Kenya’s Global Interjapan Ltd joins league of 2,297 AfDB blacklisted firms
A Kenya registered civil engineering company Global Interjapan (Kenya) Limited has been slapped with a 36-month debarment by the African Development Bank Group o for involvement in fraud. The announcement by the African bank means Global Interjapan will be on the dishonourable league of more than 2,297 companies and at...
Lessons from Mexico: How Africa can push for better oil, gas project execution
Mexico’s constitutional reform that injected impetus in the oil and gas industry was swift and it benefited from the support of the major political parties in the country following the Pacto por Mexico (Pact for Mexico) agreed right after the election and signed the day after by President Peña Nieto...
Oil: Mexicans donated money, including livestock, to pay off foreign debt
Once one of the world’s biggest producers, Mexico has had a sweet and sour relationship with the upstream industry. In my experience working in the Mexican oil and gas industry, I witnessed the transition of a nationalised industry, once described by Juan Pardinas, former director of the Mexican Institute on...
Vaccination: Challenge of building ‘herd immunity’
If vaccines do block transmission, and if they remain effective against newer variants of the virus, it might be possible to eliminate the virus in regions where enough people are vaccinated so that they can protect those who are not contributing to herd immunity. A vaccine that is 90 per...
Coronavirus is here to stay even if a vaccine is found
For much of the past year, life in Western Australia has been coronavirus-free. Friends gathered in pubs, people kissed and hugged their relatives, children went to school without temperature checks or wearing masks. The state maintained this enviable position only by placing heavy restrictions on travel and imposing lockdowns –...
