Western business law practices which have built up lasting partnerships with their African counterparts are still thin on the ground. The majority of them are content to handle their African contracts directly from London, New York or Paris.
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For the summit of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, the Pacific, Africa and the Caribbean (Aldepac), being [...]
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The budget cuts decided by the Minister for Finance Rama Sithanen, hit hard on the Minister for Tourism Xavier Luc [...]
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President James Michel wrong footed the opposition during his speech to the nation yesterday by dissolving Parliament and calling an [...]
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Four Anglo-Saxon companies have been pre-selected to give technical assistance to the unit modernising the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) through [...]
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According to a source close to the Ethiopian ministry of defence, the Ethiopian army has obtained satellite photos from the [...]
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The businessman Habib Kagimu, chairman of Tamoil East Africa, is in indispensable intermediary in Kampala for anything connected with Libya.
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The Tanzanian government has been careful to choose businessmen well connected with sectors of interest to Dar es-Salaam as its honorary consuls abroad.
Six months before the general election, a businesswoman on good terms with the present government of Kenya is to launch the first TV station in the vernacular.
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The joint founder of a legal practice last year, Mahomed Salim Abdul Carimo Omar has since then put his energy into creating several consulting companies.
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The release of Western tourists kidnapped in East Ethiopia has led to words between Meles Zenawi and Seyoum Mesfin.
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The head of the national agency for risks and natural disasters is the subject of an inquiry by the finance ministry. He is being uncooperative.
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The International Finance Corp (IFC, part of the World Bank group) is to decide at the end of March on [...]
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Caddell is pulling out all the stops to win the contract to build the new American embassy in Djibouti.
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The South Korean company has won the lion’s share of a contract worth 11 million euros to supply new coins to the Khartoum authorities.
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The services of the Director of Public Prosecution have come to the aid of a VIP’s son on several occasions, enabling him to avoid being prosecuted by a local bank.
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Two American companies have fought it out for the contract to sell a system for making secured driving licences and vehicle log books.
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The chairman of a South African company with ties to the African National Congress is the director of a British company working the Marropino mine.
The IMF approval of funding is partly hanging on the discharge of the huge debt the Comoros has with the African Development Bank.
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The young (28) US naturalised Somalian who represents President Abdullahi Yussuf in the United States has support from several conservative [...]
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A successor has finally been found for the highly sought-after post of CEO of the promotion body Enterprise Mauritius (EM), [...]
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The new UNIDO representative for the Indian Ocean, from 15 March and based in Antananarivo, is a Frenchman and close [...]
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The deputy director general of the Africa and Middle East department of the Finnish ministry for foreign affairs on post [...]
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During a recent meeting of its executive committee, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF, Ethiopian opposition) gave the task of heading [...]
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Just as the presidential election is drawing up in France, one of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin’s technical advisors has [...]
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Visiting Mauritius this week, the President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana [...]
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The former anti-colonial combatant and General in Frelimo, José Moiane [...]
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Two Mozambican businessmen could soon receive a French distinction. They [...]
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An advisor to President Jakaya Kikwete wrote a letter to [...]
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The Portuguese Ambassador to Paris, Antonio Monteiro, has been mandated [...]
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The independent inquiry into the violent incidents on 3 October [...]
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During a meeting on 12 March with the leader of [...]
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The Tanzanian police force has begun to release the names [...]
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The words uttered by President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi against his [...]
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A new tour operator is to market the Andilana Beach [...]
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Electricité de Mayotte (EDM, parastatal) has chosen the French subsidiary [...]
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The majority shareholder in the company is considering a variety [...]
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Two brothers and their cousin have rationalised their activities by [...]
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The private TV station owned by President Marc Ravalomanana has [...]
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Samuel Malin, the British manager of oil prospecting company Madagascar [...]
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has begun [...]
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The Austrian fire engine manufacturer did not appreciate being beaten [...]
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Until now represented in Antananarivo by Revou Zane, the South [...]
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Despite its difficulty in completing the Kampala Northern Bypass roadworks [...]
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