute pitting Gécamines against Israeli businessman Dan ... Gertler. Also implicated in the case is Albert Yuma, the chairman of the board of directors of the mining company and a close ally of the former Congolese president.

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UK Africa

Vodafone: ‘We have a keen interest in Ethiopia’ Vivek Badrinath

A key UK investor in the continent, Vodafone’s outgoing regional CEO for Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific talks expansion plans, 5G and ... the geopolitics of technology

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UK Africa

The UK in Africa: facts and figures

As political and business leaders gather in London on 20th January to discuss the next steps in relations between the continent and the UK, here ... are the facts and figures underpinning the relationship

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uk africa

“Building relationships is more important” – Emma Wade-Smith

Trade commissioner for Africa, Wade-Smith talked to The Africa Report about the need for UK businesses to look beyond “traditional capitalism” ... when working in Africa

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UK Africa

Can UK companies find new partners across the continent?

Britain's exit from the European Union on 31 January creates an imperative for the UK to forge a new set of international alliances and trading ... arrangements.

The UK-Africa Investment Summit on 20 January is one chapter of this new economic diplomacy.

Article 1/5 of "UK Africa – towards a new partnership"

Race to the bottom

Ghana Chamber of Mines chief calls for tax incentives

Exploration for minerals in Ghana remains hampered by tax burdens, Sulemanu Koney, CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, told The Africa ... Report.

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