Francophone Gabon is not the most high-profile of African countries, but with a new prime minister, the hosting of a major football tournament and investors being drawn to its resource-rich land, could that change?
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Profile: Bolivia vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera
Bolivia has a budget surplus and a store of foreign currency, and there are plans to make it an export hub for electric power and natural gas. Hugh O'Shaughnessymet Bolivia’s vice-president to talk business
Asia drives M&A activity in natural resources
The natural resources sector has seen a year of massive investment, with a record value of mergers and acquisitions in 2010. Much of this demand has come from power-hungry Asia
Japan taps into African oil
Japanese government initiatives spur companies to enter sub-Saharan African oil and mineral markets.
Oil exploration put on hold
Global investment in oil and gas projects is expected to drop for the first time in a decade, according to research from the Inter national Energy Agency (IEA).
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