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Adrian Joseph

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Adrian Joseph

Adrian Joseph is a politics and economics student at the University of Cape Town

South Africa’s infrastructure ambitions are not constrained by a lack of capital; rather, they are adversely affected by a lack of bankable opportunities.
AFRICA

China’s resource-for-infrastructure deals

Are RFIs a viable model for aiding Africa’s economic development?

  • Adrian Joseph
6 min read
Soft power: A Senegalese man waves a Chinese flag in 2009 as he waits for China’s president to arrive. (Seyllou Diallo/AFP)
AFRICA

China’s resource-for-infrastructure deals

Are RFIs a viable model for aiding Africa’s economic development?

  • Adrian Joseph
6 min read
HQ: The Guptas’ London-based PR firm Bell Pottinger has polished the image of people like Chile’s Pinochet. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
ASTROTURFING

For whom the Bell tolls

The cautionary tale of Bell Pottinger reminds us of the role of journalism in a democracy and why we owe it to ourselves to be more responsible about the media we consume

  • Adrian Joseph
8 min read