Africa Matters - News from Africa

Baroness Chalker Calls For Projection Of Uganda’s Investment Opportunities Abroad

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Chalker has called on the Uganda Investment Authority (U.I.A) and the Uganda’s Diplomatic Missions abroad to project abroad a certified list of investment opportunities in Uganda. She was speaking as a panellist on the “Opport...

President Joyce Banda Courts British Investors

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The Daily Times (By Arthur Chipen, 7 June 2012) President Joyce Banda has shared her investment vision for Malawi and invited the British private sector to invest in the country. The President held a two hour meeting with potential British investo...

Recruiting New Position at Africa Matters

Africa Matters Limited — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

AML is recruiting for a new Client Manager

Job Description The Client Manager role oversees political, social, economic, and business development in francophone and West Africa. Particular focus will be on Nigeria, including having an understanding of the country’s role in the region...

The 11th Meeting of the Nigeria Honorary International Investor Council

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The 11th meeting of the Nigeria Honorary International Investor Council (HIIC) took place on 24-25 November in Paris. The meeting was presided over by Baroness Lynda Chalker who has served as Council Coordinator since the establishment of the Coun...

UK-Senegal Forum 2011 Held In London

Africa Matters Limited — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The UK-Senegal Forum was held on 3 November 2011 in London. The Government of Senegal was represented by a high powered Ministerial delagation, who gave presentations across the key sectors of the economy.

Baroness Chalker Speaks At FIDIC’s Conference

Africa Matters Limited — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Chalker was a panellist at a recent International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Annual Conference in Davos, designed within the African context. This year’s conference theme was, “Local Resources - Global Perspect...

Baroness Chalker Sets The Agenda For The Africa Green Investment Gateway (AGIG) Conference

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Lynda Chalker, Founder and Chairman of the Africa Matters Ltd, set the agenda for the recent Africa Green Investment Gateqway (AGIG) conference in her opening address, and highlighted the gap in infrastructure in Africa, where an overall ...

President Kikwete Spells Doom For Malaria - Baroness Chalker Hands Over MMV Board Chair

Africa Matters Limited — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

President Jakaya Kikwete has restated the country's determination to eradicate malaria deaths within the next four years and appealed for increased co-operation between public and private sectors to achieve the goal. Malaria is still the leadi...

Baroness Chalker Speaks On Renewable Energy Issues In Africa

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Chalker attended the World Economic Forum for Africa held on 4 – 6 May 2011 in Cape Town. While at the Forum she spoke to ABN’s Lerato Mbele about renewable energy issues in Africa. Please watch the interview clip at the link ...

Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister to Lead Senior Ministers to UK for 9 June

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A high-level Ethiopian delegation, led by Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, is scheduled to leave for London in the first week of June 2011, to participate in the first investment forum between the United...

Britain stands ready to work with African countries every step of the way - William Hague

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Foreign Secretary William Hague on 22 March 2011 spoke about the situation in Africa in a speech to The Times CEO Summit Africa in London. See below the speech transcript: It is a pleasure to be here this afternoon, and I congratulate The Times fo...

Baroness Chalker Speaks Out On Counterfeits

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Whilst in Nairobi for the launch of Trademark East Africa on 1 February 2011, Baroness Chalker spoke to African Business Network on the “Cost of Counterfeit Goods to the Kenyan Economy”. Also interviewed for the programme were Mr. Geor...

International Investors Encouraged By Mozambique’s Private Sector Strategy

Africa Matters Limited — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

On Thursday the 2nd of December Africa Matters Limited (AML), in partnership with Developing Markets Associates (DMA) and the Mozambique High Commission in London, hosted a UK-Mozambique investment Forum. The event took place at 1 Whitehall Place,...

UK-Mozambique Investment Forum, 2 December - Press Coverage

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Mozambique Eyes Int'l Bond, Wealth Fund: Central Bank (Reuters) – 2 December 2010 Mozambique is considering a debut international bond issue and is looking at setting up a sovereign wealth fund to conserve expanding mineral wealth, a cen...

Mozambique Eyes Economy Boost From Mining (Reuters)

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Mozambique expects its mining sector to increase as a share of GDP starting next year on the back of more ilmenite output and a planned production ramp-up of coal, its mining minister said. Despite deposits of coal, tantalum and other minerals, th...

Baroness Chalker Meets Kenyan East African Community Minister

Africa Matters Limited — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Lynda Chalker was in Nairobi, Kenya last September, where she met with the East African Community Minister, Hon. Professor Hellen Sambili. During the meeting they discussed a wide range of Regional Integration issues, including intra-regi...

Nigerians In Diaspora To Vote By 2015

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has assured Nigerians in the Diaspora that the Federal Government will ensure that all necessary machinery is put in place to enable their participation in Nigeria’s elections come year 2015. He gave this...

My African Call Is Uplifting People's Lives - Baroness Chalker

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Lynda Chalker has been a member of the Lower and Upper Houses of the UK Parliament for over 30 years. She now dedicates her time and energy to charity especially in Africa. She spoke to NJOKI KARUOYA of The Standard in Nairobi, Kenya I ha...

Kenya Asked To Lead The Way In Counterfeits War

Africa Matters Limited — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Kenya has been challenged to use her intellectual property rights policy to curb rising cases of trade in counterfeits in the region. Former British Minister for Overseas Development, Baroness Lynda Chalker said the high presence of counterfeits i...

Poor Infrastructure Hampers EAC Common Market-Baroness Chalker

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Lynda Chalker on a visit to Kenya, has said that poor infrastructure, bad roads and non-tariff barriers are the main barriers to the full realisation of the East Africa Common Market. Speaking when she paid a courtesy call on Kenya’...

The East African Community’s Common Market: Common Misperceptions

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Private Sector Foundation of Uganda, the apex body for the private sector in Uganda, has compiled a factsheet of the common misconceptions about the East African Community. Please download the fact sheet here.

Outcome Report - The ICF Investment Climate Summit 2010

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) hosted a Summit on the investment climate on 3 – 4 May 2010 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Summit brought together African Heads of States and Governments, high-ranking government officials, ...

Baroness Chalker Conferred with Honorary Title in Nigeria

Africa Matters Limited — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

On Thursday, 22 July, Baroness Lynda Chalker, Chairman, Africa Matters Limited and Coordinator of the Nigerian President’s Honorary International Investor Council (HIIC) was conferred by President Goodluck Jonathan with the award of Member o...

AML Featured In Doing Business In West Africa 2009-2010: A New Publication

Africa Matters Limited — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A new publication, Doing Business in West Africa 2009 – 2010, by Tony Okoromadu, has been published. Baroness Lynda Chalker, in her foreword said, “Drawing on verified sources of information covering the past ten years, Tony Okoromadu ...

Vice President Woos Investors To Ghana

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Ghana is the safest place to invest in within the sub-region, the Vice President, John Dramani Mahama has said.“Government recognises the importance of competition, diversification and infrastructure development in economic growth, as well ...

Successful Forum Targets more Investment for Ghana

Africa Matters Limited — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A highly successful investment Forum was hosted by the Government of Ghana, Developing Markets Associates Ltd (DMA) and Africa Matters Ltd (AML) in London on 8 July 2010, attended by over 250 delegates. His Excellency the Vice President of Ghana, ...

US Workshop on Counterfeit Medicines, Dar es Salaam, 10-12 March 2010: KEY OUTCOMES

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The US Embassy in Dar Es Salaam facilitated with the U.S. Department of Justice, Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office and International Trade Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ...

Baroness Chalker Clarifies Counterfeit and Generic Medicines Debate

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

In early June Baroness Chalker, who is also the Chairperson of Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), responded to questions posed to her from Michael Wambi, of the Inter Press Service. Please read the transcript of her interview here.

AML Attends Uganda’s Presidential Investor Council Roundtable

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Debbie Goldthorpe, AML’s Chief Operating Officer, attended the Presidential Investor Council Roundtable (PIRT) in Kampala on 27 May 2010. In his address to the PIRT, President Yoweri Museveni said that Private-Public Partnership (PPP) could ...

AML’s Chairman, Baroness Lynda Chalker Visits Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

Africa Matters Limited — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Lynda Chalker and Bob Dewar, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, paid a recent call on Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to offer their condolences following the death of President Yar’Adua, and also to congratulate him on his ...

Pharmaceuticals Products, Protected Goods And Counterfeit Medicine In Kenya

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

(By Prof. James Otieno-Odek – Managing Director, Kenya Industrial Property Institute) The word counterfeit has a technical meaning as well as a common parlance connotation. Technically, counterfeit is a term referring to trade mark infringem...

China in Africa

Africa Matters Limited — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Africa Matters Limited (AML) is delighted to note that the Centre for Chinese Studies, at Stellenbosch University, has launched its report entitled ‘Evaluating China’s FOCAC commitments to Africa and mapping the way ahead’. This ...

Rwanda Refused To Be Written Off; UK Envoy

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Rwandan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ernest Rwamucyo, has said that his country refused to be written off as a failed state after being devastated by the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He was addressing a Genocide commemoration s...

Remembering The Victims: The Rwanda Genocide Memorial Project

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Wednesday 7th April 2010 marked the 16th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide, which resulted in the deaths of almost one million men, women and children. At the annual service held at Southwark Cathedral to commemorate the victims of t...

ICF Forum On Investment Climate In Africa

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) will hold its inaugural Investment Climate Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 3 - 4 May 2010. This high level event will bring together senior Government officials and representatives from Africa&...

Outcome and Next Steps of the Fifth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy

Africa Matters Limited — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy Introduction The Fifth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy was held in Cancun, Mexico on 1–3 December, 2009. Over 800 delegates attended drawn from the government and the private sector ...

Baroness Chalker's Address At A Business For Africa Event (From the Archive)

Africa Matters Limited — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Lynda Chalker Shared her thoughts on how should business, government and donors work together to enhance the investment climate and business driven development. The event was held last June in London. Watch the video of her presentation here

An Opinion: Is Zimbabwe’s indigenisation law another disaster waiting to happen?

Africa Matters Limited — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Whilst the rest of the African continent seems to be promulgating laws and taking measures in order to attract much-needed foreign investment to their countries, Robert Mugabe has opted for a different route – a new law which came into force...

Workshop on Combating Counterfeit Medicines in EAC

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement will be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 10 – 12 March, 2010. This event, titled “Combating Counterfeit Medicines in the East African Community (EAC)”, is being hosted by t...

The East African Community Common Market Protocol

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Key Features: The EAC Common Market Protocol was signed by the five EAC Heads of State on 20 November 2009. The Presidents who signed were; Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Mwai Kibaki (Kenya), Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi), Jakaya K...

All Brits Abroad Can Vote: Register Here

Africa Matters Limited — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Make sure that your ex pat vote is counted by registering ahead of the forthcoming General Election: http://www.dontleaveyourvoteathome.com/

An opinion: Increasing MPs’ levels of Accountability

Africa Matters Limited — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Increasing MPs’ levels of Accountability The eruption of a row between Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki over allegations of corruption in Kenya serves as a stark reminder of concerns over issues of governan...

An Opinion: A Brief Look at Post-Apartheid South Africa

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

An Opinion: A Brief Look at Post-Apartheid South Africa Last Tuesday, South Africa celebrated the 20th anniversary of then-President FW de Klerk’s announcement, given during the opening of Parliament, that the ban on political organisations ...

Baroness Chalker Addresses Africa Investment Forum on Corruption, 8 February 2010

Africa Matters Limited — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Baroness Lynda Chalker is among senior government and business leaders attending the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in Accra, Ghana. The forum has been organised by the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) in partnership with the Government of Ghana...

An opinion: Somalia: The Need for International Action

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Civilians Killed in Somalia Clashes, Al-Shabab Attacks Peacekeeping Hospital in Somalia, UK Students recruited for Somali Jihad, China to aid Anti-Piracy Force, EU Troops to Train Somali Forces – these are just some of the stories featuring ...

An Update On Kenya’s Industrialization Strategic Plan

Africa Matters Limited — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Economic Pillar of Kenya’s Vision 2030, identifies manufacturing as one of the key sectors that will help achieve the immediate objective of 10 per cent rate of growth per annum by 2012 (from 6.2 per cent in 2008), create jobs, generate ...

Lynda Chalker, AML Chairman, promotes investment in Ghana with President John Atta Mills

Africa Matters Limited — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This week AML's Chairman, BAroenss Lynda Chalker has been in Accra to hold talks with President John Atta Mills and members of the government, to discuss building on Ghana's profile as an investment desitnation.

Ghana has high economic prospectsDaily Graphic, 19v09 A former Minister of State at he Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, Baroness Lydia Chalker says there are very high prospects for Ghana’s socio-economic development i...