Zambia
Interview with David Matongo, Co-chair of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly After 24 years as chairman, or managing director, David Matongo continued to work in business whilst launching a political career in his native Zambia.
Matongo is currently Chairman and Director of David and Dash Holdings Limited and is director or member of the boards of many local and international bodies. He...
The winning in 2012 of the bid to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – the most powerful radio telescope in the world would bring a plethora of benefits to South Africa and the African continent, says South Africa’s Project Director for SKA, Dr. Bernie Fanaroff.
South Africa was short-listed to site this iconic telescope in 2006 by the SKA Steering Committee....
The serious lack of transport in Sub-Saharan Africa is a challenge that the EU and Africa are tackling together, through their Partnership on Infrastructure.
This partnership provides a strategic framework to improve the interconnection of transport networks across the continent. It is supported by the European Development Fund through its traditional instruments – such as the National and...
“We are presently engaged with those EPA partners still committed to the process in order to keep the negotiations on track and to deliver successful outcomes in the not so distant future”, says EU trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, in an interview with The Courier.
Only one ‘full’ EPA with CARICOM has been signed to date. How can EPA talks be given new impetus?...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
Bishop of Congo-Brazzaville and champion of human rights Mgr Louis Portella-Mbuyu has been campaigning for over a decade for a fair distribution of the revenue of mining and oil multinationals in Africa. The Courier spoke to him in Brussels on 15 September on the fringes of a European Parliament debate.
Mgr Portella-Mbuyu was the star guest in the debate organised by MEPs Charles Goerens (...
A more open European Union market for Zambia’s sugar exports is creating new investment and jobs and increasing the country’s export receipts.
Since last year, the duty and quota-free market is ushering in new investment opportunities for sugar in Zambia’s huge arable lands to supply new markets and new industries. It is predicted that Zambia’s sugar industry will grow...
Ah ... the pursuit of self-interest ... that greatest of all motivators of mankind ... can sometimes have wider benefits and it is indeed a cornerstone of modern society. My neighbour and I agree not to clobber each other over the heads because it is in our mutual and separate self-interest.
Self-interest is then also the main driver of South Africa's keen promotion of the economic...
EU grounds African airlines
An EU ban on over 100 African airlines from its airspace is benefitting EU companies, says the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The latest update of the EU’s regularly revised ‘blacklist’ of international air companies that do not comply with EU regulations was published on 30 March 2010. Eleven – out...
HIV/AIDS: Responsible cooperation
Health – and the fight against HIV/AIDS in particular – is one of the South African Government’s biggest priorities, alongside education, employment and combating poverty.
Southern Africa, and South Africa in particular, has one of the highest Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rates in the world. The virus is notably prevalent among women...
Interview with David Matongo, Co-chair of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly After 24 years as chairman, or managing director, David Matongo continued to work in business whilst launching a political career in his native Zambia.
Matongo is currently Chairman and Director of David and Dash Holdings Limited and is director or member of the boards of many local and international bodies. He...
The winning in 2012 of the bid to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – the most powerful radio telescope in the world would bring a plethora of benefits to South Africa and the African continent, says South Africa’s Project Director for SKA, Dr. Bernie Fanaroff.
South Africa was short-listed to site this iconic telescope in 2006 by the SKA Steering Committee....
The serious lack of transport in Sub-Saharan Africa is a challenge that the EU and Africa are tackling together, through their Partnership on Infrastructure.
This partnership provides a strategic framework to improve the interconnection of transport networks across the continent. It is supported by the European Development Fund through its traditional instruments – such as the National and...
“We are presently engaged with those EPA partners still committed to the process in order to keep the negotiations on track and to deliver successful outcomes in the not so distant future”, says EU trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, in an interview with The Courier.
Only one ‘full’ EPA with CARICOM has been signed to date. How can EPA talks be given new impetus?...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
Bishop of Congo-Brazzaville and champion of human rights Mgr Louis Portella-Mbuyu has been campaigning for over a decade for a fair distribution of the revenue of mining and oil multinationals in Africa. The Courier spoke to him in Brussels on 15 September on the fringes of a European Parliament debate.
Mgr Portella-Mbuyu was the star guest in the debate organised by MEPs Charles Goerens (...
A more open European Union market for Zambia’s sugar exports is creating new investment and jobs and increasing the country’s export receipts.
Since last year, the duty and quota-free market is ushering in new investment opportunities for sugar in Zambia’s huge arable lands to supply new markets and new industries. It is predicted that Zambia’s sugar industry will grow...
Ah ... the pursuit of self-interest ... that greatest of all motivators of mankind ... can sometimes have wider benefits and it is indeed a cornerstone of modern society. My neighbour and I agree not to clobber each other over the heads because it is in our mutual and separate self-interest.
Self-interest is then also the main driver of South Africa's keen promotion of the economic...
EU grounds African airlines
An EU ban on over 100 African airlines from its airspace is benefitting EU companies, says the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The latest update of the EU’s regularly revised ‘blacklist’ of international air companies that do not comply with EU regulations was published on 30 March 2010. Eleven – out...
HIV/AIDS: Responsible cooperation
Health – and the fight against HIV/AIDS in particular – is one of the South African Government’s biggest priorities, alongside education, employment and combating poverty.
Southern Africa, and South Africa in particular, has one of the highest Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rates in the world. The virus is notably prevalent among women...
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