Polus, Andrzej, and Wojciech Tycholiz. 2019. "David versus Goliath: Tanzania’s Efforts to Stand Up to Foreign Gas Corporations." Africa Spectrum 54(1): 61–72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002039719848507 Abstract This article presents and analyses how Tanzania, a country on the…
According to the latest figures, Uganda has 6.5 billion barrels of oil deposits, which makes it the third-largest oil holder in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently the country is preparing its legal and institutional framework for proper…
Polus, A., and W. Tycholiz. 2016. ‘Why Is It Taking So Long? Solving the Oil Extraction Equation in Uganda." African and Asian Studies 15(1): 77–97. https://doi.org/10.1163/15692108-12341357 Abstract During the past decade, Uganda has become one…
The primary objective of this paper is to assess whether Namibia is ready to become an oil producer. The geological estimates suggest that the country may possess the equivalent of as many as 11 billion…
With China increasing its financing of Africa's development, roles have shifted and new roles are being assigned. The World Bank, having been for many years a prime and essentially unchallenged financier of Africa's development, is…
In seeking to cultivate external relations with African countries, China has long stressed its commonly shared roots with African nations as a developing country rather than a Western state, and as such the symbolic attraction…
Sino-Zambian relations are exceptional to a remarkable degree, and do not seem to fall into the common pattern used to describe the Sino-African relationship as part of a so-called ‘new scramble for Africa’. Zambia is…