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17 Jun 2011
 
 
Reversing deforestation and desertification: The NGOs that are painting Africa green
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported in 2008 that “Africa is losing more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of forest every year – twice the world’s average...
 
 
10 Jun 2011
 
Do green jobs threaten other jobs?
Low Carbon Future
You have probably heard this before: green industries will steal jobs from other sectors. Superficial logic invites superficial conclusions. But here is an exploration that may help to deepen the...
 
 
08 Jun 2011
 
World Bank confirms SA recovery, but growth lagging the region
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
The World Bank expects South Africa’s growth rate to recover to 3.5% in 2011, on the back of continued consumer spending and a recovery in private investment spending, which contracted sharply...
 
 
03 Jun 2011
 
SADC needs more investment
SADC
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an important investment destination not only for multi-national companies but for companies within the region.
 
 
Fretting over fracking
REAL ECONOMY: HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
There is no question that the debate about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is intensifying – not only in South Africa, but also in the rest of the world. As some interested South Africans...
 
 
26 May 2011
 
G8 leaders gather in France, eyes on Arabs, IMF head
G8 MEETING
Leaders of the Group of Eight began gathering in France on Thursday to endorse aid to new Arab democracies, but wrangling among Western and developing economies over who runs the IMF may take up...
 
 
10 May 2011
 
Chad's Deby wins reelection in boycotted poll
CHAD ELECTION
Chad's President Idriss Deby won a presidential election by a landslide, according to official results released on Monday, but the outcome was rejected by the opposition as illegitimate after a...
 
 
06 May 2011
 
Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t: Analysing alternative energy and oil in East Africa
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Alternative forms of energy, including solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric power, are used frequently throughout East Africa. In Kenya, for example, an estimated 60% of generated electricity...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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