South Africa envoy

OTTAWA — Ottawa’s tepid approach to expanding trade in Africa risks seeing Canada fall behind its peers in building commerce on the continent, warns South Africa’s envoy. High Commissioner Rieaz Shaik said Ottawa still views African countries as recipients of aid and security assistance, despite an Africa strategy pushing for Canada to treat the continent as a series of dynamic markets set for high growth. “My criticism of Canada would be that it hasn’t seriously made the transition,” he told The Canadian Press. “With all second-movers in any market, you run the risk of not getting into the market —…