Commitment to delivering value-added projects - Compiled by Moses Chege Kasaija
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, operates two mining projects in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana, approximately 290 km northwest...
Land Nationalisation - By Stephen Greenberg
ANCYL President Julius Malema’s recent comments on land nationalisation have caused quite a stir. The owners of wealth thought this topic had been put to rest with the passing of...
Indigenisation Without Discouraging Foreign Investors - By Charles Shonayi
Foreign owned firms operating in Zimbabwe with a net asset value of US$1 were given a deadline of up to the 25th of September 2011 to submit compliance plans to the gazetted Indigenisation...
A Resource Blessing Never A Curse - By Noel T Ngangira
A belief that I find to be fundamentally flawed is the so-called “resource curse of Africa”. That belief is based on an equally flawed notion that because of the abundance of mineral wealth in Africa...
Lessons on Transparency in the Extractive Industry Sector - By Uche Igwe
I recently had the rare privilege of listening to and speaking with Senator Benjamin L. Cardin of the Unites States Senate. He was a guest lecturer at an investment conference organised...
Advanced Remote Monitoring for Industrial and Utility Environments - By Tim Craven
In today’s industrial networks safety, security, reliability and traceability are key components of an efficient and productive environment. Since 2001 IV&C (Industrial Video and Control) have...
Where is the World Bank’s energy sector strategy headed? - By Paulina Garzon
As the World Bank (WB) goes through a crisis of relevance in the face of new lenders with greater financial capabilities and fewer rules, it is also widely recognized as...
Nuclear Power Will Lead to Economic Ruin - By Glenn Ashton
The technocrats are on the ascent and nuclear power is yet again on the cards for South Africa. How has the moratorium of 2008 been reversed? How can nuclear power...
The Solar PV Gold Rush to South Africa - By Dominic Goncalves
South Africa’s 20 year master energy plan, the IRP, was finalized in March, 2011, after much public comment and debate. The distinct winner for the plan is solar PV...
Who Will Pay for Country's New Electricity Plan? - By Saliem Fakir
Recently the South African Cabinet approved the new 20-year electricity plan also called the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2010-2030). Without getting into too much detail about the new plan...
Saving Uganda From Its Oil - By Jason Hickel
In 2006, Uganda confirmed the presence of enormous commercial petroleum reserves around Lake Albert along the country’s western border. Since then, geologists have proven at least 2 billion barrels...
Continent's Biggest Market Lies Within - By Timothy Spence
Global demand for African oil and precious metals has fuelled a continental surge in exports, helping some of the world's poorest countries rebound from the 2009 economic shock...
Winds Against the Soul of Petroleum Industry Bill - Tutu Folasade-Koyi
Sometime in 2008, anxious to address the seeming imbalance in the nation's petroleum industry, particularly where it tilts against government and accruable revenue there from, late President...
Abyei Ambivalant Even After Referendum - By Matthew Stein & Stephen Bol
As Sudan's leaders gathered in Khartoum on February 7, 2011 to announce the south's overwhelming vote in favor of succession, the issue of Abyei, a turbulent region at the crossroads of...
