fDiIntelligence: Middle East & Africa

• View from the Middle East: the PPP problem
  Public-private partnerships might seem tailor-made for the Middle East and Africa region, but the success rate is low. So what is going wrong, asks Mazdak Rafaty.
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• Israel hopes Innovation Box will bring R&D investment
  With its new Innovation Box tax regime Israel is among the countries looking to capitalise on new global tax rules that are expected to encourage greater alignment of intellectual property registration and R&D activity. Courtney Fingar reports.
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• Qatar crisis forces investors to rethink Gulf risk
  The ongoing crisis surrounding Qatar, in which a group of countries led by Saudi Arabia are enforcing a blockade, is a worrying development for investors in the Gulf. Jacopo Dettoni looks at the options available to them.
  - 4 days ago, 17 Aug 17, 7:00am -
• Zuma survives no-confidence vote amid corruption scandals
  South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, has survived a no confidence vote in the country National Assembly. However, the country is still reeling from a wave of high-profile corruption and malpractice scandals.
  - 11 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 7:04am -
• Ongoing Qatar blockade stifles investment
  Sanctions against Qatar are affecting the business viability of the whole Middle East, analysts warn
  - 13 days ago, 8 Aug 17, 11:09am -
• Iraqi port receives its largest cargo vessel
  Container ship berth marks Umm Qasr’s arrival on the China-Gulf Express route
  - 13 days ago, 8 Aug 17, 10:54am -
• Saudi Arabia investment minister seeks Vision 2030 boost
  Saudi Arabia’s minister for commerce and investment, Dr Majed Bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, is keen to revitalise the country’s FDI offering through its Vision 2030 programme. He tells Karen E Thuermer how initiatives such as a new entertainment…
  - 67 days ago, 15 Jun 17, 7:01am -
• View from the Middle East and Africa: how will Gulf airlines soar again?
  A plethora of global problems has combined with oversupply to hit airlines in the Gulf region. What can they do to redeem their reputations? Mazdak Rafaty reports.
  - 67 days ago, 15 Jun 17, 7:00am -
• Foreign minister looks to put Somaliland on FDI map
  Saad Ali Shire, the foreign minister of 'de facto state' Somaliland, tells Timothy Conley about the difficulties of attracting investment to a country not recognised by the UN. However, deals with the likes of the UAE and Ethiopia, and FDI from Coca-…
  - 67 days ago, 15 Jun 17, 7:00am -
• Egypt passes long-debated investment law
  Egypt has passed a new investment law following two years of negotiations, in the hope of cutting red tape. Natasha Turak reports.
  - 76 days ago, 6 Jun 17, 10:48am -

Financial Times: Africa Headlines

• newBuhari vows to stand up to Nigeria’s separatists
  President makes first speech since returning from medical treatment in London
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• newSouth Africa lets Grace Mugabe return home despite assault claims
  Move defuses diplomatic crisis with Zimbabwe but reignites concerns about the rule of law
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• newAngolan president to step down at election after 38 years
  Defence minister in line for top job but Dos Santos expected to retain influence
  - 24 hours ago, 20 Aug 17, 6:26am -
• Muhammadu Buhari returns to Nigeria
  Ailing president returns after three-month absence
  - 2 days ago, 19 Aug 17, 12:49pm -
• Barcelona and Spain’s sea of troubles
  Europe fears irregular migration will be intertwined with Morocco’s instability
  - 2 days ago, 19 Aug 17, 10:20am -
• Robert Loder, art collector, 1934-2017
  Businessman who created opportunities for African and Indian artists
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• South Africa issues ‘red alert’ to prevent Mugabe’s wife leaving
  Whereabouts of president’s wife unknown after assault accusation
  - 4 days ago, 17 Aug 17, 2:43pm -
• Kenyan opposition leader to challenge election results in court
  Raila Odinga’s decision to go to the Supreme Court may ease tensions after violence 
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• Kenyan opposition leader to appeal election result
  
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• Zambian opposition leader freed after state drops treason charge
  Businessman-politician stands by refusal to accept result of presidential election
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IBT: Africa

• China-Africa Summit: Xi Jinping Pledges $60B In 'Funding Support' For Development In Africa
  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday announced $60 billion in “funding support” for development in the African continent. The pledge was made during an opening address at the two-day summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which Xi is…
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• Xi Jinping Begins 5-Day Africa Trip Even As Chinese Investment In The Continent Drops
  Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off his five-day Africa tour from Zimbabwe Tuesday, receiving a warm welcome in the African nation that counts China as its biggest foreign investor. A slew of deals for power plants, infrastructure and agriculture…
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• COP21: Poor Countries Worried About Being Left Behind In Negotiations
  World leaders convene in France on Monday for the latest global conference on climate change, called COP21, in an attempt to forge the first legally binding climate agreement amid increasing urgency. Yet officials from some countries are worried that…
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• How Much Will Pope Francis' Visit Cost Africa? Kenya, Uganda Spending Millions Ahead Of Papal Trip
  Pope Francis will make his first visit to Africa this week, stopping in Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. But hosting the Holy See is not cheap, especially for impoverished and indebted African nations.
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• US Falls In Global Rankings Of Women's Equality: World Economic Forum
  For moms and dads looking to share the load of raising a newborn, there is Slovenia, which was once a republic in the former Yugoslavia. The country of two million offers some of the most generous paternity benefits in the world, allowing fathers…
  - 18 Nov 15, 7:45pm -
• Paris Terror Attacks 2015: Global Financial Markets Expect Short-Term Shock, Little Long-Term Fallout
  Conventional wisdom holds that Monday is likely to see a rout in stock markets worldwide, as investors recoil in panic from the terrorist attacks in Paris. But what meager data is available on the behavior of traders following such tragedies suggests…
  - 16 Nov 15, 4:28am -
• G20 Leaders Pledge Robust Fight Against Patchy Economy: Draft Communique
  BELEK, Turkey -- The heads of the world's 20 largest economies pledged to use all of their policy tools to tackle uneven economic growth that falls short of expectations, according to a draft Group of 20 (G20) communique seen by Reuters on Sunday.As…
  - 15 Nov 15, 11:21am -
• US Federal Reserve Interest Rate Hike Risks Turmoil In Emerging Markets
  If the U.S. Federal Reserve fumbles its long-planned move toward higher interest rates, the sharpest words about Fed Chair Janet Yellen are likely to come from the Turks, Brazilians, Indians, and Chinese, who borrowed in the currency that the Amer…
  - 13 Nov 15, 11:30am -
• Global Oil Glut Could Push Down Crude Prices Further: Report
  Global crude oil stockpiles have ballooned to a record high, providing the world markets with an unprecedented “three billion barrel cushion,” a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) noted Friday. However, a slowing global economy cou…
  - 13 Nov 15, 7:52am -
• Amid African Migrant Crisis, EU To Cut Remittance Fees In 15 Years
  Poor families in sub-Saharan Africa for decades have desperately relied on money sent home from loved ones working overseas. Whether sent in an envelope or through an electronic transfer, these remittances can put dinner on the table and send a ch…
  - 13 Nov 15, 7:11am -

Oxfam: Horn, East & Ctrl Africa Blog

• Smarter Aid
  By Nigel Tricks, Regional Director – Horn, East and Central Africa Two weeks ago, I visited Oxfam’s drought response in eastern Somaliland. We drove across a stark landscape; what should be a pastoralist heartland is now completely devoid of wate…
  - 97 days ago, 16 May 17, 10:27am -
• Shielded Communities
  By Faith Kasina The hour-long trek with the first glimmers of dawn is still very vivid in her mind. “By five o’clock each morning, my sisters and I were already on the road, walking to the community water pan to collect water,” narrates Teresa…
  - 97 days ago, 16 May 17, 9:59am -
• A PLACE WITH CLEAN WATER

  

  40 year old Hassna Hassen lives with her four children in Bisle district in Ethiopia’s Somali region, one of the hardest hit by the ongoing drought, owing to two consecutive failed rains. Just as the many pastoralist families living in the Somali r…
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• IAWG Launches Call To Action

  

  The inter agency working group on disaster preparedness in East and Central Africa (IAWG) has launched a regional Call To Action targeting the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that began on the 19th…
  - 20 Jan 17, 9:26am -
• Dome slabs innovation helps keep disease at bay in Tanzanian refugee camps

  

  By Mary Mndeme and Bill Marwa Over 177,000 people have fled from Burundi to Tanzania since the country descended into violence over a year ago. At least a third of those now live in the Nyarugusu camp, the third largest refugee resettlement located i…
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• In Pursuit of a New Identity

  

  By Dorah Ntunga “The only thing that keeps you going when you are a refugee is hope, for better days and peace. I know this because I have spent the biggest part of my life as a refugee.” This are the first words that 30-year-old Oyet Mathew a re…
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• An Uncommon Determination

  

  By Dorah Ntunga/Oxfam Uganda 28 year Achiro Alice is a mother of 5 children- three of her own, 2 adopted from her late sister and currently expecting her 6th child. . She lost her husband in the recent fighting and now has to take care of these child…
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• Hope In The Midst of Distress

  

  By Dorah Ntunga Growing up, I dreamt of becoming a doctor. Now all I dream about is the safety of my parents and brothers. Sometimes I dream that they are around but when I wake up, the grim reality of being alone sometimes paralyses me and I want to…
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• Being a model farmer is a dream come true

  

  Just over 3 years ago, there was no hope for success for Edward Malunguja (31) who was doing traditional subsistence rice farming on 2 acres rented farm “with little yield.” The story is different now to this married father of four from Nyitundu…
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• A system of rice intensification has changed my life

  

  “When my husband left in 1991, my life was very difficult. I didn’t have enough income to sustain my family needs. I was farming and owned seven acres of land but the yield was little such that I did not get enough income out of it.” Says Pili…
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Oxfam: South Africa Blog

• Safeguarding human and environmental rights of Mining communities in Zimbabwe
  
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• LAND FOR FOOD! Rural Women’s Assembly march on Human Rights Day
  For the RWA the story of Mandela is a story of struggle that started in the rural village where land and rural livelihoods was at the foundation of his life experience. Mandela’s life was a struggle for many freedoms! But his story and struggle is…
  - 21 Mar 15, 9:49am -
• Oxfam restoring hope to flood victims in Malawi
  Daud Kayisi: Media & Communications Coordinator, Malawi She has no structures she can call home. She has no maize that would assure her of the next day’s meal. She has no kitchen utensils anyway! She has no luxury for choosing what to wear because…
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• Rural Women Stories: Nomsa Selebano
  
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• Rural Women Stories: Elizabeth Motoko
  I’ve been campaigning since I was born. When I was 9 years old I travelled with my granny and mother to Pretoria to join a protest during the fight against Apartheid. In our community I can see people are struggling. I’m a strong, hardworking wom…
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  One in four people in sub-Saharan Africa are hungry, the worst prevalence of any region in the world and more than double the global average. Climate change is a major contributor to this, threatening the ability of more and more people to grow and b…
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• Learning from Typhoon Haiyan: Are Southern African countries ready for the challenge?
  A year after super-typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, a new report issued today by the Pan-Asian Oxfam team, Can’t Afford to Wait: Briefing Note calls for governments across Asia, backed by regional and global institutions and fair contribu…
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• Living on R6 a day in a country of 47000 dollar Millionaires
  By: Pooven Moodley Inequality is intertwined within existence in South Africa. From the days of royalty to colonization and apartheid, inequality has been systematically entrenched within the minds of people living in South Africa. My experience of i…
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• The Ninth African Development Forum: Key Asks and Priorities
  Domestic resources are, and will continue to be, the largest source of sustainable financing for development in African countries. While Official Development Assistance (ODA) remains a critical source of development finance in Africa, rising from USD…
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Oxfam: West Africa Blog

• Charte des Demandes: Réalisation des Droits Fonciers des Femmes en Afrique

  

  1. INTRODUCTION L’Initiative Kilimandjaro est une mobilisation des femmes rurales de l’Afrique à travers un moment emblématique au pied du mont Kilimandjaro au mois d’Octobre 2016. L’Initiative Kilimandjaro a été conçu par des femmes r…
  - 18 Oct 16, 11:23am -
• Kilimanjaro Charter of Demands

  

  1. INTRODUCTION The Kilimanjaro Initiative is a rural women’s mobilisation from across Africa towards an iconic moment at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro in October 2016. The Kilimanjaro Initiative was conceived by the Rural Women during a meeting of ru…
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• Stand Up for Women’s Land Rights; the Kilimanjaro Rural Women’s Communique

  

  The rural women of Africa have spoken. They demand an end to the retoric and seek secure land rights. Between 10th and 16th October 2016, 29 of them scalled the highest mountain in Africa-Mt Kilimanjaro just to make this statment. Their return on the…
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• Press release- #17April- Supporting #PeasantsStruggle in #WestAfrica.

  

    On April 17th, GROW campaign* in West Africa is joining the Via Campesina mobilisation** and global movement to support peasant struggles worldwide. For GROW, the priority is and remains the defence of family farmers, agriculture and livestock in…
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• Communiqué de Presse- #17Avril- Soutenir les #luttespaysannes en #AfriqueDeLouest

  

  En ce 17 avril, CULTIVONS* en Afrique de l’Ouest se joint au mouvement global pour soutenir les luttes paysannes à travers le monde répondant à l’appel de Via Campesina**. Pour CULTIVONS, la priorité reste et demeure toujours la défense des…
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• “My land, my life,” spoke out the Rural Women of West Africa

  

  Press release March 8, 2016- On March 8th 2012 International Women’s Day was dedicated to rural women’s empowerment in their role in poverty, development and hunger alleviation. Few years later, it is now obvious that challenges previously ident…
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• « Ma terre, ma vie », clament les Femmes Rurales de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

  

  Communique de presse Le 8 mars 2012, le thème de la journée internationale de la femme était dédié à autonomiser les femmes rurales pour éradiquer la faim et la pauvreté. Quelques années plus tard, force est de constater que les défis à re…
  - 8 Mar 16, 3:30am -
• International community fails West Africa yet again, as pledged Ebola recovery funds prove hard to trace
  Global leaders are failing to honour their promises to communities devastated by Ebola in West Africa, with $5.8 billion of pledged recovery funds proving almost impossible to track, Oxfam warned today. Six months since the International Conference o…
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• La communauté internationale a encore, une fois de plus, échoué en Afrique de l’Ouest étant donné que les fonds de relance post Ebola annoncés ont dû mal à être tracés
  
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• Oxfam provides additional boost to the Koinadugu district

  

  Oxfam in Sierra Leone has donated three new ambulances to the Koinadugu District Council. In an auspicious ceremony which was witnessed by the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation. Mr. Foday Sawi on Friday 15th January 2016, OXFAM Country Directo…
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The Economist: Africa

• Free exchange: Why Africa’s development model puzzles economists
  Print section Print Rubric:  Africans are leaving their fields, but not flowing into factories Print Headline:  Always something new…
  - 4 days ago, 17 Aug 17, 10:47am -
• Still yearning: The Republican Party is turning against legal immigration
  Print section Print Rubric:  Donald Trump is pushing the Republican Party away from its long-standing enthusiasm for legal migration Print Headline: …
  - 11 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 10:41am -
• Letters: Letters to the editor
  Print section Print Fly Title:  On Qatar, travel, English, France, Ronald Reagan, the young old UK Only Article: …
  - 18 days ago, 3 Aug 17, 10:49am -
• Open Sesame: Morocco and Algeria keep building more barriers
  Print section Print Rubric:  Fences and sand berms are making the two neighbours poorer Print Headline:  Open Sesame…
  - 25 days ago, 27 Jul 17, 10:47am -
• Schumpeter: Foreign executives need to get their feet dirty to succeed in Africa
  Print section Print Rubric:  By focusing on shoppers investors in Africa are missing a trick Print Headline:  Consumption conundrum…
  - 25 days ago, 27 Jul 17, 10:47am -
• An end to goat plague?: How to tackle one of Africa’s nastiest problems
  Print section Print Rubric:  Eradication is possible—with just a bit of help Print Headline:  An end to goat plague?…
  - 25 days ago, 27 Jul 17, 10:47am -
• Elections in fragile democracies: Make monitors matter
  Print section Print Rubric:  Foreign observers and local citizen-watchers can make the difference between a fair election and a disaster Print Headline: …
  - 32 days ago, 20 Jul 17, 10:44am -
• A thousand golden stars: China goes to Africa
  Print section Print Rubric:  China is making its presence felt across the continent in ways big and small Print Headline:  A thousan…
  - 32 days ago, 20 Jul 17, 10:44am -
• How to unrig an election: New methods and technology can make elections fairer
  Print section Print Rubric:  New methods and technology can make elections fairer. But it is still hard to dislodge an incumbent who is determined to cheat Print Headline:&nbs…
  - 32 days ago, 20 Jul 17, 10:44am -
• Painful memories: Italy and the Addis Ababa massacre
  Print section Print Headline:  Hearing their cries Print Fly Title:  Colonial atrocities…
  - 32 days ago, 20 Jul 17, 10:44am -

WSJ: Africa