by Nina Mehta and Sairee Chahal
Sunil Bharti Mittal’s ambitions may stir up the South African telecom scene, a country where mobile rates are high and optic fibre a distant dream.  Though people here drive the (Tata) Indica and take medicines manufactured by Cipla and Ranbaxy, they have not heard of the Indian mobile revolution which […]

My domestic help, Esther,  is Zulu, which a majority of South Africa is.  Her mother is from Zimbabwe, which is also not unique, as the two countries share a border and as it happens all over the world, people move to the economically developed country.
Now, what is of interest is that early this year, her […]

It took China’s aggressive stance in Africa for India to sit up and take notice of the continent’s potential. As a result India held a Summit, the first ever on a government-to-government level, Prime Minister announced measures which would spur bilateral growth and various Indian delegates subtly pointed to the abundant oil reserves in Africa […]

The world has started taking interest in the Dark Continent as peace returns to many countries here. So, it came as no surprise when India Inc hosted the fourth India-Africa Project Partnership Conclave 2008.
It was also a reiteration of the fact that India’s booming economy needs natural resources and new markets – two things which […]

“I can’t believe you speak such fluent English,” is the comment we (my husband and I) get every time we meet a South African. My first thought is “you will be shocked if you visit India, where even daily labourer can string together a sentence in English.”
The statement shows little exposure people here have to […]

Power cuts and black outs in South Africa, which was counted among the first world countries about a decade back, came as a surprise to me.  Its not that I am not used to load shedding. As a citizen of a developing country, which was till recently, notorious for poor infrastructure and government apathy towards […]