In the wake of investigations into Vanderbilt Univeristy’s investment in a hedge fund responsible for land grabs in Mozambique it is necessary to finally have some form of accountability.
Sub-Saharan African agriculture investor EmVest Asset Management has received its first allocation from London-based Truestone Impact Investment Management, which focuses on delivering market rate returns from social and environmental investments.
The French Development Agency and the UK-based Emergent Asset Management have been named as the leading investors in massive land deals involving African leaders
At the current stage, we do not have adequately available evidence to consider either HMC or Emergent at fault for the purported economic wrongdoings outlined in the Oakland Institute report.
Après les Etats et les entreprises étrangères, les grandes facultés d’outre-Atlantique investissent massivement sur le continent noir. Et les paysans locaux n’en bénéficient guère.
The mad scramble for Africa. Critics say the financial firms that helped cause the global recession by inflating the real estate bubble -- are back. And this time they're being accused of pulling the same tricks with the world's food supply.
A new report published this week claims farmers in Africa are being driven off their traditional lands to make way for vast new industrial farming projects backed by European hedge funds seeking profits and foreign countries looking for cheap food.
