Marcus Courage

Managing Director

Marcus manages the africapractice network of offices and reports to the Board of Directors. He has ten years experience supporting African nations to attract investment and pursue preferential trade relationships. He has supplied strategic communications, advocacy and lobbying services to several governments and many of the largest private sector investors in Africa, in sectors as diverse as beverages, banking, cell phones, shipping, mining, and oil and gas. Prior to founding Africa Practice in 2003, Marcus was a Director at Weber Shandwick Worldwide.

Areas of Expertise
Corporate Communications, Issues Management, Government Affairs.

People don’t know I’m good at:
Kite surfing. Well truthfully I’m not very good, but I’d like to be, and I am practicing when wind and time permit

Talk to me about
My wife, my baby daughter or kite-surfing, politics and development

An idea worth spreading:
I’d like to see international aid allocated through an online auction site. A country requiring budgetary support would source funding from a donor that is advertising this service on the site. The terms of the aid would be concluded by online auction. The process would encourage transparency. No more crippling conditions concluded behind closed doors!

Website links
www.rightoplay.com
www.nationmedia.com
www.fin24.co.za
www.reuters.com/africa