Malaysia

Malaysia
Overview:	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 4 No 9
July 2011

Smart partnerships

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak inaugurated a coordinated attempt to strengthen economic ties with Africa by hosting the first Malaysia-Africa Business Forum on 18 June. It was held ahead of the 9th Langkawi International Dialogue (LID), wh...

Vol 3 No 9
July 2010

Hamidon Ali

Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Malaysia

Vol 2 No 11
September 2009

Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary

Vol 2 No 9
July 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
July 2009

Najib Razak

Prime Minister, Malaysia

Vol 2 No 8
June 2009

Musa Hitam

Chairman, Sime Darby, Malaysia

Vol 2 No 6
April 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
January 2009

Ploughing new fields

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

Vol 2 No 3
January 2009

Muhyiddin Yassin

International Trade and Industries Minister, Malaysia

Vol 1 No 7
May 2008

Tiong Hiew King

Rimbunan Hijau Group

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