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This paper examines the role that investment companies play in fueling the corruption and instability which often plague resource-rich African countries. In particular, the author concentrates on the activities of a Hong Kong-based consortium known as the 88 Queensway Group in Angola, Tanzania, Guinea and Zimbabwe, contending that it has gained access to major oil and mining concessions across Africa by using unscrupulous and corrupt methods. Finally, he provides some recommendations for how these African countries can best protect themselves from the activities of networks like the 88 Queensway Group.