Yellen’s South Africa visit: ‘Not especially warm welcome’
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen steps into a superpower trade and political battleground over Africa with Russia and China, as her tour of the continent takes her to South Africa on Tuesday.
Paul Tilsley is based in Johannesburg, South Africa and has experience in 87 countries in producing, reporting, editing, direction, and live, business news feature producing, reporting, and writing for a host of clients. Paul knows the African business environment, conscious of the unique negative challenges which beset Africa, but always on the lookout for the great success stories and opportunities for US entrepreneurs and organizations on the continent. In the country where he is based, Paul has covered closely the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and mining groups in particular, and watches business trends across the continent. Paul keeps a particularly close eye on how terrorist groups are affecting certain key areas of African business development - such as in Northern Mozambique, where an Islamist Jihadist incursion has put plans for a $20 billion TotalEnergies LNG plant on hold. He can be found on Twitter @paultilsley