1. Africa is now one of the world’s fastest-growing regions 2. Now more hopeful in Africa 3. Africa’s urban revolution in the 20th century 4. Romania declares witchcraft a legally-recognized (and taxable) profession 5. What happens to your digital footprints when you die? 6. “The fault lines that have divided us as a people extend… Read More »
Motor roads, together with their rules and conventions for using them, are quite literally cultural constructions. In this sense, the road regime in large parts of the African continent is still under construction. Road-making and road use draw from North Atlantic models, but observations of the African road makes clear that beyond the surface of… Read More »
I first read of land acquisition deals in Africa about two years ago. It was between South Korea’s Daewoo and the Madagascar government, and the details included leasing the land for 99 years, mainly for farming. The produce was to be exported, but Daewoo promised to invest 6 billion dollars over a period of twenty… Read More »