by Pamela Whitby | Nov 7, 2010 | Stories
The energy in Vietnam is palpable. In a place where not more that 20 years ago towns and cities teemed with bicycles, the roads of Vietnam now pulse with scooters carrying everybody from heavily pregnant women to babies sandwiched between their parents, middle-aged...
by Pamela Whitby | Nov 1, 2010 | Stories
This Friday (November 5, 2010) I’m off to Vietnam on a fact-finding field trip. My journey begins in Ho Chi Minh city where we set off to Can Tho, the main city of the Mekong Delta. From here we will visit the Soc Trang Province where I’ll be meeting...
by Pamela Whitby | Oct 15, 2010 | Stories
Africa is organised and ready for business in agriculture. But Africa must call the shots in any deal done with European partners. This was the underlying message from Dr Lindiwe Sibanda , one of three African members who sat on the 10-strong Montpellier Panel, an...
by Pamela Whitby | Oct 6, 2010 | Stories
In the October-December issue of BBC Focus on Africa magazine I researched a piece on growing interest in African agriculture. Food security, after all, is increasingly viewed as the new energy security and Africa is the last major reserve of arable land.That land is...
by Pamela Whitby | Oct 6, 2010 | Stories
Electricity has and always will be central to African economies. But the irony is that the continent most dependent on electricity for its economy is the most under-serviced region in the world. In South Africa, one of the continent’s most developed economies,...
