Ethiopia: Prospects for a Health Sector Transformation?
The mission The client was a multinational pharmaceuticals manufacturer, specialising in the production of drugs that treat rare diseases. Special emphasis was on the fields of oncology (cancer) and nephrology (kidney disease.) My mission was to visit the second most populous country in Ethiopia (about 105 million), to gauge the state of specialised healthcare there. […]
Botswana: Can Maun Evolve into Something More Than Just the ‘Welcome Mat’ to the Okavango Delta?
The precious Okavango Delta. A major ‘bucket list’ item… It’s a question clients have asked me many times: “You’ve travelled all over Africa. How come you’ve never been to the Okavango?” The truth is that it was on my ‘bucket list’ for many years. And then one day, in early 2019, my partner, Terry and […]
Zambia: Mpulungu Port As A Unique Inland Waterway Trade Route
One day I’ll get to visit Mpulungu… I have to start with the confession that I have never been to Mpulungu before. I had my first opportunity in the very early 1990-s, when I was with the Africa division of the South African Foreign Trade Organisation (SAFTO). I had heard from my Zambian contacts that […]
