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Malaysian palm oil companies are now looking to Africa as their next investment destination, led by the Federal Land Development Authority, which has announced that it will develop a big plantation in Liberia and is in talks to set up operations in  Cameroon. Malaysia attracts large numbers of African students, who are often the subject of unflattering public and media attention.

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  • Vol 2 No 11
  • 01/09/2009

Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary

  • Vol 2 No 9
  • 01/07/2009

Undue diligence in the timber sector

Malaysian timber conglomerate Samling, which faces accusations of illegal logging, is at the centre of a storm over the bidding by foreign companies for 25-year contracts in Liberia's timber sector. The row follows the leaking of a Liberian government-...

  • Vol 2 No 9
  • 01/07/2009

Najib Razak

Prime Minister, Malaysia

  • Vol 2 No 8
  • 01/06/2009

Musa Hitam

Chairman, Sime Darby, Malaysia

  • Vol 2 No 6
  • 01/04/2009

Not learning lessons

A year after Malaysian company Ramatex abandoned its US$100 million textile factory in Windhoek, the authorities are at last tackling the environmental impact of the operations of the politically-protected company. Ramatex had set up in Windhoek in 2001 t...

  • Vol 2 No 3
  • 01/01/2009

Ploughing new fields

Asia's smaller states look to agricultural cooperation with Africa for mutually beneficial trade

  • Vol 2 No 3
  • 01/01/2009

Muhyiddin Yassin

International Trade and Industries Minister, Malaysia

  • Vol 1 No 7
  • 01/05/2008

Tiong Hiew King

Rimbunan Hijau Group

  • Vol 1 No 3
  • 01/01/2008

Mohamed Hassan Marican

CEO, Petroliam Nasional Berhad

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