Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world yet its elections are amongst the most expensive. Read the full story here. Published in African Arguments, 2 October 2018. Continue reading Madagascar: 4 (ex)presidents, 36 candidates and a lot of money
In the last month, impeachment proceedings have begun, an unholy alliance has emerged, and the president has accused opponents of launching a coup. Read the full story here. Published in African Arguments, 24 May 2018. Continue reading Madagascar: yet another crisis?
President Hery Rajaonarimampianina fails to bar his opponents, Ravalomanana and Rajoelina, from running after three weeks of anti-government protests. Read full story here. Published in The Economist, 10 May 2018. Continue reading Madagascar: Tension ahead of elections
Weeks after expropriating Veolia from its concession with water and electricity utility SEEG, the governement is already looking for a new private operator. Read the full story here. Published in Global Water Intelligence, March 2018. Continue reading Gabon: Veolia expropriated from water and electricity concession
If the world doesn’t significantly step up its efforts in 2017, it will miss deadlines for stamping out some of the planet’s nastiest diseases, otherwise known at Neglected Tropical Diseases. Read the full story here. Published in The Economist’s The World in 2017 in November 2016. Save Continue reading No time for neglect
A downturn in the fortune of large-scale mining may give artisanal and small-scale mining a chance to come out of the shadows in Madagascar. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian Sustainable Business, 15 November 2016. Photo ©Global Environment Facility, on Flickr. Continue reading Pulling artisanal mining out of the shadows in Madagascar
Taking 12-24 hours to travel the 163km between Madagascar’s highlands and the Indian Ocean Coast is a rather slow and inefficient way to travel. But it is precisely the point. It’s about the journey as much as the destination. Read the full story here. Published on Lonelyplanet.com on 20 October 2016. Continue reading Travelling on Madagascar’s slow train
In Burkina Faso, South Africa and Kenya, water utilities are finding innovative ways to reach the worse-off and remain financially sustainable. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian on 4 October 2016. Photo courtesy of ONEA. Continue reading The African utilities serving the poor and staying afloat
Rising interest in the origins of chocolate is helping cocoa producers gain a bigger slice of the sector’s mega profits. Read the full story here. Published in The Guardian, 4 September 2016. Continue reading Rise of the purists: is chocolate the new coffee?
Once dimissed as an unlikely success story, this island nation has built a thriving, diverse economy on solid policies. Read the full story here. Published in Issue 38 of Africa in Fact, July 2016. Photo ©Miwok on Flickr. Continue reading Good job: How Mauritius became the place to do business in Africa
