Do Huawei’s training Programs and Centers Transfer Skills to Africa?
Huawei Technologies first entered the African telecommunications market in 1998 when it began operations in Kenya. The company sees Africa as a market with a tremendous amount of growth potential.
Technology Transfer in Telecommunications: Barriers and Opportunities in The case of Huawei and ZTE in South Africa
Two of the most rapidly globalizing multinational corporations emerging from China’s recent economic transformation are Huawei Technologies (Huawei) and Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation (ZTE).
Major Constraints of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Botswana
Botswana has adopted environmental assessments (EAs) as a tool to protect the environment against the adverse impact of developments.
Drivers of Regional Integration: Value Chains, Investment and New Forms of Co-operation
This collection of papers is a combined initiative of Economic Policy Forum member think tanks and is the result of two round-table discussions under the Regional Integration research stream.
Policy reform is key for future of mining
As a mining jurisdiction, South Africa’s score (relative global rank indexed out of a maximum of 100) on the Fraser Institute Investment Attractiveness Index has fallen from 56.1 in 2011/12 to 52.6 last year.
Challenges of European External Energy Governance with Emerging Powers
Three years of international research in Europe and the BICS countries (Brazil, India, China and South Africa) has resulted in a new book, ‘Challenges of European External Energy Governance with Emerging Powers’.
Save water, produce energy, innovate to tackle climate change
Sustainable development summits and climate change negotiations have slowly but steadily paved the way to the recognition of the inextricable linkages between water, energy and climate change.
Case Studies in Base Metal Processing and Beneficiation: Lessons from East Asia and the SADC Region
This research report first considers the industrial policy debate on beneficiation and its context within the broader policy debate on the appropriate role of industrial policy.
Adept negotiations needed by Africa at FOCAC
The upcoming Forum on China Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) summit in South Africa, the sixth gathering since 2000 and only the second to be held at heads of state level, comes at a time of unprecedented Chinese activism across the globe.
Chinese Engagement in Hydropower Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper examines over 100 reported African hydropower projects with Chinese engagement, gleaned from media reports and lists compiled by organizations like AidData and International Rivers.