Mozambique: A New Bridge & A New Road Brings Limited Vitalisation of the Far South
africa deployments your trusted employer of record The unlocking of a unique tourism area and a new cross-border trade route… It was 2017 when my colleague, Roelof and I visited Maputaland. This area encompasses the far north of the KwaZulu-Natal coast, spreading all the way up to Katembe town just south of Maputo City in […]
Morocco: A Significant Investor in Sub-Saharan Africa
My initial experiences of Moroccan activity in sub-Saharan African countries… It was the mid-1980’s, and I had just landed at Malabo Airport in Equatorial Guinea. I was pretty nervous because I had two pockets full of CFA bank notes. My mission was to hand the money to the manager of the farm we were operating […]
Zambia: The Strategically Located But Largely Unexploited Luapula Province
A road connection to the rich Copperbelt… The first time I went to Luapula Province in north-eastern Zambia was in 2014. I had heard that it was the ‘province of the future’, with much economic potential. I duly decided to prepare a visit, and later led a business mission there to investigate possible business opportunities […]
Senegal Sets the Example for Africa with Efficient Water Supply Delivery in a Semi-Arid Area of the Continent
A water-stressed region… At over three million square kilometres, the Sahel region stretches from Senegal to Sudan, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, traversing the countries that lie south of the Sahara Desert. It is a hot and arid area, long-plagued by drought and desertification. Water supply is a major ongoing challenge […]