South Africa’s Solar Boom
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – The African National Congress, South Africa’s governing party since 1994, is a...
Tag: South Africa
Farewell to Africa? No way for Africa to find its path to development until good governance will become the norm, rather than the rare exception
WASHINGTON – Jacob Zuma is finally gone. It was a painful process. It took years; but he is now...
Palace Coup In Zimbabwe Will Not Bring Along Genuine Democracy The generals got to pick their preferred successor to Robert Mugabe
WASHINGTON – Despite some last minute confusion regarding the timing of his exit, Robert “Mad Bob” Mugabe is finally...
Fight Global Warming With Disruptive Innovation – Not Mandates
WASHINGTON – The Paris event on climate change will probably yield nothing really concrete. The fact is that, despite...
Commodities Exporting Countries in Deep Crisis From Brazil to Australia there will be a lot of suffering
JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) – Renowned oil expert Daniel Yergin recently observed that the collapse of crude oil prices is...
South Africa: Major Economy With A Major Crime Problem Violent crime getting worse
CENTURION (PRETORIA), South Africa – “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika”, “God Bless Africa”. This is the beautiful beginning of South Africa’s...
End Of China Boom Caused Commodity Prices Collapse China's bubble was created by a Government-willed gigantic stimulus that fueled demand for commodities. Now it is all over
WASHINGTON – Global mining giant Anglo American just announced that it will downsize –in a dramatic way. It will cut...
Obama’s “Power Africa” Initiative Never Took Off Major investments in power generation did not happen. Too much bureaucracy
WASHINGTON – Anybody who knows sub-Saharan Africa will tell you that the main obstacle to additional economic growth is...
“Power Africa”: US Aid To Increase Electricity Production Finally Obama discovered that Africa needs electricity in order to have development. A long term commitment?
By Paolo von Schirach June 30, 2013 WASHINGTON – Back in 1998, while working on an export promotion project in...
Nelson Mandela, A Revered Leader, Left No Successors The former President of South Africa, now 94, is in poor health; but there is no objective justification for South Africa's poor economic health
By Paolo von Schirach June 10, 2013 WASHINGTON – 94 year old Nelson Mandela, the symbol of anti-apartheid resistance,...