Michiel @ MbuyuCap

MbuyuCap invests in African private markets for institutional investors, to deliver attractive financial returns and economic, environmental & social impact.

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

COVID vaccine development has shown us what can be achieved through large-scale funding and science. The same can be done to transition to a green economy. Global warming is the biggest crisis yet and we cannot afford to wait. /END

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

WE MUST ACT NOW! Governments must stand up to the fossil fuel lobby, stop new extraction, hike taxes on fossil fuels, invest in a zero GHG economy and cushion the impact of the transition on the poorest through financial support. /3

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

WE MUST ACT NOW! Governments must stand up to the fossil fuel lobby, stop new extraction, hike taxes on fossil fuels, invest in a zero GHG economy and cushion the impact of the transition on the poorest through financial support. /3

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

I have seen no international reporting of Ana or the devastation it has caused. Are we really already getting so inured to these natural disasters that they don't make the news? /2

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

I have seen no international reporting of Ana or the devastation it has caused. Are we really already getting so inured to these natural disasters that they don't make the news? /2

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

This is what global warming looks like. Malawi yesterday as a consequence of Tropical Storm Ana, after hitting Mozambique and Madagascar. Nchala has been cut off and a large part of the Kapichera dam - the main electricity supply for southern Malawi - has been washed away. /1

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

This is what global warming looks like. Malawi yesterday as a consequence of Tropical Storm Ana, after hitting Mozambique and Madagascar. Nchala has been cut off and a large part of the Kapichera dam - the main electricity supply for southern Malawi - has been washed away. /1

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

This cheered me up today. Some apparently good news in the face of my very gloomy outlook for the planet: 16,000 ha of agriculture instead of mining 290 million tonnes of coal.

https://t.co/ySFwHJ3JCV

[Africa Updates @africaupdates]

European Colonialism in Africa is Alive.

By plundering Africa's resources and carving it up into artificial states, Europe's colonial powers created vicious cycles of violence, poverty, and authoritarianism that are playing out to this day.

https://t.co/aOA9e7LFvZ

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

@kayewiggins $4.5bn is the equity value. The difference may be because it is spending the balance on buying the company’s debt.

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

Reeuwijk today

[CapitalMarketAfrica @CapitaMKTAfrica]

Covid-19 Crisis Grows in Tanzania as President Rejects Risks https://t.co/CclKKFDVqq

[Joel Simon @JoelSimonSays]

I reported on Ethiopia's secretive war. Then came a knock at my door https://t.co/vHncQ5YOnU

[Tom Jackson @tomjackson1988]

The only advice I have to offer the younger generation is this: if you suspect there may ever be a reason that you might not have a cleaner, be that choice, poverty, or a lockdown resulting from a pandemic, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE TILED FLOORS IN YOUR HOME

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

@piersmorgan Tom who ?

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

@PaulWilliamsLAB @africaupdates @FCDOGovUK @HEBobiwine Well, that money wasn’t very effective was it?

[Bloomberg Africa @BloombergAfrica]

It might cost as much as $15 billion to vaccinate 60% of the entire African population https://t.co/qqjiPksUc1

[Charlie Robertson @CharlieTTEcon]

Why are food prices soaring? #Wheat prices are up 37% from their low and #corn prices are up 61%. Both are at the highest levels in years ..
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[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

@KenyaMissionUK @MEsipisu @ForeignOfficeKE @JaneMarriottUK @AmbMKamau @StateHouseKenya @UKinKenya Thank you. Are you still issuing visa on arrival at JKIA?

[Michiel @ MbuyuCap @fromthebaobab]

@KenyaMissionUK @MEsipisu @ForeignOfficeKE @JaneMarriottUK @AmbMKamau @StateHouseKenya @UKinKenya So the certificate can be from any PSR test clinic? Is this correct? Thank you

[Tom Wilson @thomas_m_wilson]

Bobi Wine, a tenacious challenger set on power in Uganda. ⁦@davidpilling⁩ is absolutely right in this piece - in person, Wine comes across as focussed, articulate and absolutely committed to change https://t.co/WR7lPYqWiY

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

The world is watching.

[Bloomberg Africa @BloombergAfrica]

Mozambique can't decide what to do about an insurgency. At risk is $56 billion - Next Africa
https://t.co/HL9mY6ug7i