About CAI

Focused on the African continentExclusively focused on Africa, Consultancy Africa Intelligence (CAI) provides up-to-date, informed analysis and insight into the African continent’s political, economic, financial and social affairs. CAI's suite of products and services are specifically designed to accommodate the requirements of business, academia, research and policy makers in public and private spheres across the globe.

 CAI's key products and services:

  • Fortnightly and monthly subscription reports, examining the latest developments in Africa, across a wide range of interest areas; 
  • Tailored research, customised to suit our clients' specific African-related needs;
  • Complimentary releases, exploring an assortment of current, topical issues and developments related to Africa, freely available on the CAI website and through subscription to our fortnightly newsletter and various Eyes on Africa series.

CAI is strategically positioned to assist, inform and empower our clients in meeting their African-related objectives.

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The indigenisation of Zimbabwean business: A threat to economic recovery? Print E-mail
Written by By Shona Kohler (1)   
Friday, 02 July 2010 08:11

In February 2010, Zimbabwe published indigenisation regulations aimed at ensuring a higher level of participation of 'indigenous' Zimbabweans in the country’s economy. One of the risks of these regulations is that they threaten to undermine confidence in the Government’s willingness to implement policies that will facilitate private sector development. As a result, these regulations have the potential to derail the partial economic stabilisation that the country has achieved in recent months.

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Combating climate change: China’s contribution to the expansion of Africa’s renewable energy sector Print E-mail
Written by By Fiona Dwinger (1)   
Friday, 16 July 2010 07:58

On 7 December 2009, the world’s leaders met in Copenhagen for the 2009 United Nation’s Climate Change Conference. The 12-day summit ended with the Copenhagen Accord, a rather weak statement that does not include any binding commitments for reducing carbon dioxide emissions - the greenhouse gas that is blamed for the bulk of global warming. The failure of the Copenhagen Summit highlights two important facets of contemporary attempts at combating climate change. Firstly, leaders from either side of the North-South divide are quick to point fingers at their developed or developing counterparts, blaming these for the failure of treaties on greenhouse gas emission cuts. Secondly, there exists a perceived tension between halting global warming and simultaneously pursuing economic growth; as well as between protecting the environment and ending energy poverty.

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