5 Fold Consultancy

25/07/2017

This high way robbery by foreign firms aided by thieving, corrupt politicians is tragic for Africa...

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Tanzania-slaps-Acacia-with--190-billion-tax-bill/2558-4030984-35toyqz/index.html

08/05/2015

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/African-govts-unprepared-to-negotiate-for-their-minerals/-/2558/2706782/-/on7tgh/-/index.html

The continent has not benefited from its mining sector and is haemorrhaging money, partly because contract negotiators focussed only on taxes.

03/09/2014

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Time-bomb-in-Albertine-as-oil-firms-lack-waste-disposal-plan/-/2558/2435622/-/23qnxcz/-/index.html

Uganda's environment watchdog is struggling to regulate and monitor the disposal of hazardous waste from the drilling activity in the Albertine region.

11/05/2014

Region’s top business execs want mineral sector laws. http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/Rwanda/Business/-/1433224/2309494/-/s8e8iv/-/index.html

The East African Business Summit is urging regional governments to enact laws to govern the mineral sector.

10/02/2014

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Smuggled--400m-DR-Congo-gold-fuels-war-/-/2558/2198074/-/fe8utcz/-/index.html

Gold worth at least $400 million was smuggled out of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda and other East African countries in 2013.

05/08/2013

Preparing for our website launch and we are excited! Watch this space for information on our website!

27/07/2013

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/africa/what-does-your-cell-phone-have-to-do-with-armed-conflict/

You know that phone you're texting on? Do you how its microchips are made?

26/07/2013

24/07/2013

http://intercontinentalcry.org/precedent-setting-ruling-in-canada-against-hudbay-minerals-for-indigenous-plaintiffs-in-guatemala/

In a precedent-setting ruling that has national and international implications, Ontario Superior Court Justice Carole Brown has ruled that three separate l

30/05/2013

“The only way to sustain a business is to have a sustainable business”
– Sandra Taylor

16/05/2013

If we stop buying minerals from armed groups in the Congo, we can end a war that has claimed over 5 million lives. Let's make Canadian products conflict-free.

16/05/2013

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