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IFC SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER – JOHANNESBURG

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Gambeta News

Description IFC—a member of the World Bank Group—is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2020, we invested $22 billion in private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. For…

IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON AFRICA’S ENERGY AND MINING SECTOR

Posted on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by Gambeta News

Kieran Whyte discusses the impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s Energy and Mining Sectors. He is a Partner and Head of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice, at Baker McKenzie Johannesburg China appears to have been more interested than any other big economy in investing in the African mining sector. According to China Mining 2018, in 2011, China investors controlled only about 10 mining operations on the continent and this figure rose to at least 24 in…

IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON AFRICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Posted on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by Gambeta News

Kieran Whyte discusses the impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s infrastructure development. He is a Partner and Head of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice, at Baker McKenzie Johannesburg. China has long been a key partner in Africa’s infrastructure development. Baker McKenzie research with IJGlobal, A Changing World: New trends in emerging market infrastructure, showed that China has targeted sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, both in the context of its need for natural resources and as…

IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON AFRICA

Posted on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by Gambeta News

Kieran Whyte discusses the impact of COVID-19 in Africa. He is a Partner and Head of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice, at Baker McKenzie Johannesburg The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has resulted in mass production shutdowns and supply chain disruptions due to port closures in China, causing global ripple effects across all economic sectors in a rare “twin supply-demand shock”. With South Africa having just reported its first cases of COVID-19, Africa is beginning to feel…

THE MOU FOR AFRICA’S RAILWAY NETWORK CONCLUDED

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Gambeta News

Afreximbank and Thelo DB signs the MOU for the construction of Africa’s railway network. The Memorandum of Understanding signed during the African Investment forum in Johannesburg will enable both parties to finance, develop and operate the railway network across Africa. The project will remodel the current railway network to a better standard while encouraging trade, investment and economic skills in the continent. With the rapid construction of railway in different African countries integrating them to…