India

India
Population:	1,147,995,904
GDP (Purchasing power parity):	$2.966 trillion
Debt:	$149.2 billion
Overview:	With Indian diplomats like Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor and former Ambassador to Ethiopia Gurjit Singh giving Africa a higher profile in Delhi, India has agreed to provide $5.4 bn. in concessional finance for African projects. Outbid at most turns by other state-owned Asian companies, ONGC Videsh is still looking to make a big investment in the Gulf of Guinea.

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Vol 5 No 3
January 2012

India’s new frontier

Many Indian businesses are not waiting for government support for their African ventures and are transforming Africa’s economic infrastructure

Vol 5 No 3
January 2012

Cyrus Mistry

Deputy Chairman, Tata Sons

Vol 5 No 2
December 2011

Essar takes control of Zisco

India’s Essar Group has at last won control of Zimbabwe’s iron and steel works, after months of infighting in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front threatened to derail the deal.

Vol 5 No 2
December 2011

India’s resource-heavy trade with Africa may be poised to move into the service sector. Indian companies in banking, hotels, agriculture stand to benefit, but African companies will continue to struggle in their Asian ambitions.

Vol 5 No 2
December 2011

Madhusudan Ganapathi

Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, India

Vol 5 No 1
November 2011

Indian mining houses struggle for contracts

India-linked mining companies have had less luck than their Chinese counterparts in breaking into the West African market, arriving later on the scene than Chinese companies. However, a handful have managed to snap up iron-ore concessions that were missed...

Vol 4 No 12
October 2011

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, India

Vol 4 No 11
September 2011

Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi

Managing Director, Karuturi Global, India

Vol 4 No 10
August 2011

B. Prasada Rao

Chairman, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

Vol 4 No 8
June 2011

The charge for Africa

New Delhi’s second India-Africa summit seeks to reinvigorate trade and diplomatic ties with allies in Eastern and Southern Africa

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