African Analyst Quarterly

African Analyst covers the business, political and social issues impacting global confidence in Africa’s growing private sector. A unique forum for intelligent and thought provoking discourse, each edition explores a single theme from a variety of different angles in order to provide a holistic view appropriate to the complexity of Africa.

The mining edition of African Analyst is produced annually in partnership with the organisers of Mining Indaba, held each year in Cape Town, South Africa. A true value-add for conference attendees, the 2011 edition takes the form of a mining handbook and includes information about business conditions in countries throughout the continent and an in-depth directory of the African mining value-chain.

Now in its 16th year, Mining Indaba is Africa’s largest and most significant annual mining convention. Between 4 000 and 5 000 delegates, representing nearly 800 companies and 40 government and quasi-governmental divisions, are expected to attend the 2010 event.

Contributors to African Analyst include the world’s leading opinion shapers on African and international affairs. Notable names providing opinions in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 mining editions include:

Morgan Tsvangirai (Prime Minister, Zimbabwe),

Victor Kasongo Shomary (Deputy Minister of Mines, DRC),

Nicky Oppenheimer (Chairman, De Beers),

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem (Chairman, Dubai World)

Peter Eigen (Chairman, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; founder, Transparency International)

Paul Mitchell (past-President, International Council on Mining and Metals)

Dr Harry G. Broadman (Managing Director of Albright Stonebridge Group)

Drs David Clark and Fazel Randera (Executive Director, Arum Institute and Healthcare Consultant to the South Africa Chamber of Mines, respectively)

Assheton Stewart Carter (Conservation International).