MINING.COM Staff Writer

The Australian interviews investment bank Renaissance Group founder Stephen Jennings about investing in Africa. The New Zealand-born billionaire made his money in emerging markets, specifically Russia, in the 1990s, and tells the paper "sub-Saharan Africa will be one of the few markets globally offering real growth in the next few years."

MINING.com reader Julian Poniewierski, Principal Mining Engineer at PanAust Limited, has some insights into what could have gone wrong with Areva's 2007 purchase of Uramin, specifically the Namibian properties.