I had dinner with three fellow guests at York Lodge—a Belgian diamond trader, a Brazilian AIDS consultant and a member of the Danish embassy in Zambia. The diamond trader was in Zimbabwe to help Read More
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May 30, 2011
I met John Robertson today, a local economist whom I have always admired for his common sense and willingness to speak truth to power. He said the game changer in Zimbabwe has been the “dollarization” Read More
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May 29, 2011
Pleasant dinner with my good friend Murray Prince, whom I hadn’t seen for at least eight years. Murray gave me the skinny on tobacco and politics in Zimbabwe—none of it attributable, of course, Read More
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May 29, 2011
One of the local leaf companies kindly let me borrow a car for the week, which should facilitate logistics considerably. I spent the day with my friend Makiwa, getting my bearings in Harare. I have Read More
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May 29, 2011
After traveling for nearly 24 hours, watching four movies and almost finishing a badly written book on the Hells Angels motorcycle club, I am enjoying a Zambezi beer in front of my room at York Lodge Read More
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The Global Tobacco Networking Forum debuts in Rio de Janeiro.Read More
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June 28, 2008
With the container delivered to Beira, our journey has come to an end. Alex will return to Lilongwe with a load of grain, and I will fly back to the United States to prepare an Read More
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June 10, 2008
Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation continues to fascinate me. I’ve seen photos of people getting trays full of change after paying for a beer in a bar. The money depreciates so quickly that Zimbabweans must spend Read More
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June 6, 2008
Even as the Mozambican police force is less corrupt than it was in the past, plenty of parties continue to demand “facilitation fees.” Prior to entering the port of Beira, truck drivers must clear their Read More
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