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Africa's 1000 top companies.


AFRICAN BUSINESS' annual listing of Africa's top companies has proved hugely popular with our readers and subscribers, particularly investors, multinational agencies, global businesses, development and business researchers, university students and faculties and go-ahead entrepreneurs in the continent and outside.

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We have paid careful attention to your comments and requests for additional information in organising this year's listings. Most of you have pointed out that since we are dealing with companies on a continent-wide basis rather than the more usual nation-wide format, it would be appropriate if we expanded the listing, thus giving exposure to firms that are leaders within their own sub-regions but which might fall off the tables on a continental basis.

We agree and have expanded the main listing to 1,000 firms, all of which are quoted on various stock exchanges.

We have based the listings on the market value of companies, expressed in dollars, as at 31 December 2005.

This year's listings therefore give a truer picture of the relative strengths of companies operating in Africa.

In addition to the main listing, the feature begins with an overview of Africa's equities relative to the global picture and a country-by-country comparison of equity markets.

We then list the top 50 companies in each of Africa's main sub-regions, North, East, West, South (excluding South Africa) and South Africa before going on to the main listing of 1,000 companies.

We have made every effort to obtain correct and accurate data and would like to apologise in advance for any errors or omissions. Please let the editor know what you think of our new Top Companies format and how we can improve it in the future.

We are deeply grateful to Ayo Salami, co-founder of African Business Research Limited (a research driven, information portal and consultancy specialising in Africa, www.africanfinancialmarkets.com) for the arduous legwork required in compiling the lists and for his incisive analysis of equity trends in Africa.

Anver Versi, Editor, African Business

Africa's top companies, Region by Region

A magnificent year for African equities

Ayo Salami reviews the performance of African equity markets in 2005 and explains why Africa outperformed all other regions of the world.

2005 was undoubtedly the year of African equities, with the continent outperforming other regional markets. Trading liquidity also rose to all-time highs last year. A new index--the Africa All Share index (excluding South Africa) showed gains of 56% in US dollar terms; including South Africa, equity returns in Africa last year averaged 34%.

In the table that accompanies this article, we have focused on Africa excluding South Africa because of the substantial differences that exist between the economy of South Africa in comparison to the rest of the continent. Foreign investors have a misconception that the South African equity market is a reasonable proxy for the whole of Africa. However the South African market is becoming increasingly integrated with the developed economies and significantly correlated with virtually all other global markets, hence exposure to South Africa is not synonymous with exposure to the rest of Africa. In the rest of Africa, however, the correlation between equity markets in different countries is low, increasing the diversification opportunities within the region.

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The Africa All Share index figures compare to: 45% index gains in Latin America, 22% in Asia, 46% in Eastern Europe and 7% in G7 countries. Africa, excluding South Africa, outperformed Emerging Markets (30%) as a whole.

The superb performance of African equities continues to be underpinned by a positive macroeconomic environment, in turn reflecting the benefits of the macroeconomic restructuring that occurred in the 1990s.

Africa's GDP growth for 2005 is estimated to be around 4%, compared to a global average of 2.5%, with rising per capita GDP, falling budget deficits, low inflation and strong earnings in the corporate sector.

More importantly, for the first time in recent memory, African currencies actually strengthened against the US dollar as the trade balance and import cover rose across the continent.

The best testimony to the underlying strength of African currencies is probably their recent performance in the face of rising energy prices. Fifteen years ago, Africa would not have been able to cope with such sharp increases of energy prices, but despite a recent doubling of oil prices, few African countries have required balance of payments support from the IMF. This indicates that the continent has become less vulnerable to external shocks. While Africa as a whole delivered strong equity returns, there were substantial variations in performance, by country, sector, regions, and market capitalisation.

In terms of country-based performances, the bulls were led by Egypt, up 158% (see African Business January 2006) and Zambia up 111%; losses were recorded in Ghana, down 37%; Tanzania, down 12% and Swaziland, down 11%.</p> <pre> Equity Returns to the Regional Markets -- 2005 Region % Equity Returns in US$ Africa (excluding South Africa) 56% Eastern Europe 46% Latin America

45% Emerging Markets 30% South Africa

27% Asia 24% Far East

22% World Index 8% G7 Countries 7% </pre> <pre> Returns to Equity Markets in Africa by country -- 2005 Country

% Equity Returns in US$ Egypt

158% Zambia 111% Uganda

71% Kenya

44% Malawi 35% South Africa

27% Cote d'Ivoire

17% Zimbabwe 14% Morocco

8% Tunisia 5% Mauritius 4% Nigeria

0% Namibia -4% Botswana -5% Swaziland

-11% Tanzania -12% Ghana

-37% Mozambique

n/a Algeria n/a Africa (ex-SA)

56% Total Africa (Including South Africa)

34% </pre> <p>Equities outlook for 2006

Ayo Salami says that barring unforeseen global events, the healthy appetite for African equities should continue throughout this year.

Emerging market equities are now firmly back in favour as yield-starved investors in OECD countries cast the net wider in their search for higher returns. Net inflows into emerging market equities hit a record $20.3bn in 2005, five times the net inflows for 2004. In January 2006, net inflows were $11.4bn--almost half of the total inflows for the previous year achieved in a single month.

In the absence of an external shock such as another terrorist attack or the escalation of the Iran nuclear programme crisis, the strong appetite for emerging market equities looks set to continue.

Yet with the exception of South Africa and Egypt, few of the African markets have benefited from this resurgence in net inflows into emerging markets. Consequently, if foreign investors were to turn bearish on emerging market equities, the risk of significant capital flight out of Africa's equity markets is low.

The performance of Egypt in the last three years has been outstanding and, at the very least, the market is likely to take a breather this year, if not experience a downward correction. Prices would appear to have raced ahead of corporate earnings and with the market trading on P/E of around 22x historic earnings, valuations appear stretched. Profit taking is likely to adversely affect the performance of Egyptian equities with telecom and banking stocks in Egypt at most risk.

Given their stable and benevolent macroeconomic backgrounds, markets like Uganda and Zambia that earned significant returns last year are likely to continue to grow this year albeit at a reduced rate. Equity valuations in these markets are still reasonable and growth in corporate earnings is likely to underpin the performance of equity markets.

Since 2006 is a pre-election year in Nigeria, there is a strong likelihood that fiscal policies will be relaxed to encourage spending thus benefiting consumer goods companies. Industrial and commercial companies may see a rebound in Nigeria as investors recover from the exhaustion of last year's capital-raising by the banks.

The outlook for the banking sector is less rosy. The amount of fresh capital that has been injected into it is likely to reduce the return on equity ratio and reduce growth in bank profits.

There is the prospect of some relief from high interest rates allowing banks to earn some relatively easy profits as the Central Bank battles to achieve its target of single digit inflation. However this is unlikely to be sufficient to underpin profits in the banking sector. With banks accounting for half of the market's capitalisation, the overall performance of Nigerian equities is likely to be muted, but with substantial disparities in sector performance.

Botswana is expected to recover from the effects of the devaluation of the pula. Although inflation and interest rates are currently on an upward trend, both are expected to decline later in the year. This should eventually benefit banking stocks as their bad debts provisions are reduced. As banks constitute about 60% of total market capitalisation, the recovery in their profits should positively support the performance of the equity market.

The decline in Ghanaian share prices in 2005 has upset a significant number of new investors who came to the market for the first time in 2004 on account of the bull phase then being experienced. Their caution is likely to hold back any immediate resurgence in the market. However the macroeconomic fundamentals are sound and corporate earnings are likely to grow this year. This may not be raging bull year in Ghana, but the omens are good for positive returns.

The drought in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe represents the most obvious risk factor to equity investors in these countries. If the drought is prolonged and severe, then the macroeconomic outlook for these countries is likely to be weak with consequent negative effects on equity returns.

North Africa

IPOs galvanise Egypt

The recent performance of the Egyptian stock markets indicates that Egyptian investors are now realising the benefits of the macroeconomic reforms begun in 2001.

The main reforms included a relaxation of currency control, a new tax system and the privatisation of state enterprises--all of which contributed to a fall in inflation from 16% to 5% (See African Business, March 2006).

The Egyptian market also benefited in 2005 from a number of substantial new issues--Telecom Egypt, Alexandria Mineral Oil Company, Sidi Krir Petrochemicals, Raya Holdings--as these attracted new investors into the market.

While the whole market witnessed strong price performance--there were 67 equities that recorded gains in US dollar terms above 100%--banks, telecoms and real estate companies posted particularly strong performances.

Given the strong performance of the Egyptian market in the last three years, the valuation of the market is now looking quite full and while the market has continued to rise this year, up 14% to date, a substantial downward correction may not be too far away.

The Egyptian economy is also likely to face some turbulence in the near-to-medium term as economic clouds gather, primarily in the form of a rising budget deficit now approaching 10% of GDP.

Morocco, up 8% and Tunisia, up 5%, experienced marginally positive growth. The performance of the Moroccan economy was adversely affected by poor weather conditions leading to lower agricultural production. The slow pace of economic reforms continues to affect Morocco's competitiveness in the world economy.

With the slow pace of economic growth, there was a reduced appetite for equities by both local and foreign investors evidenced by the largest listed company--Telecom Maroc--which despite achieving a 12% growth in net income, recorded share price appreciation of only 1.2%.</p> <pre> TOP 50 NORTH AFRICAN COMPANIES Company

Country Industry 1 ORASCOM TELECOM

Egypt Telecom 2 ITISSALAT AL MAGHRIB Morocco Telecom 3 ORASCOM CONSTRUCTION Egypt Construction 4 TELECOM EGYPT Egypt Telecom 5 VODAFONE EGYPT Egypt Telecom 6 MOBINIL-EGYPTIAN MOBILE

Egypt Telecom 7 ALEXANDRIA NAT. IRON AND STEEL

Egypt Construction 8 ATTIJARIWAFA BANK Morocco Financial Services 9 SUEZ CEMENT

Egypt Construction 10 OMNIUM NORD AFRICAIN Morocco Conglomerates 11 SIDI KERIR PETROCHEMICALS Egypt Oil and Gas 12 EFG-HERMES Egypt Financial Services 13 EGYPTIAN IRON AND STEEL Egypt Construction 14 EASTERN TOBACCO Egypt Consumer Goods 15 SOCIETE LAFARGE-CIMENTS Morocco Construction 16 COMMERCIAL INT. BANK Egypt Financial Services 17 BANQUE MAROCAINE DU COMMERCE EXT. Morocco Financial Services 18 SOCIETE LES CIMENTS DU MAROC Morocco Construction 19 ABU KIR FERTILISER/CHEMICAL

Egypt Chemicals 20 ALEXANDRIA MINERAL OIL CO.

Egypt Oil and Gas 21 NATIONAL SOCIETE GENERALE BANK Egypt

Financial Services 22 SOC. NAT. D'INVESTISSEMENT--SNI Morocco Conglomerates 23 EGYPT ALUMINIUM Egypt Construction 24 EL EZZ STEEL REBARS Egypt Construction 25 NATIONAL CEMENT Egypt Construction 26 ASEC FOR CEMENT CO. Egypt Construction 27 SAMIR

Morocco Chemicals 28 DELTA SUGAR

Egypt Consumer Goods 29 ORIENTAL WEAVERS

Egypt Consumer Goods 30 SOCIETE CENTRALE LAITIERE

Morocco Consumer Goods 31 TOURAH PORTLAND CEMENT CO.

Egypt Construction 32 EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK

Egypt Financial Services 33 BANQUE MAROCAINE DU COMMERCE & IND. Morocco Financial Services 34 SOCIETE HOLCIM (MAROC)

Morocco Construction 35 SOCIETE DES BRASSERIES DU MAROC

Morocco Consumer Goods 36 ORASCOM PROJECTS

Egypt Leisure 37 BANQUE CENTRALE POPULAIRE Morocco Financial Services 38 SOCIETE NATIONALE DE SIDERURGIE Morocco Construction 39 COSUMAR Morocco Consumer Goods 40 EGYPTIAN MEDIA PROD. CITY Egypt Entertainment 41 ARAB COTTON GINNING Egypt Consumer Goods 42 AMOUN Egypt Health and Pharm. 43 SODIC Egypt Real Estate 44 CREDIT DU MAROC Morocco Financial Services 45 EGYPT LEBANON CERAMICS Egypt Consumer Goods 46 MISR INTERNATIONAL BANK Egypt Financial Services 47 AMERIYAH CEMENT COMPANY

Egypt Construction 48 EGYPTIAN INT. PHARM.

Egypt Health and Pharm. 49 MISR CEMENT-QENA

Egypt Construction 50 MISR BENI SUEF CEMENT

Egypt Construction

$ Equity Company

US$ Market Value Turnover 1 ORASCOM TELECOM

11,466,208,165 1,574,887,898 2 ITISSALAT AL MAGHRIB

9,323,413,780 464,616,966 3 ORASCOM CONSTRUCTION

7,203,138,161 1,340,773,560 4 TELECOM EGYPT

5,668,206,928 478,373,562 5 VODAFONE EGYPT 4,189,027,753 496,303,834 6 MOBINIL-EGYPTIAN MOBILE 3,463,027,778 744,392,458 7 ALEXANDRIA NAT. IRON AND STEEL 3,114,287,223 504,150,716 8 ATTIJARIWAFA BANK 2,536,054,050 164,928,148 9 SUEZ CEMENT

1,994,095,450 219,108,841 10 OMNIUM NORD AFRICAIN 1,979,802,470 196,058,491 11 SIDI KERIR PETROCHEMICALS 1,932,701,272 670,088,135 12 EFG-HERMES 1,795,556,651 1,887,778,613 13 EGYPTIAN IRON AND STEEL 1,393,572,236 14,590,577 14 EASTERN TOBACCO 1,379,679,899 295,648,206 15 SOCIETE LAFARGE-CIMENTS 1,344,064,696 72,608,432 16 COMMERCIAL INT. BANK 1,318,560,540 405,775,793 17 BANQUE MAROCAINE DU COMMERCE EXT. 1,262,751,174 182,845,597 18 SOCIETE LES CIMENTS DU MAROC 1,208,758,619 33,052,110 19 ABU KIR FERTILISER/CHEMICAL 1,185,111,558 29,143,131 20 ALEXANDRIA MINERAL OIL CO. 1,162,306,835 219,608,022 21 NATIONAL SOCIETE GENERALE BANK 1,158,028,872 86,346,012 22 SOC. NAT. D'INVESTISSEMENT--SNI 1,144,460,145 51,619,877 23 EGYPT ALUMINIUM 1,090,157,994 5,242,512 24 EL EZZ STEEL REBARS 1,027,023,157 786,263,531 25 NATIONAL CEMENT 830,180,828 38,282,466 26 ASEC FOR CEMENT CO. 769,547,483 319,817,735 27 SAMIR 724,411,954 73,479,868 28 DELTA SUGAR 679,931,064 20,735,621 29 ORIENTAL WEAVERS 652,815,705 186,794,828 30 SOCIETE CENTRALE LAITIERE 629,405,354 23,468,098 31 TOURAH PORTLAND CEMENT CO. 626,674,374 50,915,567 32 EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK 621,633,777 216,258,342 33 BANQUE MAROCAINE DU COMMERCE & IND. 602,416,521 22,510,503 34 SOCIETE HOLCIM (MAROC) 560,357,001 65,444,803 35 SOCIETE DES BRASSERIES DU MAROC 516,158,048 27,259,437 36 ORASCOM PROJECTS 508,590,607 690,086,267 37 BANQUE CENTRALE POPULAIRE 472,098,194 53,270,897 38 SOCIETE NATIONALE DE SIDERURGIE 448,779,826 115,694,590 39 COSUMAR 444,490,566 18,478,226 40 EGYPTIAN MEDIA PROD. CITY 418,003,959 212,451,389 41 ARAB COTTON GINNING 414,652,171 1,089,340,410 42 AMOUN 411,103,812 12,005,424 43 SODIC 379,018,172 116,128,000 44 CREDIT DU MAROC 375,836,512 8,719,917 45 EGYPT LEBANON CERAMICS 362,982,685 1,105,895 46 MISR INTERNATIONAL BANK 351,185,738 127,799,153 47 AMERIYAH CEMENT COMPANY 322,432,336 2,855,993 48 EGYPTIAN INT. PHARM. 316,899,801 54,720,374 49 MISR CEMENT-QENA 314,705,982 79,728,362 50 MISR BENI SUEF CEMENT 313,236,775 36,364,782 </pre> <p>Eastern Africa (including Mauritius)

Uganda leads, Tanzania slips

Uganda was another strong performer--up 71% on the back of a benign macroeconomic environment that saw government revenues exceed targets resulting in a budget surplus. Private sector credit rose substantially as the traditional crowding out from government borrowing was eliminated. The star performing stocks were Uganda Clays, up 97%, and DFCU Group, up 19%.

In Kenya, favourable world market tea prices, increased crop output and a strong shilling delivered good corporate earnings and equity returns gaining 44%.

Despite having to cope with the challenges of rising fuel prices, the best performing stock was Kenya Airways (up 418%) as percentage volumes rose 17% and half-year profits to September 2005 rose by 47%.

Agricultural companies also recorded strong performance--Mumias Sugar up 246% and Rea Vipingo Plantations up 121%. A vibrant building and construction industry allowed both cement manufacturers to post quite impressive share price gains with Athi River Mining and East African Portland Cement up 187% and 155% respectively.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Mauritius now faces a number of structural economic difficulties. Weak public finances, high government debt, the shortage of skilled workers among its 1.2m population, the loss of key textiles revenues due to competition from China and expected cuts in sugar earnings have all combined to reduce GDP growth from historic levels of 6% to around 3%. With weak corporate earnings, the stock market could only manage return of 4%.

Bellwether stocks in Mauritius like State Bank of Mauritius grew by just 0.8% off the back of a 10% growth in net profits. The larger tourism companies offered some comfort to their shareholders, with New Mauritius Hotels and Sun Resorts achieving 24% and 28% returns respectively.

Tanzania, despite impressive national economic growth, was the sub-region's poorest performer, down 12%.</p> <pre> TOP 50 EAST AFRICAN COMPANIES

Company Country Industry 1 EAST AFRICAN BREWERIES LTD Kenya Consumer Goods 2 BARCLAYS BANK KENYA LTD Kenya Banks and Financial 3 BAMBURI CEMENT LTD

Kenya Construction 4 KENYA AIRWAYS LTD

Kenya Transportation 5 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Kenya

Financial Services 6 MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK Mauritius Financial Services 7 STATE BANK OF MAURITIUS LTD Mauritius Financial Services 8 NEW MAURITIUS HOTELS Mauritius Entertainment 9 BAT KENYA LTD Kenya Consumer Goods 10 KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD Kenya Financial Services 11 TANZANIA BREWERIES LTD Tanzania Consumer Goods 12 MUMIAS SUGAR CO. LTD Kenya Agriculture 13 SUN RESORTS

Mauritius Entertainment 14 KENYA OIL CO. LTD Kenya

Oil and Gas 15 NATION MEDIA GROUP LTD Kenya Media 16 KENYA POWER & LIGHTING LTD Kenya Utilities 17 CFC BANK LTD Kenya Financial Services 18 E AFRICAN PORTLAND CEMENT LTD Kenya Construction 19 TANZANIA CIGARETTE COMPANY

Tanzania Consumer Goods 20 NAIADE RESORTS LIMITED Mauritius Entertainment 21 ROGERS & COMPANY LTD Mauritius Conglomerates 22 TOTAL KENYA LTD Kenya Oil and Gas 23 MON TRESOR & MON DESERT LTD Mauritius Agriculture 24 IRELAND BLYTH LTD

Mauritius Conglomerates 25 FIRESTONE EAST AFRICA LTD

Kenya Transport Equipment 26 SHELL MAURITIUS LTD

Mauritius Oil and Gas 27 NATIONAL BANK OF KENYA LTD Kenya

Financial Services 28 PROMOTION & DEV. CO. LTD. Mauritius Real Estate 29 AIR MAURITIUS LTD Mauritius Transportation 30 UNILEVER TEA LTD Kenya Agriculture 31 NIC BANK LTD Kenya Banks and Financial 32 DIAMOND TRUST BANK KENYA LTD Kenya Banks and Financial 33 ATHI RIVER MINING

Kenya Mining and Metals 34 SIMBA

Tanzania Entertainment 35 I.C.D.C INVESTMENTS CO. LTD

Kenya Financial Services 36 SERENA Kenya Entertainment 37 BOC KENYA LTD Kenya

Chemicals 38 DFCU GROUP Uganda Financial Services 39 JUBILEE INSURANCE CO. LTD Kenya Insurance 40 EAST AFRICAN CABLES LTD Kenya Manufacturing 41 FINCORP INVESTMENTS Mauritius Financial Services 42 CMC HOLDINGS LTD Kenya Transport Equipment 43 STANDARD NEWSPAPERS GROUP Kenya Media 44 UNITED DOCKS LTD Mauritius Real Estate 45 MAURITIUS DEV. INVEST. TRUST Mauritius Financial Services 46 UNITED BASALT PRODUCTS Mauritius Construction 47 COURTS MAURITIUS LTD Mauritius Retail 48 NATIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST Mauritius Financial Services 49 HAREL FRERES LTD

Mauritius Agriculture 50 CAUDAN DEVELOPMENT Mauritius Financial Services Company US$ Market Value $ Equity Turnover 1 EAST AFRICAN BREWERIES LTD 1,222,009,378 69,165,335 2 BARCLAYS BANK KENYA LTD 735,831,340

34,154,131 3 BAMBURI CEMENT LTD 697,999,826 10,373,641 4 KENYA AIRWAYS LTD 519,951,484 51,740,001 5 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 519,279,176 11,792,887 6 MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK 472,871,407 35,750,741 7 STATE BANK OF MAURITIUS LTD 378,774,360 9,481,061 8 NEW MAURITIUS HOTELS 378,133,532 22,867,890 9 BAT KENYA LTD

372,692,292 13,173,524 10 KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD 309,818,668 28,858,914 11 TANZANIA BREWERIES LTD

303,268,341 6,624,532 12 MUMIAS SUGAR CO. LTD

245,192,297 83,423,973 13 SUN RESORTS

202,659,984 17,671,168 14 KENYA OIL CO. LTD 186,915,874

11,898,479 15 NATION MEDIA GROUP LTD 186,098,885 11,719,464 16 KENYA POWER & LIGHTING LTD 149,995,378 42,063,045 17 CFC BANK LTD 148,351,642 2,851,174 18 E AFRICAN PORTLAND CEMENT LTD 135,989,005 2,673,662 19 TANZANIA CIGARETTE COMPANY 128,534,704 1,371,899 20 NAIADE RESORTS LIMITED 125,744,604 499,482 21 ROGERS & COMPANY LTD

117,021,035 4,613,968 22 TOTAL KENYA LTD

98,452,544 5,553,832 23 MON TRESOR & MON DESERT LTD

97,907,735 989,560 24 IRELAND BLYTH LTD

86,050,717 2,025,600 25 FIRESTONE EAST AFRICA LTD 82,202,765 11,777,249 26 SHELL MAURITIUS LTD 79,017,758

1,622,849 27 NATIONAL BANK OF KENYA LTD 78,983,513

7,365,338 28 PROMOTION & DEV. CO. LTD. 77,272,729 3,816,234 29 AIR MAURITIUS LTD 64,771,02 3,045,468 30 UNILEVER TEA LTD 60,758,067 890,760 31 NIC BANK LTD 57,735,466 2,540,375 32 DIAMOND TRUST BANK KENYA LTD 55,028,22 3,009,824 33 ATHI RIVER MINING 50,460,162 7,316,802 34 SIMBA

46,374,892 466,720 35 I.C.D.C INVESTMENTS CO. LTD 45,847,036 1,334,741 36 SERENA

43,035,698 1,355,126 37 BOC KENYA LTD

42,913,066 969,361 38 DFCU GROUP

42,603,066 2,746,432 39 JUBILEE INSURANCE CO. LTD

41,043,950 1,214,250 40 EAST AFRICAN CABLES LTD 38,107,828

4,760,790 41 FINCORP INVESTMENTS 37,450,867

1,018,185 42 CMC HOLDINGS LTD 36,019,125 12,386,169 43 STANDARD NEWSPAPERS GROUP 35,787,558 1,030,460 44 UNITED DOCKS LTD 35,314,286 1,642,698 45 MAURITIUS DEV. INVEST. TRUST 34,652,254 2,287,400 46 UNITED BASALT PRODUCTS 30,340,227 984,840 47 COURTS MAURITIUS LTD 30,009,741 1,175,165 48 NATIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST 28,621,022 1,833,470 49 HAREL FRERES LTD

28,360,904 1,655,144 50 CAUDAN DEVELOPMENT

27,938,181 1,244,765 </pre> <p>West Africa

Equities mark time

Equity returns of 17% on the Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM) has to be regarded as highly fortuitous given the current political difficulties in Cote d'Ivoire. Societe Multinational de Bitumes recorded an 88% return while Sonatel was up 68%. However the outlook for this market remains bleak.

In Nigeria it was the year of banking consolidation, however, that did not help equity investors with the stock market barely moving and posting returns of just 0.25%.

Following the July 2004 edict from the Central Bank of Nigeria raising the minimum capital requirement for banks from $15m to $185m, there was a frenetic pace of mergers and capital raising by Nigerian banks.

When the dust settled, the 89 banks in the country had been whittled down to 25 and the banks had raised an extra $2bn via a combination of rights issues and new listings. The fresh capital raised by the banks undermined the performance of other sectors as investors sold shares to follow their rights or participate in new issues.

Nigerian Breweries--the largest company in the market--produced negative returns of minus 10% despite reporting a growth in net profits of 125%. Similar tales of high earnings growth and negative share price performance was observed with Guinness Nigeria, down 18% and Oando, down 14%, as well as other major industrial stocks.

Due to the ongoing banking sector reforms and the significant amount of new monies raised by the banks, the sector now accounts for about 50% of total market capitalisation compared to 30% in 1999.

Ghana was the worst performing stock market in Africa in 2005, down 35%, in sharp contrast to its position in 2004 when it was the world's best performing stock market with returns of 107%. Since corporate earnings have continued to grow, the poor performance of the market is probably due to profit-taking. The only crumbs of comfort came from some of the smaller stocks such as CFAO, up by 78%; Camelot, up by 71%; and Paterson Zochonis Ghana, up by 35%.</p> <pre> Top 50 West African companies Company Country Industry 1 NIGERIAN BREWERIES Nigeria Consumer Goods 2 FIRST BANK NIGERIA Nigeria Financial Services 3 SONATEL C. d'Ivoire Telecom 4 UNION BANK NIGERIA Nigeria Financial Services 5 GUINNESS NIGERIA Nigeria Consumer Goods 6 INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC Nigeria Financial Services 7 ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria Financial Services 8 NESTLE NIGERIA LTD

Nigeria Consumer Goods 9 UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

Nigeria Financial Services 10 NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY

Nigeria Consumer Goods 11 GUARANTY TRUST BANK

Nigeria Financial Services 12 CADBURY NIGERIA

Nigeria Consumer Goods 13 TOTAL NIGERIA Nigeria Oil and Gas 14 UNILEVER NIGERIA Nigeria

Consumer Goods 15 OCEANIC BANK Nigeria

Financial Services 16 OANDO PLC Nigeria

Oil and Gas 17 ASHAKA CEMENT Nigeria Construction 18 WEST AFRICA PORTLAND CEMENT Nigeria Construction 19 FIRST CITY MONUMENT BANK Nigeria Financial Services 20 DIAMOND BANK Nigeria Financial Services 21 AFRIBANK NIGERIA Nigeria Financial Services 22 ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC Nigeria Financial Services 23 CONOIL PLC

Nigeria Oil and Gas 24 MOBIL OIL NIGERIA

Nigeria Oil and Gas 25 WEMA BANK

Nigeria Financial Services 26 PZ INDUSTRIES

Nigeria Conglomerates 27 SKYE BANK

Nigeria Financial Services 28 TEXACO

Nigeria Oil and Gas 29 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Ghana Financial Services 30 FLOUR MILLS NIGERIA Nigeria Consumer Goods 31 PLATINUM BANK NIGERIA Nigeria

Financial Services 32 FIDELITY BANK NIGERIA Nigeria

Financial Services 33 INVESTMENT BANKING AND TRUST Nigeria

Financial Services 34 SOLIBRA C. d'Ivoire Consumer Goods 35 PRODUCE BUYING COMPANY Ghana Agriculture 36 UAC NIGERIA Nigeria Conglomerates 37 EIB INTERNATIONAL BANK Nigeria Financial Services 38 AFRICAN PETROLEUM Nigeria Oil and Gas 39 SOCGEN BANQUE EN COTE D'IVOIRE C. d'Ivoire Financial Services 40 CHARTERED BANK PLC Nigeria Financial Services 41 GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK Ghana Financial Services 42 GUARDIAN EXPRESS BANK PLC Nigeria Financial Services 43 UNITY BANK PLC

Nigeria Financial Services 44 UNILEVER GHANA

Ghana Consumer Goods 45 FIRST ATLANTIC BANK PLC Nigeria Financial Services 46 NESTLE COTE D'IVOIRE

C. d'Ivoire Consumer Goods 47 GUINNESS GHANA

Ghana Consumer Goods 48 TRUST BANK (GAMBIA)

Ghana Financial Services 49 NAL MERCHANT BANK

Nigeria Financial Services 50 7-UP BOTTLING COMPANY

Nigeria Consumer Goods Company

US$ Market Value $ Equity Turnover 1 NIGERIAN BREWERIES

2,248,425,352 124,042,851 2 FIRST BANK NIGERIA

1,226,480,645 210,871,184 3 SONATEL

1,207,433,923 14,667,521 4 UNION BANK NIGERIA

1,164,829,731 148,747,972 5 GUINNESS NIGERIA

868,002,144 89,367,295 6 INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC

760,109,510 58,258,360 7 ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL

758,620,689 58,022,303 8 NESTLE NIGERIA LTD

757,224,616 52,795,846 9 UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

703,295,019 131,858,417 10 NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY

650,733,923 22,056,969 11 GUARANTY TRUST BANK 570,114,924 77,859,372 12 CADBURY NIGERIA 502,490,131 37,357,447 13 TOTAL NIGERIA 476,137,084

22,951,744 14 UNILEVER NIGERIA 475,680,655

31,933,782 15 OCEANIC BANK 463,182,346

109,302,128 16 OANDO PLC 421,091,726 110,468,632 17 ASHAKA CEMENT 383,275,870 68,332,122 18 WEST AFRICA PORTLAND CEMENT 372,648,907 52,956,397 19 FIRST CITY MONUMENT BANK 371,992,346 1,687,199 20 DIAMOND BANK 360,788,512 30,547,612 21 AFRIBANK NIGERIA 328,320,575 65,256,576 22 ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC 321,246,895 28,756,532 23 CONOIL PLC 311,459,770 22,877,647 24 MOBIL OIL NIGERIA 303,950,030 27,952,666 25 WEMA BANK

276,617,989 10,107,149 26 PZ INDUSTRIES

270,383,448 15,377,735 27 SKYE BANK

259,698,397 1,531,391 28 TEXACO

233,513,882 12,899,116 29 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 226,205,169 2,955,021 30 FLOUR MILLS NIGERIA

223,141,762 16,180,797 31 PLATINUM BANK NIGERIA

218,633,848 111,537 32 FIDELITY BANK NIGERIA

211,158,141 10,535,034 33 INVESTMENT BANKING AND TRUST

191,738,935 18,220,607 34 SOLIBRA

159,583,836 332,526 35 PRODUCE BUYING COMPANY

158,185,433 11,373,686 36 UAC NIGERIA

147,957,853 18,970,332 37 EIB INTERNATIONAL BANK 142,881,560 12,334,124 38 AFRICAN PETROLEUM 142,291,860 100,694,605 39 SOCGEN BANQUE EN COTE D'IVOIRE 124,319,853

754,085 40 CHARTERED BANK PLC 119,679,190

4,136,227 41 GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK 117,271,430

3,011,485 42 GUARDIAN EXPRESS BANK PLC 113,434,527

52,474 43 UNITY BANK PLC 106,255,850

1,524 44 UNILEVER GHANA 105,528,578

565,809 45 FIRST ATLANTIC BANK PLC 104,669,723 5,925,261 46 NESTLE COTE D'IVOIRE 102,593,834 1,096,927 47 GUINNESS GHANA 99,886,982 1,432,802 48 TRUST BANK (GAMBIA) 88,979,306 95,951 49 NAL MERCHANT BANK 88,191,176 5,276,711 50 7-UP BOTTLING COMPANY 88,090,187 4,632,939 </pre> <p>Southern Africa (excluding S. Africa)

Zambia scores a hat-trick

Zambia posted strong equity returns for the third time in a row, up 111%. In 2004 it was up by 71% and 2003 by 32%. Equities in Zambia benefited from attractive valuations at the beginning of the year and a positive macroeconomic environment.

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The primary impetus to Zambia's economic resurgence has been the recent strength of copper prices and substantial debt relief. Zambia attained Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) completion point that saw external debt reduced from $7.1bn to $3.9bn with the prospect of an eventual reduction to around $1bn.

Several stocks posted returns above 100% with BP Zambia leading the pack with a gain of 310%, followed by National Breweries at 219%, Zambian Breweries at 166.67% and Bata Zambia Shoe Company at 150%.

Equity returns in Malawi were driven by Press Corporation, up 110% and the National Bank of Malawi (NBM), up 76%. Foreign investor interest in Press Corporation increased sharply after the company successfully won the bid to take over the sole national fixed lines telecom operator, Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. Good results by NBM, with profits up 7%, helped sustain investor interest in the stock.

Equity prices in Zimbabwe continue to flourish in what is undoubtedly an asset price bubble. Despite the country's massive economic problems--inflation above 600%, negative GDP growth, food shortages, a jobless rate above 70% and shortages of foreign currency--the equity markets rose by 14% in 2005. This anomalous performance is due primarily to the artificially low levels of interest rates, which, at around 130%-150%, and with inflation at 600%, means negative real returns of about -450%. Consequently bonds are out as an investment class leaving equities as the only game in town since companies can partially offset the effects of inflation by raising their prices.

Namibia has had three good years of equity returns (2002 up 12%, 2003 up 61%, 2004 up 32%) and it was probably due for a slowdown. Combined with a rising fiscal deficit, relatively high interest rates and a general slowdown in economic growth, equity returns were negative, down 4% on average. While banking stocks provided attractive returns, with FNB Namibia up 20%, the industrial sector performed badly--Namibian Breweries, down 51%; CIC Holdings, down 54%; Nictus down 47%; and Namibian Sea Products, down 50%.

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Equity investors in Botswana were mauled by the 12% devaluation of the Pula. While the equity markets rose 23% in the local currency, dollar returns were minus 5%. Banks were particularly badly affected, with all the banking stocks providing modest returns in local currency and negative returns in US dollar terms--Barclays Bank of Botswana, down 12%; First National Bank of Botswana, down 8%; and Standard Chartered Bank Botswana, down 6%.

Industrial and commercial companies fared better with Letshego, up by 53%; African Diamonds, up by 16%; and Engen Botswana, by 24%. Swaziland, down 11%, was the sub-region's loser as poor liquidity constrained the market's performance.</p> <pre> TOP 50 SOUTHERN AFRICAN (EX S.A.) COMPANIES Company Country Industry 1 PRETORIA PORTLAND COMPANY Zimbabwe Construction 2 BARCLAYS BANK OF BOTSWANA Botswana Financial Services 3 FIRST NAT. BANK OF BOTSWANA Botswana Financial Services 4 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Botswana Financial Services 5 SECHABA BREWERIES

Botswana Consumer Goods s 6 DELTA CORPORATION LIMITED

Zimbabwe Consumer Goods 7 MEIKLES AFRICA LIMITED Zimbabwe

Entertainment 8 FNB NAMIBIA Namibia Financial Services 9 ZAMBIAN BREWERIES Zambia Consumer Goods 10 BOTSWANA INSURANCE HOLDINGS Botswana Insurance 11 INNSCOR AFRICA LIMITED Zimbabwe Conglomerates 12 ECONET WIRELESS HOLDINGS Zimbabwe Telecom 13 CHILANGA CEMENT LTD Zambia Construction 14 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Zambia

Financial Services 15 RIO TINTO ZIMBABWE LIMITED Zimbabwe

Mining and Metals 16 ENGEN--BOTSWANA Botswana Oil and Gas 17 LETSHEGO Botswana Financial Services 18 COTTON COMPANY OF ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe Agriculture 19 NATIONAL BANK OF MALAWI Malawi Financial Services 20 AFRICAN DIAMONDS Botswana Mining and Metals 21 SUGAR CORPORATION OF MALAWI Malawi Agriculture 22 BP ZAMBIA

Zambia Oil and Gas 23 GALLERY GOLD LTD

Botswana Mining and Metals 24 NAMIBIAN BREWERIES

Namibia Consumer Goods 25 FIRST MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE Zimbabwe

Insurance 26 AFRICAN COPPER Botswana Mining and Metals 27 ZAMBEEF PRODUCTS PLC Zambia Agriculture 28 PRESS CORPORATION LTD Malawi Conglomerates 29 BAT ZIMBABWE LIMITED Zimbabwe Consumer Goods 30 BINDURA NICKEL CORPORATION

Zimbabwe Mining and Metals 31 BARCLAYS BANK OF ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe Financial Services 32 ORYX PROPERTIES LIMITED Namibia

Real Estate 33 CFI HOLDINGS LIMITED Zimbabwe Conglomerates 34 OK ZIMBABWE LIMITED Zimbabwe Retail 35 DAIRIBORD ZIMBABWE LIMITED Zimbabwe Agriculture 36 FIRST BANKING CORPORATION

Zimbabwe Financial Services 37 TURNSTAR

Botswana Real Estate 38 COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe

Financial Services 39 METAL FABRICATORS OF ZAMBIA Zambia Manufacturing 40 CERVEJAS DE MOCAMBIQUE Mozambique Consumer Goods 41 EDGARS STORES LIMITED Zimbabwe Retail 42 HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED Zimbabwe Agriculture 43 SEED COMPANY OF ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe Agriculture 44 SEFALANA HOLDINGS

Botswana Conglomerates 45 ZSR CORPORATION LIMITED Zimbabwe

Consumer Goods s 46 AFRICAN DISTILLERS LIMITED Zimbabwe Consumer Goods 47 NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY Malawi Insurance 48 COLCOM HOLDINGS LIMITED Zimbabwe Agriculture 49 SECURICOR

Botswana Services & Consulting 50 NATIONAL FOODS HOLDINGS Zimbabwe Consumer Goods Company

US$ Market Value $ Equity Turnover 1 PRETORIA PORTLAND COMPANY 3,889,701,092 5,749,539 2 BARCLAYS BANK OF BOTSWANA

564,518,827 6,840,592 3 FIRST NAT. BANK OF BOTSWANA

487,227,826 5,616,194 4 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 443,181,209

3,656,919 5 SECHABA BREWERIES 380,393,322 12,899,599 6 DELTA CORPORATION LIMITED 286,180,068 34,415,659 7 MEIKLES AFRICA LIMITED 225,808,201 9,159,573.22 8 FNB NAMIBIA 209,448,825 3,663,114 9 ZAMBIAN BREWERIES 190,775,181 96 10 BOTSWANA INSURANCE HOLDINGS 179,634,713 4,858,436 11 INNSCOR AFRICA LIMITED

160,595,643 15,421,559 12 ECONET WIRELESS HOLDINGS

125,037,272 14,127,171.28 13 CHILANGA CEMENT LTD

113,337,110 48 14 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 111,365,439 172 15 RIO TINTO ZIMBABWE LIMITED 108,373,235

1,466,765 16 ENGEN--BOTSWANA 96,846,897 2,084,974 17 LETSHEGO 96,381,834 4,727,678 18 COTTON COMPANY OF ZIMBABWE 84,359,846 8,796,345 19 NATIONAL BANK OF MALAWI 75,456,300 1,337,802 20 AFRICAN DIAMONDS 59,448,478 358,916 21 SUGAR CORPORATION OF MALAWI 57,188,798 33,802 22 BP ZAMBIA

56,657,223 577 23 GALLERY GOLD LTD

53,292,831 214,101 24 NAMIBIAN BREWERIES

50,412,589 99,969 25 FIRST MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE 48,129,116

3,895,427 26 AFRICAN COPPER 46,135,243

59,415 27 ZAMBEEF PRODUCTS PLC 43,853,755

81 28 PRESS CORPORATION LTD 43,737,399 4,814,426 29 BAT ZIMBABWE LIMITED 42,979,723 1,280,059 30 BINDURA NICKEL CORPORATION 41,812,378 2,642,592 31 BARCLAYS BANK OF ZIMBABWE 40,977,298 6,755,803 32 ORYX PROPERTIES LIMITED 40,894,798 168,187 33 CFI HOLDINGS LIMITED

39,236,882 12,945,690 34 OK ZIMBABWE LIMITED

38,961,665 5,194,162 35 DAIRIBORD ZIMBABWE LIMITED

37,137,704 2,447,247 36 FIRST BANKING CORPORATION 36,037,731 3,527,905 37 TURNSTAR 31,448,533

697,019 38 COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE 30,868,917 8,141,983 39 METAL FABRICATORS OF ZAMBIA 29,200,410

247 40 CERVEJAS DE MOCAMBIQUE 28,693,309 149,144 41 EDGARS STORES LIMITED 28,526,899 4,848,536 42 HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED 27,903,678 1,245,261 43 SEED COMPANY OF ZIMBABWE 27,212,594 2,739,738 44 SEFALANA HOLDINGS 26,063,820 645,643 45 ZSR CORPORATION LIMITED 23,819,690 2,449,347 46 AFRICAN DISTILLERS LIMITED

23,135,002 2,337,319 47 NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

22,350,881 287,451 48 COLCOM HOLDINGS LIMITED 22,315,287

731,990 49 SECURICOR 22,154,247

680,476 50 NATIONAL FOODS HOLDINGS 21,187,812 1,866,696 </pre> <p>South Africa

Commodities lead boom

Coming on top of the performance in 2004, when the index rose 22%, the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) turned in its best performance since 1999 with the all share index rising 43% (equivalent to US$ returns of 27%) as the South African economy continues to benefit from a number of positive factors. The domestic economy is growing (GDP growth for 2005 is expected to reach 5%), commodity prices remain high, government finances are showing a healthy surplus, the rand has become more stable and foreign reserves are rising.

While performance was strong across all sectors, resources stocks dominated as the surge in precious metals helped push up resources stocks on the JSE. Among the top 10 large company gainers, eight were natural resource stocks. The almost insatiable demand for raw materials and commodities from China and India holds out the prospect that commodity prices could remain high, with attendant benefits for the South African resource stocks.

Given the strong performance of the resources sector and its relatively large weighting (ca.36%) in the JSE Index, it was inevitable that most other sectors would under-perform the index. However this underperformance belies the inherently strong returns exhibited by the non-resource stocks. Banks constitute the second largest sector on the JSE (ca.14% of the index). The banks continued to benefit from the consumer boom and the buoyant economy.

Among the big banks, FirstRand (+23%) led the pack, followed by ABSA (+18%), Nedcor (+15%) and Standard Bank (+3%). The poor performance of Standard Bank's international business weighted down the group; however this is expected to pick up this year.

Telecom and IT stocks had a relatively good year with MTN (+27%) and Telkom SA (+22%) being the outstanding performers.

In the food and beverages sectors, the performance of the two largest stocks SAB-Miller (+10%) and Tiger Brands (+33%) pale compared to the best performing stock in the sector--Illovo Sugar with +47%. Illovo Sugar recovered from the effects of last year's strengthening rand and drought to record a 46.5% hike in group operating profit to R315.6m in the six months to September.

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The outlook for the JSE in 2006 is less predictable given its strong performance in the last three years. Although corporate earnings have continued to grow and are likely to remain strong (given the positive outlook for the domestic economy), valuations of South African equities are beginning to appear stretched.

The market is now on a historic p/e of about 17x compared with a 10-year average of about 14x. While there is some validity to the argument that South African equities as an asset class are being re-rated, it is worth remembering that the early 1990s, with similar arguments--that pushed many shares to p/es above 20x--were followed by a long period of stagnation and negative returns.

South Africa remains the most vulnerable of all the African stock markets to the flight of foreign hot capital. Additionally the burgeoning trade deficit is still capable of derailing the current positive outlook for the domestic economy if interest rates have to rise to cool growth and arrest the deteriorating current account deficit. Despite these risks, the outlook for South African equities in 2006 looks good. However, investors should keep an eagle eye on valuations and possibly follow some of the big special themes that are emerging in the market--in particular the rising infrastructure investment by the government and the construction stocks that are expected to benefit as a result.</p> <pre> TOP 50 SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANIES Company

Industry 1 ANGLO AMERICAN PLC Mining and Metals 2 BHP BILLITON PLC Mining and Metals 3 SASOL LIMITED

Chemicals 4 SABMILLER PLC Consumer Goods 5 MTN GROUP LIMITED Telecom 6 STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD

Banks and Financial Services 7 FIRSTRAND LIMITED Banks and Financial Services 8 ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM Mining and Metals CORP LD 9 ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED Mining and Metals 10 TELKOM SA LIMITED Telecom 11 OLD MUTUAL PLC

Insurance 12 ABSA GROUP LIMITED Banks and Financial Services 13 IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS Mining and Metals

LIMITED 14 REMGRO LIMITED Diversified Conglomerates 15 GOLD FIELDS LIMITED Mining and Metals 16 SANLAM LIMITED

Insurance 17 NEDCOR LIMITED Banks and Financial Services 18 NASPERS LIMITED Media 19 LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL PLC Real Estate 20 RMB HOLDINGS LIMITED Banks and Financial Services 21 KUMBA RESOURCES LIMITED Mining and Metals 22 IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Manufacturing 23 MITTAL STEEL SOUTH AFRICA Manufacturing LIMITED 24 LONMIN PLC

Mining and Metals 25 BARLOWORLD LIMITED Manufacturing 26 HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY Mining and Metals 27 TIGER BRANDS LIMITED Consumer Goods 28 VENFIN LIMITED Diversified Conglomerates 29 STEINHOFF INTERNATIONAL Consumer Goods--Non Food HOLDINGS LD 30 LIBERTY GROUP LIMITED Insurance 31 INVESTEC PLC Banks and Financial Services 32 EDGARS CONSOLIDATED STORES Retail and General Trading LIMITED 33 SAPPI LIMITED Manufacturing 34 PRETORIA PORTLAND CEMENT

Construction and Materials COMPANY 35 PICK N PAY STORES LIMITED Retail and General Trading 36 WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED Retail and General Trading 37 JD GROUP LIMITED Retail and General Trading 38 ASPEN PHARMACARE HOLDINGS Health and Pharmaceuticals

LIMITED 39 FOSCHINI LIMITED Retail and General Trading 40 DISCOVERY HOLDINGS LIMITED Insurance 41 NETWORK HEALTHCARE

Health and Pharmaceuticals 42 INVESTEC LIMITED

Banks and Financial Services 43 AFRICAN BANK INVESTMENTS Banks and Financial Services LTD 44 TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL Retail and General Trading LIMITED 45 REUNERT LIMITED Manufacturing 46 NAMPAK LIMITED Professional Services 47 MASSMART HOLDINGS LIMITED Retail and General Trading 48 SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LIMITED Retail and General Trading 49 ASSMANG LIMITED

Mining and Metals 50 SUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Entertainment and Leisure Company US$ Market Value $ Equity Turnover 1 ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 49,804,856,486.33 15,662,536,661.00 2 BHP BILLITON PLC 40,297,386,862.79 10,782,813,505.38 3 SASOL LIMITED 23,878,533,343.71 15,008,013,100.00 4 SABMILLER PLC 18,504,685,030.24 7,195,627,726.25 5 MTN GROUP LIMITED 16,200,413,329.26 8,706,950,614.25 6 STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD 15,986,896,024.86 8,313,691,865.00 7 FIRSTRAND LIMITED 15,830,873,319.97 4,694,792,310.06 8 ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM 15,590,525,302.73 3,178,431,707.75

CORP LD 9 ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED 13,092,285,368.37 3,166,220,660.75 10 TELKOM SA LIMITED 11,795,030,978.22

5,347,661,725.00 11 OLD MUTUAL PLC 10,821,961,255.93

4,211,308,807.25 12 ABSA GROUP LIMITED 10,333,070,913.58

5,058,270,032.00 13 IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS 9,757,049,800.06

6,195,278,924.00 LIMITED 14 REMGRO LIMITED 9,326,685,122.05 3,676,344,866.17 15 GOLD FIELDS LIMITED

8,632,438,821.96 4,309,854,406.19 16 SANLAM LIMITED

6,606,125,028.68 4,082,708,859.75 17 NEDCOR LIMITED

6,147,923,681.93 2,097,099,280.75 18 NASPERS LIMITED

5,561,372,456.08 2,566,863,222.25 19 LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL PLC 5,459,370,595.54 1,170,758,725.26 20 RMB HOLDINGS LIMITED

5,207,640,068.33 884,361,417.44 21 KUMBA RESOURCES LIMITED

4,838,243,465.72 1,184,160,711.74 22 IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

4,814,409,027.97 2,334,321,759.63 23 MITTAL STEEL SOUTH AFRICA

4,290,321,425.92 2,417,068,676.25 LIMITED 24 LONMIN PLC

3,946,395,791.87 178,236,873.14 25 BARLOWORLD LIMITED 3,844,939,765.51 2,982,960,737.09 26 HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY 3,830,288,762.86 2,277,373,696.78 27 TIGER BRANDS LIMITED 3,821,417,932.86 2,328,616,226.63 28 VENFIN LIMITED 3,646,581,044.57 1,355,374,459.50 29 STEINHOFF INTERNATIONAL 3,323,829,239.73 1,835,824,692.53 HOLDINGS LD 30 LIBERTY GROUP LIMITED 3,272,703,576.32 1,211,047,482.63 31 INVESTEC PLC 3,238,698,993.36 1,555,387,004.30 32 EDGARS CONSOLIDATED STORES 2,974,935,933.59 2,823,455,503.94

LIMITED 33 SAPPI LIMITED 2,724,060,473.71 2,547,054,320.69 34 PRETORIA PORTLAND CEMENT 2,590,604,650.37

450,819,825.12 COMPANY 35 PICK N PAY STORES LIMITED 2,180,310,192.48 540,142,195.47 36 WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED

2,117,147,885.91 979,279,764.00 37 JD GROUP LIMITED

2,035,584,712.50 1,660,786,106.56 38 ASPEN PHARMACARE HOLDINGS

1,976,956,840.06 742,462,600.37 LIMITED 39 FOSCHINI LIMITED 1,968,973,735.47 869,842,404.14 40 DISCOVERY HOLDINGS LIMITED 1,957,748,935.77 224,097,902.64 41 NETWORK HEALTHCARE 1,957,618,884.02 657,218,621.28 42 INVESTEC LIMITED 1,908,303,285.51 830,731,222.38 43 AFRICAN BANK INVESTMENTS 1,837,030,580.05 1,147,777,291.59 LTD 44 TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL 1,815,001,697.42 615,581,108.20

LIMITED 45 REUNERT LIMITED 1,715,011,612.58

642,719,182.65 46 NAMPAK LIMITED 1,696,135,230.41

755,583,195.25 47 MASSMART HOLDINGS LIMITED 1,616,700,967.14

1,346,257,359.88 48 SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1,573,978,463.87

458,450,242.60 49 ASSMANG LIMITED 1,533,316,566.36

1,246,903.59 50 SUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1,518,080,846.21

420,112,725.71 </pre> <pre> SOUTH AFRICA TOP 10 SHARE PRICE GAINERS Company US$ Returns $ Market Value Kumba Resources

106.56% 4,838,243,465 Anglo American Platinum 96.72% 15,590,525,302 Impala Platinum 73.37% 9,757,049,800 Venfin 69.34% 3,646,581,044 Sasol 66.80% 23,878,533,343 Aspen Pharmacare

62.63% 1,976,956,840 Lonmin 59.76%

3,946,395,791 Highveld Steel & Vanadium 57.42% 1,307,923,139 Assmang 48.51% 1,533,316,566 Harmony Gold Mining 47.75% 3,830,288,762 </pre> <p>S Africa's black companies forge ahead

A decade ago, South Africa's black majority was firmly shut out of the country's major businesses; today, thanks to the bold Black Economic Empowerment scheme, at least 30 BEE companies are listed on the JSE. Tom Nevin reports.

Trying to deal with the social aspects of apartheid's hangover was in itself a massive undertaking; tackling the economic transformation is something else again. Nevertheless, significant headway is being made as a new black economic empowerment survey demonstrates.

In 1994, South Africa's black majority owned less than 5% of the country's private economy. Today more than 30 black-owned or black-empowered companies are listed on the JSE. There has also been a significant increase in the number of JSE-listed companies that have black shareholders or that are in talks with potential black shareholders. The level of BEE-related disclosure provided by JSE-listed companies has increased markedly. Most encouraging is the increase in the numbers of the black middle class, by 421,000 in the past year alone.

"Contrary to historical experience," says Chia-Chao Wu, executive director of Empowerdex, "South Africa is demonstrating a system where positive economic growth can be managed to provide significant improvements in transforming its socioeconomic structures. This should, in time, generate further economic growth."

Empowerdex, a South African rating agency, supplied the data for the ranking of South Africa's top 200 empowerment companies in the Financial Mail's Top Empowerment Companies (TEC) annual survey.

"Top Empowerment Companies' data comes from measuring all the companies on the main board of the JSE against a broad-based BEE scorecard," says Sibonelo Radebe, the TEC's editor. "Making sense of this data requires the exploration of every aspect of the empowerment paradigm. A picture emerges of a patient suffering from an elusive virus. After more than 10 years of walking the BEE path, companies in every sector still face enormous challenges."

If it is not the unavailability of BEE funding that hinders implementation, it is dubious funding structures. Effective transformation is dogged by window dressing and skills shortages. Skills development initiatives are not having the impact they should, and the education system leaves much to be desired. Any attempt to beef up the legislative framework spooks the market, and in some cases there is resistance to the new order.

"Debates about the measurement of BEE and what its basic principles should be are still circulating in the public arena," says Radebe. "To come up with a reliable measurement too requires a robust engagement of these debates."

Radebe acknowledges that the job of compiling this year's TEC was made easier following the publication of a complete draft of the BEE codes of good practice by the Department of Trade and Industry. The codes have been released for comment and should be enacted as law later this year. "They come with a generic, broad-based scorecard which, according to the department, will be an overarching tool for the implementation of BEE in the land."

The government's BEE codes draft document makes the point that transactions concluded during the first wave of BEE in the late 1990s reveal a need for the transformation of the BEE deals themselves.

Radebe notes the need to address the lack of participation by black women and broad-based structures in BEE consortia. "The draft document raises a concern on the reversion of black equity into the hands of the original white owners following the collapse of BEE deals owing to onerous structuring and repayment terms.

"Interestingly", he adds, "none of the groups which concluded major BEE deals last year feature on the TEC top 10 list; a first sign that BEE is not simply a financial accounting feature."

An adverse feature of the South African BEE phenomenon has been the transfer of vast wealth into the hands of a few black businessmen--to the extent that they were dubbed by the minister of minerals and energy, Lindiwe Hendricks, as "the usual suspects".

She applauded the De Beers Consolidated Diamond Mines' BEE deal because it sought to spread empowerment benefits amongst workers and dependants in a transaction far more broadly-based than those before it.

Other businessmen worry that overenthusiastic broad-based BEE could defeat its fundamentals. Says black entrepreneur Mzi Kumalo: "BEE faces the danger of becoming a simple charity and social responsibility programme devoid of any commercial sense."

Iqbal Surve, CEO of top ranked company Sekunjalo, calls for fundamental change. "Even the debate about broad-based empowerment has become sterile," he maintains. "The emphasis must be on building a new society. We need to be more inclusive. We have a lot of young people who are committed and hard-working but they don't always have the skills and experience. The emphasis should be on integrating black and white skills, and on the value system, rather than on colour."

South Africa's Top 10 Black Economic Empowerment companies

BEE rankings are arrived at through a complicated procedure based on 100 percentage points taking the aggregate of seven individual scores rating ownership, management, employment equity, skills development and corporate social investment.
Rank  Company                                      Score

 1.   Sekunjalo -- health & technology             76.44%
 2.   The Don Group -- hotels & leisure            74.07%
 3.   Sun International -- hotels & leisure        70.04%
 4.   Enaleni Pharma -- pharmaceuticals            69.88%
 5.   Telkom -- telecommunications & IT            67.16%
 6.   Mustek -- Information technology hardware    66.84%
 7.   Adcorp -- Education & business training      66.49%
 8.   Gijima AST -- IT & business consulting       65.79%
 9.   Group 5 -- Construction                      63.68%
10.   Bytes tech. -- software & computer services  63.68%

AFRICA'S 1000 TOP COMPANIES

      COMPANY                     Country           Industry

   1  ANGLO AMERICAN PLC          S. Africa         Mining/Metals
   2  BHP BILLITON PLC            S. Africa         Mining/Metals
   3  SASOL                       S. Africa         Chemicals
   4  SABMILLER PLC               S. Africa         Consumer
   5  MTN GROUP                   S. Africa         Telecom
   6  STANDARD BANK               S. Africa         Banks/Finance
   7  FIRSTRAND                   S. Africa         Banks/Finance
   8  ANGLO AM. PLATINUM          S. Africa         Mining/Metals
   9  ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI           S. Africa         Mining/Metals
  10  TELKOM SA                   S. Africa         Telecom
  11  ORASCOM TELECOM             Egypt             Telecom
  12  OLD MUTUAL PLC              S. Africa         Insurance
  13  ABSA GROUP                  S. Africa         Banks/Finance
  14  IMPALA PLATINUM             S. Africa         Mining/Metals
  15  REMGRO                      S. Africa         Conglomerates
  16  ITISSALAT AL MAGHRIB        Morocco           Telecom
  17  GOLD FIELDS                 S. Africa         Mining/Metals
  18  ORASCOM CONSTRUCT.          Egypt             Construction
  19  SANLAM                      S. Africa         Insurance
  20  NEDCOR                      S. Africa         Banks/Finance
  21  TELECOM EGYPT               Egypt             Telecom
  22  NASPERS                     S. Africa         Media
  23  LIBERTY INT.                S. Africa         Real Estate
  24  RMB HOLDINGS                S. Africa         Banks/Finance
  25  KUMBA RESOURCES             S. Africa         Mining/Metals
  26  IMPERIAL HOLDINGS           S. Africa         Manufacturing
  27  MITTAL STEEL S AFRICA       S. Africa         Manufacturing
  28  VODAFONE EGYPT              Egypt             Telecom
  29  LONMIN PLC                  S. Africa         Mining/Metals
  30  PRETORIA PORTLAND           Zimbabwe          Construction
  31  BARLOWORLD                  S. Africa         Manufacturing
  32  HARMONY GOLD MINING         S. Africa         Mining/Metals
  33  TIGER BRANDS                S. Africa         Consumer
  34  VENFIN                      S. Africa         Conglomerates
  35  MOBINIL                     Egypt             Telecom
  36  STEINHOFF INT.              S. Africa         Consumer
  37  LIBERTY GROUP               S. Africa         Insurance
  38  INVESTEC PLC                S. Africa         Banks/Finance
  39  ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL         Egypt             Construction
  40  EDGARS CONS. STORES         S. Africa         Retail
  41  SAPPI                       S. Africa         Manufacturing
  42  PRETORIA PORTLAND           S. Africa         Construction
  43  ATTIJARIWAFA BANK           Morocco           Banks/Finance
  44  NIGERIAN BREWERIES          Nigeria           Consumer
  45  PICK N PAY STORES           S. Africa         Retail
  46  WOOLWORTHS                  S. Africa         Retail
  47  JD GROUP                    S. Africa         Retail
  48  SUEZ CEMENT                 Egypt             Construction
  49  OMNIUM N. AFRICAIN          Morocco           Conglomerates
  50  ASPEN PHARMACARE            S. Africa         Health
  51  FOSCHINI                    S. Africa         Retail
  52  DISCOVERY HOLDINGS          S. Africa         Insurance
  53  NETWORK HEALTHCARE          S. Africa         Health
  54  SIDI KERIR PETROCHEM.       Egypt             Oil and Gas
  55  INVESTEC                    S. Africa         Banks/Finance
  56  AFRICAN BANK                S. Africa         Banks/Finance
  57  TRUWORTHS INTER.            S. Africa         Retail
  58  EFG-HERMES                  Egypt             Banks/Finance
  59  REUNERT                     S. Africa         Manufacturing
  60  NAMPAK                      S. Africa         Prof. Services
  61  MASSMART HOLDINGS           S. Africa         Retail
  62  SHOPRITE HOLDINGS           S. Africa         Retail
  63  ASSMANG                     S. Africa         Mining/Metals
  64  SUN INTERNATIONAL           S. Africa         Leisure
  65  LIBERTY HOLDINGS            S. Africa         Insurance
  66  SANTAM                      S. Africa         Insurance
  67  EGYPTIAN IRON/ STEEL        Egypt             Construction
  68  AFRICAN OXYGEN              S. Africa         Chemicals
  69  EASTERN TOBACCO             Egypt             Consumer
  70  SOC. LAFARGE-CIMENTS        Morocco           Construction
  71  COM. INTER. BANK            Egypt             Banks/Finance
  72  HIGHVELD STEEL              S. Africa         Manufacturing
  73  TONGAAT-HULETT              S. Africa         Consumer
  74  BMCE                        Morocco           Banks/Finance
  75  FIRST BANK NIGERIA          Nigeria           Banks/Finance
  76  E. AFRICAN BREWERIES        Kenya             Consumer
  77  SOCIETE LES CIMENTS         Morocco           Construction
  78  SONATEL                     C. d'Ivoire       Telecom
  79  MUTUAL & FED. INS.          S. Africa         Insurance
  80  ABU KIR FERTILISER          Egypt             Chemicals
  81  UNION BANK NIGERIA          Nigeria           Banks/Finance
  82  AMOC                        Egypt             Oil and Gas
  83  NAT. SOC. GEN. BANK         Egypt             Banks/Finance
  84  CAXTON CTP PUBLISH.         S. Africa         Media
  85  SNI                         Morocco           Conglomerates
  86  AVENG LTD                   S. Africa         Construction
  87  EGYPT ALUMINIUM             Egypt             Construction
  88  PICK N PAY HOLDINGS         S. Africa         Retail
  89  EL EZZ STEEL REBARS         Egypt             Construction
  90  MURRAY AND ROBERTS          S. Africa         Construction
  91  MEDI-CLINIC CORP.           S. Africa         Health
  92  DISTELL GROUP               S. Africa         Consumer
  93  AECI                        S. Africa         Chemicals
  94  DIMENSION DATA              S. Africa         I.T.
  95  GRINDROD                    S. Africa         Transportation
  96  JOHNNIC COMM.               S. Africa         Media
  97  GUINNESS NIGERIA            Nigeria           Consumer
  98  NATIONAL CEMENT             Egypt             Construction
  99  ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES         S. Africa         Finance/Services
 100  ALEXANDER FORBES            S. Africa         Finance/Services
 101  ASEC FOR CEMENT CO.         Egypt             Construction
 102  ELLERINE HOLDINGS           S. Africa         Retail
 103  INTERCONTINENTAL BK.        Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 104  ZENITH BANK INT.            Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 105  NESTLE NIGERIA LTD          Nigeria           Consumer
 106  BARCLAYS BANK KENYA         Kenya             Banks/Finance
 107  SAMIR                       Morocco           Chemicals
 108  AQUARIUS PLATINUM           S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 109  UNITED BANK/AFRICA          Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 110  BAMBURI CEMENT LTD          Kenya             Construction
 111  NORTHAM PLATINUM            S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 112  DELTA SUGAR                 Egypt             Consumer
 113  WESTERN AREAS               S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 114  ILLOVO SUGAR                S. Africa         Consumer
 115  ASSORE                      S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 116  HOSKEN CONS. INVEST.        S. Africa         Finance/Services
 117  MR PRICE GROUP              S. Africa         Retail
 118  ORIENTAL WEAVERS            Egypt             Consumer
 119  NIGERIAN BOTTLING           Nigeria           Consumer
 120  SOC. CENT. LAITIERE         Morocco           Consumer
 121  TOURAH PORTLAND             Egypt             Construction
 122  EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BK.       Egypt             Banks/Finance
 123  LONRHO AFRICA PLC           S. Africa         Conglomerates
 124  BMCI                        Morocco           Banks/Finance
 125  CONSOL                      S. Africa         Manufacturing
 126  GUARANTY TRUST BANK         Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 127  BARCLAYS/BOTSWANA           Botswana          Banks/Finance
 128  SOCIETE HOLCIM              Morocco           Construction
 129  CAPITAL ALLIANCE            S. Africa         Insurance
 130  AFROX HEALTHCARE            S. Africa         Health
 131  MVELAPHANDA GROUP           S. Africa         Conglomerates
 132  KENYA AIRWAYS LTD           Kenya             Transportation
 133  STANDARD CHARTERED          Kenya             Banks/Finance
 134  ASTRAL FOODS                S. Africa         Agriculture
 135  SOC. DES BRASSERIES         Morocco           Consumer
 136  ORASCOM PROJECTS            Egypt             Leisure
 137  TRENCOR                     S. Africa         Transportation
 138  ITALTILE                    S. Africa         Construction
 139  GOLD REEF RESORTS           S. Africa         Leisure
 140  CADBURY NIGERIA             Nigeria           Consumer
 141  NEW CLICKS HOLDINGS         S. Africa         Retail
 142  1st NATIONAL BANK           Botswana          Banks/Finance
 143  TOTAL NIGERIA               Nigeria           Oil and Gas
 144  UNILEVER NIGERIA            Nigeria           Consumer
 145  MAURITIUS COMM.BANK         Mauritius         Banks/Finance
 146  BANQUE CENTRALE POP.        Morocco           Banks/Finance
 147  OCEANIC BANK                Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 148  UNITRANS                    S. Africa         Transportation
 149  SONASID                     Morocco           Construction
 150  WESCO INVESTMENTS           S. Africa         Transport Equip.
 151  COSUMAR                     Morocco           Consumer
 152  STANDARD CHARTERED          Botswana          Banks/Finance
 153  DATATEC                     S. Africa         I.T.
 154  OANDO PLC                   Nigeria           Oil and Gas
 155  EGYPTIAN MEDIA CITY         Egypt             Leisure
 156  PRIMEDIA                    S. Africa         Media
 157  ARAB COTTON GINNING         Egypt             Consumer
 158  AMOUN                       Egypt             Health
 159  BIDBEE                      S. Africa         Prof. Services
 160  WILSON BAYLY HOLMES         S. Africa         Construction
 161  ASHAKA CEMENT               Nigeria           Construction
 162  SECHABA BREWERIES           Botswana          Consumer
 163  SIX OF OCTOBER. SODIC       Egypt             Real Estate
 164  RAINBOW CHICKEN             S. Africa         Agriculture
 165  STATE BANK/MAURITIUS        Mauritius         Banks/Finance
 166  NEW MAURITIUS HOTEL         Mauritius         Leisure
 167  CREDIT DU MAROC             Morocco           Banks/Finance
 168  BAT                         Kenya             Consumer
 169  W.A.PORTLAND CEMENT         Nigeria           Construction
 170  1st CITY MONUMENT BK.       Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 171  LECICO                      Egypt             Consumer
 172  DIAMOND BANK                Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 173  ALLIED ELECTRONICS          S. Africa         Manufacturing
 174  S.AFRICAN EAGLE INS.        S. Africa         Insurance
 175  MISR INT. BANK              Egypt             Banks/Finance
 176  CERAMIC INDUSTRIES          S. Africa         Construction
 177  BARPLATS INVEST.            S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 178  CORONATION FUND             S. Africa         Finance/Services
 179  AFRIBANK NIGERIA.           Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 180  AMERIYAH CEMENT             Egypt             Construction
 181  ACCESS BANK NIGERIA         Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 182  EGYPTIAN INT. PHARM.        Egypt             Health
 183  SOFAC                       Morocco           Finance/Services
 184  MISR CEMENT-QENA            Egypt             Construction
 185  JOHNNIC HOLDINGS            S. Africa         Media
 186  MISR BENI SUEF CEMENT       Egypt             Construction
 187  BRAIT S.A.                  S. Africa         Finance/Services
 188  CAPITEC BANK                S. Africa         Banks/Finance
 189  CONOIL PLC                  Nigeria           Oil and Gas
 190  AFGRI                       S. Africa         Agriculture
 191  KENYA COMMERCIAL BK.        Kenya             Banks/Finance
 192  SINAI CEMENT                Egypt             Construction
 193  SFBT                        Tunisia           Consumer
 194  MANAGEM                     Morocco           Mining/Metals
 195  MOBIL OIL NIGERIA           Nigeria           Oil and Gas
 196  RELYANT RETAIL              S. Africa         Retail
 197  TANZANIA BREWERIES          Tanzania          Consumer
 198  CANAL SHIP. SERVICES        Egypt             Utilities
 199  PSG GROUP                   S. Africa         Finance/Services
 200  MEDINET NASR                Egypt             Real Estate
 201  REAL AFRICA HOLDINGS        S. Africa         Conglomerates
 202  LYDEC LYD                   Morocco           Prof. Services
 203  CITY LODGE HOTELS           S. Africa         Leisure
 204  DELTA CORPORATION           Zimbabwe          Consumer
 205  HELIOPOLIS HOUSING          Egypt             Real Estate
 206  WEMA BANK                   Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 207  SOMOCER                     Tunisia           Manufacturing
 208  PZ INDUSTRIES               Nigeria           Conglomerates
 209  OCEANA GROUP                S. Africa         Agriculture
 210  ILIAD AFRICA                S. Africa         Construction
 211  KAGISO MEDIA                S. Africa         Media
 212  BYTES TECHNOLOGY            S. Africa         I.T.
 213  CREDIT IMMO & HOTEL.        Morocco           Banks/Finance
 214  SKYE BANK                   Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 215  PHARCO PHARM.               Egypt             Health
 216  OMNIA HOLDINGS              S. Africa         Chemicals
 217  SOC. LESIEUR CRISTAL        Morocco           Consumer
 218  BANQUE DE TUNISIE           Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 219  DELTA ELECTRICAL IND.       S. Africa         Manufacturing
 220  EL WATANY BANK              Egypt             Banks/Finance
 221  WAFA ASSURANCES             Morocco           Insurance
 222  KWV                         S. Africa         Consumer
 223  COMBINED MOTOR              S. Africa         Transport Equip.
 224  OLYMPIC GP. FIN. INV.       Egypt             Finance/Services
 225  PEREGRINE HOLDINGS          S. Africa         Finance/Services
 226  MUMIAS SUGAR CO.            Kenya             Agriculture
 227  BIAT                        Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 228  GROUP FIVE                  S. Africa         Construction
 229  EQDOM                       Morocco           Finance/Services
 230  TEXACO                      Nigeria           Oil and Gas
 231  EGYPTIAN FINAN. & IND.      Egypt             Chemicals
 232  ZAMBIA COPPER               S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 233  STANDARD CHARTERED          Ghana             Banks/Finance
 234  MEIKLES AFRICA              Zimbabwe          Leisure
 235  FLOUR MILLS NIGERIA         Nigeria           Consumer
 236  PLATINUM BANK               Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 237  METAIR INVESTMENTS          S. Africa         Transport Equip.
 238  DELTA INT. BANK             Egypt             Banks/Finance
 239  CLIENTELE LIFE ASS.         S. Africa         Insurance
 240  HUDACO INDUSTRIES           S. Africa         Manufacturing
 241  METOREX                     S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 242  FIDELITY BANK NIGERIA       Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 243  TIGER WHEELS                S. Africa         Transport Equip.
 244  FNB NAMIBIA                 Namibia           Banks/Finance
 245  TRANS HEX GROUP             S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 246  TOURISM INVEST. CORP.       S. Africa         Leisure
 247  SUN RESORTS                 Mauritius         Leisure
 248  AFRIKANDER LEASE            S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 249  EGYPT GAS                   Egypt             Oil and Gas
 250  DIST. WAREH. NETWORK        S. Africa         Construction
 251  RAYA HOLDING                Egypt             I.T
 252  ASSIUT CEMENT               Egypt             Construction
 253  INVEST. BANK & TRUST        Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 254  ZAMBIAN BREWERIES           Zambia            Consumer
 255  PALABORA MINING             S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 256  KENYA OIL CO LTD            Kenya             Oil and Gas
 257  NATION MEDIA GROUP          Kenya             Media
 258  ALEXANDRIA CONTAINERS       Egypt             Utilities
 259  EGYPT SAUDI FIN. BANK       Egypt             Banks/Finance
 260  BOTSWANA INSURANCE          Botswana          Insurance
 261  SUEZ CANAL FOR TECH.        Egypt             I.T
 262  DELTA INDUSTRIES            Egypt             Manufacturing
 263  PAINTS & CHEMICAL IND.      Egypt             Chemicals
 264  AMALGAM. APPLIANCES         S. Africa         Consumer
 265  TRADEHOLD                   S. Africa         Retail
 266  INNSCOR AFRICA              Zimbabwe          Conglomerates
 267  CASHBUILD                   S. Africa         Construction
 268  SOLIBRA                     C. d'Ivoire       Consumer
 269  CADIZ HOLDINGS              S. Africa         Finance/Services
 270  PRODUCE BUYING CO.          Ghana             Agriculture
 271  MUSTEK                      S. Africa         I.T
 272  ADCORP HOLDINGS             S. Africa         Finance/Services
 273  EXPORT DEV. BANK            Egypt             Banks/Finance
 274  POWER & LIGHTING LTD        Kenya             Utilities
 275  CFC BANK LTD                Kenya             Banks/Finance
 276  UAC NIGERIA                 Nigeria           Conglomerates
 277  SOCIETE AUTO--HALL          Morocco           Retail
 278  INVICTA HOLDINGS            S. Africa         Manufacturing
 279  MOBILE INDUSTRIES           S. Africa         Transportation
 280  UBC                         Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 281  EIB INTERNATIONAL           Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 282  AFRICAN PETROLEUM           Nigeria           Oil and Gas
 283  SUEZ CANAL BANK             Egypt             Banks/Finance
 284  BELL EQUIPMENT              S. Africa         Manufacturing
 285  MESSINA                     S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 286  FRONTRANGE                  S. Africa         I.T
 287  NATGAS                      Egypt             Oil and Gas
 288  E. AFRICAN PORTLAND         Kenya             Construction
 289  BRANDCORP HOLDINGS          S. Africa         Retail
 290  COMM. INTER. INVEST.        Egypt             Banks/Finance
 291  BEARING MAN                 S. Africa         Retail
 292  SPUR CORP. LTD              S. Africa         Leisure
 293  ADVTECH                     S. Africa         Finance/Services
 294  TANZANIA CIGARETTE CO.      Tanzania          Consumer
 295  NAIADE RESORTS              Mauritius         Leisure
 296  ARGENT INDUSTRIAL           S. Africa         Manufacturing
 297  ECONET WIRELESS             Zimbabwe          Telecom
 298  SOCGEN BANQUE C.I.          C. d'Ivoire       Banks/Finance
 299  MISR CHEMICAL IND.          Egypt             Chemicals
 300  PRIMEDIA                    S. Africa         Media
 301  CHARTERED BANK PLC          Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 302  COMAIR                      S. Africa         Transportation
 303  BANQUE DE L'HABITAT         Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 304  SASFIN HOLDINGS             S. Africa         Banks/Finance
 305  GHANA COMM. BANK            Ghana             Banks/Finance
 306  ROGERS & COMPANY            Mauritius         Conglomerates
 307  SCHARRIG MINING             S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 308  EL EZZ CERAMICS             Egypt             Consumer
 309  BANQUE DU SUD               Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 310  GUARDIAN EXPRESS BK.        Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 311  CHIL ANGA CEMENT LTD        Zambia            Construction
 312  SOUTH VALLEY CEMENT         Egypt             Construction
 313  ARCH EQUITY                 S. Africa         Finance/Services
 314  EGYPT TOURISM RESORTS       Egypt             Leisure
 315  STANDARD CHARTERED          Zambia            Banks/Finance
 316  SOC. METAL. D'IMITER        Morocco           Mining/Metals
 317  ARAB POLVARA                Egypt             Consumer
 318  RIO TINTO ZIMBABWE          Zimbabwe          Mining/Metals
 319  SOC. L'ACCUMULATEUR         Tunisia           Manufacturing
 320  UNITY BANK PLC              Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 321  TUNISAIR                    Tunisia           Transportation
 322  NU-WORLD HOLDINGS           S. Africa         Consumer
 323  UNILEVER GHANA              Ghana             Consumer
 324  CALYON BANK EGYPT           Egypt             Banks/Finance
 325  SOC. EAUX MIN. D'OULMES     Morocco           Consumer
 326  GLAXOSMITHKLINE             Egypt             Health
 327  FIRST ATLANTIC BANK         Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 328  NESTLE COTE D'IVOIRE        C. d'Ivoire       Consumer
 329  ALEXANDRIA CEMENT           Egypt             Construction
 330  GUINNESS GHANA              Ghana             Consumer
 331  DIGICORE HOLDINGS           S. Africa         Manufacturing
 332  TOTAL KENYA LTD             Kenya             Oil and Gas
 333  MON TRESOR & DESERT         Mauritius         Agriculture
 334  ENGEN--BOTSWANA             Botswana          Oil and Gas
 335  AMEN BANK                   Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 336  LETSHEGO                    Botswana          Banks/Finance
 337  ENVIROSERV HOLDINGS         S. Africa         Finance/Services
 338  PHUMELELA GAMING            S. Africa         Leisure
 339  MEDICAL UNION PHARM.        Egypt             Health
 340  AMREYAH PHARM. IND.         Egypt             Health
 341  GRINTEK                     S. Africa         Manufacturing
 342  CAIRO POULTRY               Egypt             Consumer
 343  SEARDEL INVESTMENT          S. Africa         Consumer
 344  STB                         Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 345  GLENRAND M.I.B.             S. Africa         Insurance
 346  TRUST BANK (GAMBIA)         Ghana             Banks/Finance
 347  CONNECTION GROUP            S. Africa         Retail
 348  NAL MERCHANT BANK           Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 349  7-UP BOTTLING COMP.         Nigeria           Consumer
 350  SAGE GROUP                  S. Africa         Insurance
 351  VALUE GROUP                 S. Africa         Transportation
 352  BOWLER METCALF              S. Africa         Prof. Services
 353  IRELAND BLYTH LTD           Mauritius         Conglomerates
 354  AG INDUSTRIES               S. Africa         Construction
 355  COTTON COMPANY              Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 356  AUTO-NEJMA                  Morocco           Retail
 357  DATACENTRIX                 S. Africa         I.T
 358  EGYPT. COMMERCIAL BANK      Egypt             Banks/Finance
 359  FIRESTONE E. AFRICA         Kenya             Tran. Equip.
 360  BTEI                        Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 361  NILE COTTON GINNING         Egypt             Consumer
 362  BICICI                      C. d'Ivoire       Banks/Finance
 363  RANDGOLD & EXPLOR.          S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 364  ALEXAN. REAL EST. INV.      Egypt             Real Estate
 365  ARAB TUNISIAN BANK          Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 366  SHELL MAURITIUS LTD         Mauritius         Oil and Gas
 367  NAT. BANK OF KENYA          Kenya             Banks/Finance
 368  SOC. CARNAUD MAROC          Morocco           Manufacturing
 369  PARACON HOLDINGS            S. Africa         I.T
 370  PROMOTION & DEV. CO.        Mauritius         Real Estate
 371  FAMILY NUTRITION            Egypt             Consumer
 372  SOC. THERAPEUTIQUE          Morocco           Health
 373  BARNARD JACOBS MELLET       S. Africa         Finance/Services
 374  SOC. THERAPEUTIQUE          Morocco           Health
 375  MOBILE INDUSTRIES           S. Africa         Transportation
 376  NAT. BANK OF MALAWI         Malawi            Banks/Finance
 377  GLAXO SMITHKLINE            Nigeria           Health
 378  CHIPSY FOR FOOD IND.        Egypt             Consumer
 379  MISR HOTELS CO              Egypt             Leisure
 380  UACN PROPERTY DEV.          Nigeria           Real Estate
 381  BISCO MISR                  Egypt             Consumer
 382  CONTROL INSTRUMENTS         S. Africa         Manufacturing
 383  EGYPT REAL EST. & INV.      Egypt             Real Estate
 384  MAROC LEASING               Morocco           Finance/Services
 385  ALEXANDRIA SPINNING         Egypt             Consumer
 386  UCS GROUP                   S. Africa         I.T
 387  UIB                         Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 388  EL AHLI INVEST. & DEV.      Egypt             Banks/Finance
 389  UNITED HOUSING DEV.         Egypt             Real Estate
 390  DORBYL                      S. Africa         Construction
 391  PRISM HOLDINGS              S. Africa         I.T
 392  MONOPRIX                    Tunisia           Finance/Services
 393  MISR CONDITIONING           Egypt             Manufacturing
 394  BNA                         Tunisia           Banks/Finance
 395  ENALENI PHARM.              S. Africa         Health
 396  AIR MAURITIUS LTD           Mauritius         Transportation
 397  AGMA-LAHLOU TAZI S.A        Morocco           Insurance
 398  SPDIT                       Tunisia           Finance/Services
 399  EL NASR CO                  Egypt             Manufacturing
 400  ORASCOM HOTELS              Egypt             Leisure
 401  KARTHAGO AIRLINES           Tunisia           Transportation
 402  UNILEVER TEA LTD            Kenya             Agriculture
 403  CO. IVOIR. ELECTRICITE      C. d'Ivoire       Utilities
 404  GENERAL SILOS               Egypt             Agriculture
 405  AFRICAN DIAMONDS            Botswana          Mining/Metals
 406  EL SHAMS HOUSING            Egypt             Real Estate
 407  BRANOMA                     Morocco           Consumer
 408  SITAB                       C. d'Ivoire       Consumer
 409  EGYPT CONSTRUCTION          Egypt             Construction
 410  NIC BANK LTD                Kenya             Banks/Finance
 411  HOUSE OF BUSBY              S. Africa         Consumer
 412  THE SUGAR CORP.             Malawi            Agriculture
 413  BENI SUEF CEMENT            Egypt             Construction
 414  COCOA PROCESSING CO.        Ghana             Agriculture
 415  CONCOR                      S. Africa         Construction
 416  BP ZAMBIA                   Zambia            Oil and Gas
 417  CERAMICA CLEOPATRA          Egypt             Construction
 418  BRIMSTONE INVEST. CO.       S. Africa         Finance/Services
 419  CULLINAN HOLDINGS           S. Africa         Leisure
 420  DIAMOND TRUST BANK          Kenya             Banks/Finance
 421  SOTRAPIL                    Tunisia           Transportation
 422  ALCATEL/NEXANS              Morocco           Manufacturing
 423  GIJIMA AST GROUP            S. Africa         I.T.
 424  HOUSING & DEV. BANK         Egypt             Banks/Finance
 425  GALLERY GOLD LTD            Botswana          Mining/Metals
 426  EL NASR CLOTHING            Egypt             Consumer
 427  SG-SSB BANK                 Ghana             Banks/Finance
 428  JCI                         S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 429  SOCIETE ALUMINIUM           Morocco           Construction
 430  AFRIQUIA GAZ                Morocco           Oil and Gas
 431  HOWDEN AFRICA               S. Africa         Manufacturing
 432  IMB INTERNATIONAL BK.       Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 433  ATHI RIVER MINING           Kenya             Mining/Metals
 434  NAMIBIAN BREWERIES          Namibia           Consumer
 435  JULIUS BERGER NIGERIA       Nigeria           Construction
 436  NAT. BANK FOR DEV.          Egypt             Banks/Finance
 437  AIR LIQUIDE TUNISIE         Tunisia           Chemicals
 438  MERCANTILE LISBON           S. Africa         Banks/Finance
 439  FIRST MUTUAL LIFE ASS.      Zimbabwe          Insurance
 440  BANK OF AFRICA              C. d'Ivoire       Banks/Finance
 441  DINA FOR AGRIC. INV.        Egypt             Agriculture
 442  UNIMER                      Morocco           Consumer
 443  FERTIMA                     Morocco           Retail
 444  TOURIST COM. NIGERIA        Nigeria           Leisure
 445  SOCIETE MAGHREBAIL          Morocco           Finance/Services
 446  ARAB CABLES COMPANY         Egypt             Manufacturing
 447  PYRAMISA HOTELS             Egypt             Leisure
 448  ISISS FOR HOTELS            Egypt             Leisure
 449  SIMBA                       Tanzania          Leisure
 450  AFRICAN COPPER              Botswana          Mining/Metals
 451  M CUBED HOLDINGS            S. Africa         Finance/Services
 452  I.C.D.C INVESTMENTS         Kenya             Finance/Services
 453  PRESCO PLC                  Nigeria           Agriculture
 454  MANTRAC                     Egypt             Retail
 455  EGYPTIAN SHIPPING           Egypt             Utilities
 456  AL AMAL CLAY BRICK          Egypt             Construction
 457  COOPERATIVE BANK            Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 458  ZAMBEEF PRODUCTS            Zambia            Agriculture
 459  PRESS CORPORATION           Malawi            Conglomerates
 460  CEMENT COM. N. NIGERIA      Nigeria           Construction
 461  OKOMU OIL                   Nigeria           Agriculture
 462  SERENA                      Kenya             Leisure
 463  BAT ZIMBABWE                Zimbabwe          Consumer
 464  BOC KENYA LTD               Kenya             Chemicals
 465  SOC. CHIMIQUE ALKIMIA       Tunisia           Chemicals
 466  ERP.COM HOLDINGS            S. Africa         I.T.
 467  DFCU GROUP                  Uganda            Banks/Finance
 468  EGYPTIAN CHEM. (KIMA)       Egypt             Chemicals
 469  EGYPTIAN REAL ESTATE        Egypt             Real Estate
 470  SOVEREIGN FOOD INV.         S. Africa         Agriculture
 471  BINDURA NICKEL CORP.        Zimbabwe          Mining/Metals
 472  MISR AMERICA INT. BK.       Egypt             Banks/Finance
 473  JUBILEE INSURANCE CO.       Kenya             Insurance
 474  L A GROUP                   S. Africa         Retail
 475  NIGER INSURANCE             Nigeria           Insurance
 476  BARCLAYS BANK OF ZIM.       Zimbabwe          Banks/Finance
 477  REMCO                       Egypt             Construction
 478  ORYX PROPERTIES             Namibia           Real Estate
 479  PLANTATIONS D'HEVEAS        C. d'Ivoire       Agriculture
 480  MICROMEGA HOLDINGS          S. Africa         Finance/Services
 481  ZELLIDJA                    Morocco           Conglomerates
 482  CROOKES BROTHERS            S. Africa         Agriculture
 483  DELTA CONSTRUCTION          Egypt             Construction
 484  M & W DELTA FLOUR MILLS     Egypt             Agriculture
 485  CFI HOLDINGS                Zimbabwe          Conglomerates
 486  N. CAIRO FLOUR MILLS        Egypt             Agriculture
 487  UNILEVER CI                 C. d'Ivoire       Consumer
 488  EGYPT. STARCH/ GLUCOSE      Egypt             Consumer
 489  OK ZIMBABWE                 Zimbabwe          Retail
 490  TAWANA RESOURCES NL         S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 491  E. DELTA FLOUR MILLS        Egypt             Agriculture
 492  ENTER. OUTSOURCING          S. Africa         Prof. Services
 493  INLAND BANK                 Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 494  EAST AFRICAN CABLES         Kenya             Manufacturing
 495  HALLMARK BANK PLC           Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 496  U. EGYPT FLOUR MILLS        Egypt             Agriculture
 497  HFC BANK                    Ghana             Banks/Finance
 498  OMEGA BANK                  Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 499  FINCORP INVESTMENTS         Mauritius         Finance/Services
 500  MANSOUR & MAGHRABY          Egypt             Banks/Finance
 501  DAIRIBORD ZIMBABWE          Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 502  TRADE BANK                  Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 503  ROYAL EXCHANGE ASS.         Nigeria           Insurance
 504  TOTALFINELF C.I.            C. d'Ivoire       Oil and Gas
 505  FIRST BANKING CORP.         Zimbabwe          Banks/Finance
 506  CMC HOLDINGS LTD            Kenya             Transport Equip.
 507  ACB INTERNATIONAL           Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 508  STANDARD NEWSPAPERS         Kenya             Media
 509  CAIRO PHARM.                Egypt             Health
 510  EL KAHERA HOUSING           Egypt             Real Estate
 511  PINNACLE TECHNOLOGY         S. Africa         I.T.
 512  PUTCO                       S. Africa         Transportation
 513  SIMMER & JACK MINES         S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 514  UNITED DOCKS LTD            Mauritius         Real Estate
 515  SOC. MULT. BITUMES          C. d'Ivoire       Manufacturing
 516  MAURITIUS DEV. TRUST        Mauritius         Transport Equip.
 517  CO. TRANSPORTS MAROC.       Morocco           Transportation
 518  FAN MILK                    Ghana             Consumer
 519  GOODHOPE DIAMONDS           S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 520  CAL BANK                    Ghana             Banks/Finance
 521  S. EGYPT (SEDICO)           Egypt             Health
 522  MANNY BANK                  Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 523  CAOUCHOUCS BEREBY           C. d'Ivoire       Agriculture
 524  NILE PHARM.                 Egypt             Health
 525  LION BANK                   Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 526  EGYPT. INTER.TOURISM        Egypt             Leisure
 527  SETPOINT TECHNOLOGY         S. Africa         Manufacturing
 528  SIPHAT                      Tunisia           Health
 529  L A GROUP                   S. Africa         Retail
 530  TURNSTAR                    Botswana          Real Estate
 531  ELB GROUP                   S. Africa         Construction
 532  ALBORG LABORATORY           Egypt             Health
 533  COMMERCIAL BANK             Zimbabwe          Banks/Finance
 534  TECHNOPACK                  Egypt             Manufacturing
 535  SOC. IV. D'EMBALLAGES       C. d'Ivoire       Manufacturing
 536  LA MAROCAINE VIE            Morocco           Insurance
 537  UNITED BASALT PROD.         Mauritius         Construction
 538  CROCODILE TOURIST PROJ.     Egypt             Leisure
 539  COURTS MAURITIUS LTD        Mauritius         Retail
 540  M. EGYPT FLOUR MILLS        Egypt             Agriculture
 541  BASIL READ HOLDINGS         S. Africa         Construction
 542  LINKAGE ASSURANCE           Nigeria           Insurance
 543  UNITED VICTORIA HOTELS      Egypt             Leisure
 544  METAL FABRICATORS           Zambia            Manufacturing
 545  CERVEJAS                    Mozam.            Consumer
 546  NATIONAL INVEST. TRUST      Mauritius         Finance/Services
 547  NATIONAL HOUSING            Egypt             Real Estate
 548  EDGARS STORES               Zimbabwe          Retail
 549  HAREL FRERES LTD            Mauritius         Agriculture
 550  ALEXANDRIA PHARM.           Egypt             Health
 551  MAXIPREST LD                S. Africa         Transport Equip.
 552  CAUDAN DEVELOPMENT          Mauritius         Finance/Services
 553  HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES        Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 554  GIZA CABLES                 Egypt             Manufacturing
 555  MEMPHIS PHARM.              Egypt             Health
 556  SEED COMP. OF ZIM.          Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 557  CRYSTAL MANUFACT.           Egypt             Construction
 558  SOTETEL                     Tunisia           Telecom
 559  FSB INTER. BANK             Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 560  SEKUNJALO INVEST.           S. Africa         Conglomerates
 561  PUTCO PROPERTIES            S. Africa         Real Estate
 562  SEFALANA HOLDINGS           Botswana          Conglomerates
 563  FREEZING & PROCESSING       Egypt             Consumer
 564  SWAN INSURANCE CO.          Mauritius         Insurance
 565  SIAME                       Tunisia           Manufacturing
 566  PUTCO                       S. Africa         Transportation
 567  IDION TECHNOLOGY            S. Africa         I.T.
 568  AFRICAN EXPRESS BANK        Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 569  TRANSPACO                   S. Africa         Prof. Services
 570  BENUE CEMENT                Nigeria           Construction
 571  SOCIETE EL MAZRAA           Tunisia           Agriculture
 572  ARASIMCO                    Egypt             Consumer
 573  MAURITIUS LEASING           Mauritius         Finance/Services
 574  JASCO ELECTRONICS           S. Africa         Manufacturing
 575  SHARM DREAMS CO.            Egypt             Leisure
 576  ZSR CORPORATION             Zimbabwe          Consumer
 577  ONELOGIX GROUP              S. Africa         Prof. Services
 578  BRIMSTONE INVEST. CO.       S. Africa         Finance/Services
 579  VITAFOAM NIGERIA.           Nigeria           Manufacturing
 580  AIICO INSURANCE             Nigeria           Insurance
 581  CARGO CARRIERS              S. Africa         Transportation
 582  YORK TIMBER ORG.            S. Africa         Agriculture
 583  ALUWORKS GHANA              Ghana             Manufacturing
 584  NATIONAL PAPER              Egypt             Manufacturing
 585  CORNERSTONE INSUR.          Nigeria           Insurance
 586  BAT GHANA                   Ghana             Consumer
 587  CAPPA AND DALBERTO          Nigeria           Construction
 588  AFRICAN DISTILLERS          Zimbabwe          Consumer
 589  EGYPTIAN ELEC. CABLES       Egypt             Manufacturing
 590  MAGASIN GENERAL             Tunisia           Retail
 591  MISR DUTY FREE SHOPS        Egypt             Retail
 592  SOCIETE DIAC--SALAF         Morocco           Manufacturing
 593  EL KAHERA EL WATANIA        Egypt             Finance/Services
 594  BETA GLASS                  Nigeria           Manufacturing
 595  DELTA INSURANCE             Egypt             Insurance
 596  NATIONAL INSUR. COMP.       Malawi            Insurance
 597  COLCOM HOLDINGS             Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 598  ACRED                       Morocco           Finance/Services
 599  SECURICOR                   Botswana          Finance/Services
 600  HOUSING FINANCE CO.         Kenya             Finance/Services
 601  AMALGAMATED ELEC.           S. Africa         Manufacturing
 602  INMINS                      S. Africa         Retail
 603  ACCRA BREWERIES             Ghana             Consumer
 604  SEARDEL INVEST. CORP.       S. Africa         Consumer
 605  PAPELERA DE TETUAN          Morocco           Manufacturing
 606  NATIONAL FOODS              Zimbabwe          Consumer
 607  BENSO OIL PALM PLANT.       Ghana             Agriculture
 608  EXTRACTED OILS              Egypt             Consumer
 609  RT BRISCOE                  Nigeria           Transport Equip.
 610  SASANI                      S. Africa         Media
 611  NILE AGRICULTURAL           Egypt             Agriculture
 612  NEIMETH INTER. PHARM.       Nigeria           Health
 613  AFRICAN BANKING CO.         Botswana          Consumer
 614  MISR AMERICA CARPET         Egypt             Consumer
 615  REGENT BANK                 Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 616  EXCELLERATE HOLDINGS        S. Africa         Prof. Services
 617  WINHOLD                     S. Africa         Retail
 618  ZIM. REINSURANCE CO.        Zimbabwe          Insurance
 619  PATERSON ZOCHONIS           Ghana             Consumer
 620  SUB NIGEL GOLD MINING       S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 621  ALEXANDRIA CO. & M. BK.     Egypt             Banks/Finance
 622  BAT UGANDA                  Uganda            Consumer
 623  REX TRUEFORM CLOTH.         S. Africa         Retail
 624  PAN AFRICA INSURANCE        Kenya             Insurance
 625  COOP DEV. BANK              Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 626  TREMATON CAPITAL            S. Africa         Finance/Services
 627  MOBIL OIL GHANA             Ghana             Oil and Gas
 628  FURNITURE MART              Botswana          Consumer
 629  SABLE HOLDINGS              S. Africa         Real Estate
 630  WAPIC INSURANCE             Nigeria           Insurance
 631  DATAPRO GROUP               S. Africa         I.T.
 632  COMP. D'ASS. & REASS.       Tunisia           Insurance
 633  ENTER. INSURANCE CO.        Ghana             Insurance
 634  CORPCAPITAL                 S. Africa         Finance/Services
 635  NAT. GLASS & CRYSTALS       Egypt             Construction
 636  AFRICAN MEDIA ENTER.        S. Africa         Leisure
 637  BANK OF BARODA              Uganda            Banks/Finance
 638  SEFALANA CASH & CARRY       Botswana          Retail
 639  DAHACO                      Tanzania          Transportation
 640  MATODZI RESOURCES           S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 641  RAKTA PAPER MANU.           Egypt             Manufacturing
 642  KAFR ELZAYAT                Egypt             Chemicals
 643  HAREL MALLAC AND CO         Mauritius         Agriculture
 644  BALIMA                      Morocco           Real Estate
 645  CARBACID                    Kenya             Banks/Finance
 646  SOC. DELMAS VIELJEUX        C. d'Ivoire       Transportation
 647  STIP                        Tunisia           Manufacturing
 648  MASONITE (AFRICA)           S. Africa         Construction
 649  PORT SAID NAT. DEV. BANK    Egypt             Banks/Finance
 650  EGYPTIAN INVESTMENT         Egypt             Banks/Finance
 651  TUNISIE LEASING             Tunisia           Finance/Services
 652  REA VIPINGO PLANTS          Kenya             Agriculture
 653  CAPE EMPOWERMENT            S. Africa         Finance/Services
 654  MAURITIAN EAGLE INS.        Mauritius         Insurance
 655  N. NIGERIA FLOUR MILLS      Nigeria           Consumer
 656  UNGA GROUP LTD              Kenya             Agriculture
 657  HWANGE COLLIERY             Zimbabwe          Mining/Metals
 658  KAIROS INDUSTRIAL           S. Africa         Manufacturing
 659  A. G. LEVENTIS NIGERIA      Nigeria           Conglomerates
 660  MINAPHARM PHARM.            Egypt             Health
 661  DUNLOP NIGERIA              Nigeria           Transport Equip.
 662  HAPPY WORLD FOODS           Mauritius         Consumer
 663  SPECTRUM SHIPPING           S. Africa         Transportation
 664  ELECTROSTAR                 Tunisia           Manufacturing
 665  TANGANDA TEA CO.            Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 666  CHROMETCO                   S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 667  SUEZ BAGS                   Egypt             Manufacturing
 668  GREAT NIGERIA INSUR.        Nigeria           Insurance
 669  ARAB PHARM. COMPANY         Egypt             Health
 670  UNION DICON SALT            Nigeria           Consumer
 671  COMPU CLEARING              S. Africa         I.T.
 672  MAGHREB OXYGENE             Morocco           Chemicals
 673  M.G. FOR IND. & TOUR. DEV.  Egypt             Real Estate
 674  MAURITIUS UNION ASS.        Mauritius         Insurance
 675  LES GRANDES MARQUES         Morocco           Consumer
 676  HUNYANI HOLDINGS            Zimbabwe          Manufacturing
 677  MISR OILS & SOAP IND.       Egypt             Consumer
 678  EGYPTIAN FINANCE CO.        Egypt             Banks/Finance
 679  UTD. NIGERIA TEXTILES       Nigeria           Consumer
 680  SABVEST                     S. Africa         Conglomerates
 681  NATIONAL NAVIGATION         Egypt             Utilities
 682  STANBIC MALAWI              Malawi            Banks/Finance
 683  EL ARABIA LAND              Egypt             Agriculture
 684  SAGA-COTE D'IVOIRE          C. d'Ivoire       Transportation
 685  NEW AFRICA INVEST.          S. Africa         Media
 686  CFAO NIGERIA                Nigeria           Retail
 687  MONTEAGLE                   S. Africa         Conglomerates
 688  EUREKA INDUSTRIAL           S. Africa         Finance/Services
 689  SHELL COTE D'IVOIRE         C. d'Ivoire       Oil and Gas
 690  LONDON FIN. & INVEST.       S. Africa         Finance/Services
 691  SALLIES                     S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 692  COMPTOIR FRANCAIS           C. d'Ivoire       Retail
 693  ALBARKA AIRLINES PLC        Nigeria           Transportation
 694  LIBERTY MERCHANT BK.        Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 695  CHOBE HOLDINGS LTD          Botswana          Leisure
 696  SASINI TEA & COFFEE         Kenya             Agriculture
 697  BAT INVESTMENT CO.          Mauritius         Finance/Services
 698  ARAB TUNISIAN LEASE         Tunisia           Finance/Services
 699  ALEXANDRIA FLOUR MILLS      Egypt             Agriculture
 700  SITEX                       Tunisia           Consumer
 701  CHERIFIENNE D'ENGRAIS       Morocco           Chemicals
 702  BERLIET                     Morocco           Retail
 703  MAURITIUS OIL REF.          Mauritius         Oil and Gas
 704  UNIVERSAL TRUST BANK        Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 705  MISR TRAVEL & TOURISM       Egypt             Leisure
 706  PG INDUSTRIES               Zimbabwe          Manufacturing
 707  SOC AFRICAINE REP INDU      C. d'Ivoire       Manufacturing
 708  PETRA MINING                S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 709  COMP. INTER. LEASING        Tunisia           Finance/Services
 710  IND. AND ENGINEERING        Egypt             Construction
 711  MODERN SHOROUK              Egypt             Manufacturing
 712  MENA TOURISM                Egypt             Real Estate
 713  SOC. IND. CHIM. FLUOR       Tunisia           Manufacturing
 714  KAKUZI                      Kenya             Agriculture
 715  INCOLEASE                   Egypt             Banks/Finance
 716  VITRAC                      Egypt             Consumer
 717  RDC PROPERTIES LTD          Botswana          Real Estate
 718  TRANS INTERNAT. BANK        Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 719  PRESTIGE INSURANCE          Nigeria           Insurance
 720  GAMMA CIVIC LTD             Mauritius         Construction
 721  AL AHLY DEV. & INVEST.      Egypt             Real Estate
 722  PLACEMENTS DE TUNISIE       Tunisia           Finance/Services
 723  GEORGE WILLIAMSON           Kenya             Agriculture
 724  CHEMICAL & ALLIED PROD.     Nigeria           Chemicals
 725  FARITEC HOLDINGS            S. Africa         I.T.
 726  DARI COUSPATE               Morocco           Consumer
 727  ABC HOLDINGS                Zimbabwe          Banks/Finance
 728  JAPUAL OIL & MARINE         Nigeria           Transportation
 729  FARAGALLAH                  Egypt             Consumer
 730  POLICY LTD.                 Mauritius         Finance/Services
 731  AFRICAN & OVERSEAS ENT.     S. Africa         Retail
 732  MOHANDES INSURANCE          Egypt             Banks/Finance
 733  UCHUMI SUPERMARKET          Kenya             Retail
 734  SPESCOM                     S. Africa         I.T.
 735  CHAMPION BREWERIES          Nigeria           Consumer
 736  EL GOUNA DISTILLATION       Egypt             Consumer
 737  PALMCI                      C. d'Ivoire       Agriculture
 738  EL NASR CIVIL WORKS         Egypt             Construction
 739  SODECI                      C. d'Ivoire       Utilities
 740  CROWN BERGER LTD            Kenya             Construction
 741  ENTERPRISE RISK MGMT.       S. Africa         Finance/Services
 742  EL WADI FOR EXPORT          Egypt             Agriculture
 743  ART                         Zimbabwe          Manufacturing
 744  MON DESERT ALMA LTD         Mauritius         Agriculture
 745  EL SHAMEDAN FOOD IND.       Egypt             Consumer
 746  MECHANICAL LLOYD            Ghana             Retail
 747  IMR INVESTMENTS             S. Africa         Finance/Services
 748  MISR FERTILIZERS            Egypt             Chemicals
 749  CAIRO OILS AND SOAPS        Egypt             Consumer
 750  MIGOP                       Egypt             Consumer
 751  CARTE                       Tunisia           Insurance
 752  DAWN PROPERTIES             Zimbabwe          Real Estate
 753  ETERNA OIL AND GAS          Nigeria           Oil and Gas
 754  EGYPTIAN TRANSPORT          Egypt             Utilities
 755  GENCOR                      S. Africa         Finance/Services
 756  S. CAIRO & GIZA MILLS       Egypt             Agriculture
 757  MODERN WATERPROOF. CO       Egypt             Construction
 758  AL YAMAMA HOUSING           Egypt             Real Estate
 759  STANDARD ALLIANCE           Nigeria           Insurance
 760  GIZA TEXTILES               Egypt             Consumer
 761  EVANS MEDICAL               Nigeria           Health
 762  PEYRISSAC                   C. d'Ivoire       Retail
 763  UNIWAX                      C. d'Ivoire       Consumer
 764  TRUWORTHS                   Zimbabwe          Retail
 765  AVASA HOLDINGS              S. Africa         Finance/Services
 766  EL SAFWA CONST. & DEV.      Egypt             Construction
 767  LASHEEN PLASTIC             Egypt             Manufacturing
 768  LASHEEN PLASTIC IND.        Egypt             Manufacturing
 769  WANKIE COLLIERY             S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 770  ENERGIZER EGYPT             Egypt             Chemicals
 771  EGYCAP INVESTMENT           Egypt             Banks/Finance
 772  FAISAL ISLAMIC BANK         Egypt             Banks/Finance
 773  DEV. AND ENG. CONSULT.      Egypt             Construction
 774  XANTIUM TECHNOLOGY          S. Africa         I.T.
 775  BOC GASES                   Nigeria           Chemicals
 776  DON GROUP, THE              S. Africa         Leisure
 777  AFRICAN GEM RESOURCES       S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 778  CIRCLE CEMENT               Zimbabwe          Construction
 779  JOHN DANIEL HOLDINGS        S. Africa         Transportation
 780  CAIRO SEAS CONSTRUCT.       Egypt             Construction
 781  PALM BEACH HOTELS           Tunisia           Leisure
 782  INDUSTRIAL GASES            Egypt             Oil and Gas
 783  SOTUMAG                     Tunisia           Retail
 784  BUILDMAX                    S. Africa         Construction
 785  MAY AND BAKER               Nigeria           Health
 786  CIC HOLDINGS                Namibia           Retail
 787  EL ALAMEYA FURNITURE        Egypt             Consumer
 788  TURNALL HOLDINGS            Zimbabwe          Conglomerates
 789  HWANGE COLLIERY             S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 790  WOOLTRU                     S. Africa         Retail
 791  CLEOPATRA AGROINDUS         Egypt             Consumer
 792  ZIMBABWE FINANCIAL          Zimbabwe          Banks/Finance
 793  KINGDOM FINANCIAL           Zimbabwe          Banks/Finance
 794  MISR FINANCIAL INVEST.      Egypt             Banks/Finance
 795  PHARAOH CERAMICS            Egypt             Consumer
 796  ACROW MISR                  Egypt             Construction
 797  SABVEST                     S. Africa         Conglomerates
 798  IB MAROC.COM                Morocco           I.T.
 799  MURRAY & ROBERTS            Zimbabwe          Construction
 800  SAVANNAH SUGAR EST.         Mauritius         Agriculture
 801  MAURITIUS CHEM. & FERT.     Mauritius         Chemicals
 802  KAPCHORUA TEA CO LTD        Kenya             Agriculture
 803  FAMILY COSMETICS            Egypt             Health
 804  TANZANIA OXYGEN             Tanzania          Chemicals
 805  D. N. MEYER                 Nigeria           Manufacturing
 806  CAIRNS HOLDINGS             Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 807  DIAMOND CORE                S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 808  STAR                        Tunisia           Insurance
 809  UNIC INSURANCE              Nigeria           Insurance
 810  UTC NIGERIA                 Nigeria           Conglomerates
 811  UNIVERSAL BUTAGAS           Egypt             Consumer
 812  GULF BANK                   Nigeria           Banks/Finance
 813  COVERTINA                   Egypt             Consumer
 814  SIMPAR                      Tunisia           Real Estate
 815  MOUNT SUGAR ESTATE          Mauritius         Agriculture
 816  TASLIF                      Morocco           Finance/Services
 817  MAURITIUS STATIONARY        Mauritius         Consumer
 818  BELLE MARE HOLDINGS         Mauritius         Finance/Services
 819  ARAB CONTRACTORS INV.       Egypt             Banks/Finance
 820  TAWAKOL ELECTRICAL          Egypt             Manufacturing
 821  ARAB MISR INSURANCE         Egypt             Insurance
 822  STEQ                        Tunisia           Retail
 823  INFOWAVE HOLDINGS           S. Africa         I.T.
 824  CAR & GENERAL (K) LTD       Kenya             Transport Equip.
 825  NEW VISION PRINTING         Uganda            Media
 826  ARAB ALUMINIUM              Egypt             Construction
 827  ALEX WHITE HOLDINGS         S. Africa         Finance/Services
 828  MUTUAL BENEFITS ASS.        Nigeria           Insurance
 829  ELF                         Egypt             Manufacturing
 830  BERGER PAINTS               Nigeria           Chemicals
 831  LAW UNION AND ROCK          Nigeria           Insurance
 832  PRIMESERV GROUP             S. Africa         Finance/Services
 833  DIAMONEX                    Botswana          Mining/Metals
 834  CLEOPATRA AGRIC. DEV.       Egypt             Agriculture
 835  SOCIETE REBAB               Morocco           Mining/Metals
 836  SIVOA                       C. d'Ivoire       Chemicals
 837  EL NOURAN DIV. TRADE.       Egypt             Retail
 838  CUTIX                       Nigeria           Manufacturing
 839  WOOLTRU                     S. Africa         Retail
 840  MM GROUP                    Egypt             Retail
 841  TA HOLDINGS                 Zimbabwe          Conglomerates
 842  GENERAL LEASING             Tunisia           Finance/Services
 843  SUEZ SHIPPING               Egypt             Utilities
 844  BANK OF AFRICA-NIGER        C. d'Ivoire       Banks/Finance
 845  DELTA ACADEMY               Egypt             Finance/Services
 846  EXPRESS (KENYA) LTD         Kenya             Transportation
 847  GENERAL INVEST DEV. CO.     Mauritius         Finance/Services
 848  TSL                         Zimbabwe          Conglomerates
 849  VAN LEER CONTAINERS         Nigeria           Manufacturing
 850  EGYPTIANS HOUSING           Egypt             Real Estate
 851  ARISTON HOLDINGS            Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 852  SOC. AFRIC. CREDIT AUTO.    C. d'Ivoire       Finance/Services
 853  AL BADAR PACKING            Egypt             Manufacturing
 854  EL ESLAMYAH PACKING         Egypt             Manufacturing
 855  SCOA NIGERIA                Nigeria           Finance/Services
 856  ASTRA INDUSTRIES            Zimbabwe          Conglomerates
 857  SOTUVER                     Tunisia           Manufacturing
 858  CAPS HOLDINGS               Zimbabwe          Health
 859  AMIGO REAL ESTATE INT.      Egypt             Real Estate
 860  TENTH OF RAMADAN            Egypt             Consumer
 861  AMEN LEASE                  Tunisia           Finance/Services
 862  C & I LEASING               Nigeria           Finance/Services
 863  MISR HOUSING                Egypt             Real Estate
 864  MISR CO. TRAILERS           Egypt             Utilities
 865  MAGRABI OPTICAL             Egypt             Health
 866  TENTH OF RAMADAN            Egypt             Construction
 867  INT. AGRICULTURAL           Egypt             Agriculture
 868  MULTI M GROUP               Egypt             Manufacturing
 869  EL MASREYAH                 Egypt             Agriculture
 870  TANZANIA TEA PACKERS        Tanzania          Agriculture
 871  EGYPT POULTRY (EGYPCO)      Egypt             Consumer
 872  MARSHALLS                   S. Africa         Real Estate
 873  GHANA BREWERIES             Ghana             Consumer
 874  NIGERIA GERMAN CHEM.        Nigeria           Chemicals
 875  ATELIERS MEC. SAHEL         Tunisia           Manufacturing
 876  JOS INTERNATIONAL           Nigeria           Consumer
 877  INTERFRESH                  Zimbabwe          Agriculture
 878  MARSHALLS (E.AFRICA)        Kenya             Transport Equip.
 879  EL MASRIA TEXTILES          Egypt             Consumer
 880  ABCO UTD PLASTICS           Egypt             Chemicals
 881  BERNABE                     C. d'Ivoire       Retail
 882  ZAMALEK TOURISM             Egypt             Leisure
 883  CRUSADER INSURANCE          Nigeria           Insurance
 884  ABSOLUTE HOLDINGS           S. Africa         Real Estate
 885  AMEL HURGHADA               Egypt             Leisure
 886  LABAT AFRICA                S. Africa         Finance/Services
 887  UGANDA CLAYS                Uganda            Manufacturing
 888  HWANGE COLLIERY             Zimbabwe          Mining/Metals
 889  DECILLION                   S. Africa         Finance/Services
 890  MISR EXCHANGE               Egypt             Banks/Finance
 891  NATIONAL TYRE SERVICES      Zimbabwe          Transport Equip.
 892  ALL JOY FOODS               S. Africa         Consumer
 893  PASDEC RESOURCES SA         S. Africa         Manufacturing
 894  JOHN HOLT                   Nigeria           Conglomerates
 895  MORIBO LEISURE              S. Africa         Leisure
 896  BICC CAFCA                  S. Africa         Manufacturing
 897  AUTOMATICS SYSTEMS          Mauritius         Leisure
 898  AFRICA SILOS & STORAGE      Egypt             Agriculture
 899  UNIGRAIN                    Egypt             Agriculture
 900  AVON CROWNCAPS              Nigeria           Manufacturing
 901  EGAT                        Egypt             Manufacturing
 902  LIBERTY INVEST TRUST        Mauritius         Finance/Services
 903  GILBOA PROPERTIES           S. Africa         Real Estate
 904  PAMODZI HOTEL PLC           Zambia            Leisure
 905  FARMERS HOUSE               Zambia            Real Estate
 906  AFRICAN DAWN CAPITAL        S. Africa         Finance/Services
 907  NILE PROJECTS & TRADE       Egypt             Retail
 908  INT. EDUCATION SYS.         Egypt             Finance/Services
 909  MONEY WEB HOLDINGS          S. Africa         Media
 910  STRATCORP                   S. Africa         Finance/Services
 911  SITGOR                      C. d'Ivoire       Agriculture
 912  ENGINEERING IND.            Egypt             Manufacturing
 913  BEGET HOLDINGS              S. Africa         Finance/Services
 914  UTD DEV. ENTERPRISES        Egypt             Construction
 915  TISEC                       S. Africa         Finance/Services
 916  VONO PRODUCTS               Nigeria           Manufacturing
 917  WELLCO HEALTH               S. Africa         Health
 918  ARAB CONTRACTORS            Egypt             Health
 919  TUNINVEST (SICAV)           Tunisia           Finance/Services
 920  NOZHA INT. HOSPITAL         Egypt             Health
 921  MATHOMO GROUP               S. Africa         Retail
 922  MRI MEDRESCUE               Botswana          Health
 923  UNITED ARAB SHIPPING        Egypt             Utilities
 924  INTERTRADING                S. Africa         Agriculture
 925  MISR CAFE                   Egypt             Consumer
 926  GIZA FOR CONTRACTING        Egypt             Construction
 927  FILTISAC                    C. d'Ivoire       Manufacturing
 928  Y3K GROUP                   S. Africa         I.T.
 929  ZIMBABWE SUN                Zimbabwe          Leisure
 930  SOUHAG NAT. FOOD IND.       Egypt             Consumer
 931  EGYPT SANITARY WARES        Egypt             Construction
 932  SUNBIRD TOURISM             Malawi            Leisure
 933  STEELNET ZIMBABWE           Zimbabwe          Manufacturing
 934  INS. OUTSOURCING            S. Africa         Finance/Services
 935  EGYPTIAN ENGINEERS          Egypt             Leisure
 936  POLYSERVE                   Egypt             Chemicals
 937  EGYP. IT. SP. SANITARY      Egypt             Construction
 938  ALKAN PHARMA                Egypt             Health
 939  SAKKARA TOURISM             Egypt             Leisure
 940  LONGMAN NIGERIA             Nigeria           Media
 941  NMBZ HOLDINGS               Zimbabwe          Banks/Finance
 942  CHEMCO HOLDINGS             Zimbabwe          Chemicals
 943  NILE METALLURGICAL          Egypt             Construction
 944  RUBEX PLASTICS              Egypt             Manufacturing
 945  FALCON INVESTMENTS          Zimbabwe          Mining/Metals
 946  ARAB MEDICAL PACKING        Egypt             Manufacturing
 947  NEW DELTA PLASTIC CO.       Egypt             Manufacturing
 948  REX TRUEFORM CLOTH.         S. Africa         Retail
 949  TAKI VITA                   Egypt             Consumer
 950  NOVA EDUCATION              S. Africa         Finance/Services
 951  ALLIANCE DATA               S. Africa         I.T.
 952  CITY TRUST LTD              Kenya             Finance/Services
 953  NIGERIAN ROPES              Nigeria           Manufacturing
 954  GOLDEN TEXTILES             Egypt             Consumer
 955  PHARMA DEKO                 Nigeria           Health
 956  BON APPETIT RESTAUR.        Egypt             Leisure
 957  NAMIBIAN HARVEST            Namibia           Finance/Services
 958  ASEK COMPANY                Egypt             Mining/Metals
 959  KELGRAN                     S. Africa         Mining/Metals
 960  VENTER LEISURE              S. Africa         Consumer
 961  POWERSPEED ELEC.            Zimbabwe          Manufacturing
 962  CAIRO MEDICAL CENTER        Egypt             Health
 963  MANSOURAH POULTRY           Egypt             Consumer
 964  LOTUS CONTRACTING           Egypt             Real Estate
 965  NICOZ DIAMOND INS.          Zimbabwe          Insurance
 966  INCAR NIGERIA               Nigeria           Transport Equip.
 967  ISMAILIA MISR POULTRY       Egypt             Consumer
 968  BAICO INSURANCE             Nigeria           Insurance
 969  W B HOLDINGS                S. Africa         Agriculture
 970  NICTUS BEPERK               S. Africa         Retail
 971  GOLDEN TEX SPINNING         Egypt             Consumer
 972  LIMURU TEA CO. LTD          Kenya             Agriculture
 973  EL ARABIA PROD. & REC.      Egypt             Construction
 974  INTERCONNECTIVE SOL.        S. Africa         I.T.
 975  BRYANT TECHNOLOGY           S. Africa         I.T.
 976  AFRICAN LIFE ASS. CO.       S. Africa         Insurance
 977  AIRCOOL AIR CONDITION.      Egypt             Manufacturing
 978  KING CONSOLIDATED           S. Africa         Leisure
 979  INTER. BREWERIES            Nigeria           Consumer
 980  QUYN HOLDINGS               S. Africa         Finance/Services
 981  SOC. INV. COCO RAPPE        C. d'Ivoire       Consumer
 982  NAMPAK NIGERIA              Nigeria           Manufacturing
 983  SPANJAARD                   S. Africa         Chemicals
 984  FALCON GOLD                 Zimbabwe          Mining/Metals
 985  BEIGE HOLDINGS              S. Africa         Chemicals
 986  EL HANDASSEYAH              Egypt             Construction
 987  SCHREDER EGYPT              Egypt             Manufacturing
 988  ARABIAN FOOD IND.           Egypt             Consumer
 989  ALAA REAL ESTATE DEV.       Egypt             Real Estate
 990  ZIMPLOW                     Zimbabwe          Manufacturing
 991  ZIM. NEWSPAPERS (1980)      Zimbabwe          Media
 992  SADEC                       C. d'Ivoire       Chemicals
 993  CFAO GHANA                  Ghana             Consumer
 994  EGYPTIAN SPONGE             Egypt             Construction
 995  STELLA VISTA TECH.          S. Africa         I.T.
 996  EL RASHEEDY MEZAN           Egypt             Consumer
 997  TRACTIVE POWER              Zimbabwe          Conglomerates
 998  CAIRO INV. & R. EST. DEV.   Egypt             Real Estate
 999  AQUILA GROWTH               S. Africa         Finance/Services
1000  EL DELTA SWEETS             Egypt             Consumer

      COMPANY                     US$ Market Value   $ Equity Turnover

   1  ANGLO AMERICAN PLC          49,804,856,486     15,662,536,661
   2  BHP BILLITON PLC            40,297,386,863     10,782,813,505
   3  SASOL                       23,878,533,344     15,008,013,100
   4  SABMILLER PLC               18,504,685,030      7,195,627,726
   5  MTN GROUP                   16,200,413,329      8,706,950,614
   6  STANDARD BANK               15,986,896,025      8,313,691,865
   7  FIRSTRAND                   15,830,873,320      4,694,792,310
   8  ANGLO AM. PLATINUM          15,590,525,303      3,178,431,708
   9  ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI           13,092,285,368      3,166,220,661
  10  TELKOM SA                   11,795,030,978      5,347,661,725
  11  ORASCOM TELECOM             11,466,208,165      1,574,887,899
  12  OLD MUTUAL PLC              10,821,961,256      4,211,308,807
  13  ABSA GROUP                  10,333,070,914      5,058,270,032
  14  IMPALA PLATINUM              9,757,049,800      6,195,278,924
  15  REMGRO                       9,326,685,122      3,676,344,866
  16  ITISSALAT AL MAGHRIB         9,323,413,780        464,616,967
  17  GOLD FIELDS                  8,632,438,822      4,309,854,406
  18  ORASCOM CONSTRUCT.           7,203,138,162      1,340,773,560
  19  SANLAM                       6,606,125,029      4,082,708,860
  20  NEDCOR                       6,147,923,682      2,097,099,281
  21  TELECOM EGYPT                5,668,206,928        478,373,563
  22  NASPERS                      5,561,372,456      2,566,863,222
  23  LIBERTY INT.                 5,459,370,596      1,170,758,725
  24  RMB HOLDINGS                 5,207,640,068        884,361,417
  25  KUMBA RESOURCES              4,838,243,466      1,184,160,712
  26  IMPERIAL HOLDINGS            4,814,409,028      2,334,321,760
  27  MITTAL STEEL S AFRICA        4,290,321,426      2,417,068,676
  28  VODAFONE EGYPT               4,189,027,754        496,303,834
  29  LONMIN PLC                   3,946,395,792        178,236,873
  30  PRETORIA PORTLAND            3,889,701,093          5,749,540
  31  BARLOWORLD                   3,844,939,766      2,982,960,737
  32  HARMONY GOLD MINING          3,830,288,763      2,277,373,697
  33  TIGER BRANDS                 3,821,417,933      2,328,616,227
  34  VENFIN                       3,646,581,045      1,355,374,460
  35  MOBINIL                      3,463,027,778        744,392,458
  36  STEINHOFF INT.               3,323,829,240      1,835,824,693
  37  LIBERTY GROUP                3,272,703,576      1,211,047,483
  38  INVESTEC PLC                 3,238,698,993      1,555,387,004
  39  ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL          3,114,287,224        504,150,717
  40  EDGARS CONS. STORES          2,974,935,934      2,823,455,504
  41  SAPPI                        2,724,060,474      2,547,054,321
  42  PRETORIA PORTLAND            2,590,604,650        450,819,825
  43  ATTIJARIWAFA BANK            2,536,054,051        164,928,148
  44  NIGERIAN BREWERIES           2,248,425,353        124,042,852
  45  PICK N PAY STORES            2,180,310,193        540,142,196
  46  WOOLWORTHS                   2,117,147,886        979,279,764
  47  JD GROUP                     2,035,584,713      1,660,786,107
  48  SUEZ CEMENT                  1,994,095,451        219,108,841
  49  OMNIUM N. AFRICAIN           1,979,802,471        196,058,491
  50  ASPEN PHARMACARE             1,976,956,840        742,462,600
  51  FOSCHINI                     1,968,973,736        869,842,404
  52  DISCOVERY HOLDINGS           1,957,748,936        224,097,903
  53  NETWORK HEALTHCARE           1,957,618,884        657,218,621
  54  SIDI KERIR PETROCHEM.        1,932,701,273        670,088,136
  55  INVESTEC                     1,908,303,286        830,731,222
  56  AFRICAN BANK                 1,837,030,580      1,147,777,292
  57  TRUWORTHS INTER.             1,815,001,697        615,581,108
  58  EFG-HERMES                   1,795,556,652      1,887,778,614
  59  REUNERT                      1,715,011,613        642,719,183
  60  NAMPAK                       1,696,135,230        755,583,195
  61  MASSMART HOLDINGS            1,616,700,967      1,346,257,360
  62  SHOPRITE HOLDINGS            1,573,978,464        458,450,243
  63  ASSMANG                      1,533,316,566          1,246,904
  64  SUN INTERNATIONAL            1,518,080,846        420,112,726
  65  LIBERTY HOLDINGS             1,465,420,580        214,771,814
  66  SANTAM                       1,452,790,264        232,824,257
  67  EGYPTIAN IRON/ STEEL         1,393,572,237         14,590,578
  68  AFRICAN OXYGEN               1,390,010,438        217,409,785
  69  EASTERN TOBACCO              1,379,679,899        295,648,206
  70  SOC. LAFARGE-CIMENTS         1,344,064,696         72,608,432
  71  COM. INTER. BANK             1,318,560,541        405,775,794
  72  HIGHVELD STEEL               1,307,923,140        446,150,942
  73  TONGAAT-HULETT               1,299,881,756        288,036,716
  74  BMCE                         1,262,751,174        182,845,598
  75  FIRST BANK NIGERIA           1,226,480,646        210,871,185
  76  E. AFRICAN BREWERIES         1,222,009,379         69,165,335
  77  SOCIETE LES CIMENTS          1,208,758,620         33,052,111
  78  SONATEL                      1,207,433,924         14,667,521
  79  MUTUAL & FED. INS.           1,194,890,669         24,948,791
  80  ABU KIR FERTILISER           1,185,111,559         29,143,132
  81  UNION BANK NIGERIA           1,164,829,732        148,747,972
  82  AMOC                         1,162,306,836        219,608,022
  83  NAT. SOC. GEN. BANK          1,158,028,873         86,346,012
  84  CAXTON CTP PUBLISH.          1,153,650,674         42,152,006
  85  SNI                          1,144,460,146         51,619,877
  86  AVENG LTD                    1,119,893,284        608,638,260
  87  EGYPT ALUMINIUM              1,090,157,995          5,242,512
  88  PICK N PAY HOLDINGS          1,072,941,151         59,845,805
  89  EL EZZ STEEL REBARS          1,027,023,157        786,263,532
  90  MURRAY AND ROBERTS           1,022,219,078        775,262,577
  91  MEDI-CLINIC CORP.              990,176,775        284,459,384
  92  DISTELL GROUP                  987,383,509         15,502,507
  93  AECI                           978,978,132        359,279,514
  94  DIMENSION DATA                 951,371,159        479,918,840
  95  GRINDROD                       923,455,403        363,600,982
  96  JOHNNIC COMM.                  884,111,921        147,031,335
  97  GUINNESS NIGERIA               868,002,144         89,367,295
  98  NATIONAL CEMENT                830,180,829         38,282,467
  99  ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES            826,747,894        170,819,774
 100  ALEXANDER FORBES               806,426,403        409,135,383
 101  ASEC FOR CEMENT CO.            769,547,484        319,817,735
 102  ELLERINE HOLDINGS              763,996,476        568,585,231
 103  INTERCONTINENTAL BK.           760,109,510         58,258,360
 104  ZENITH BANK INT.               758,620,690         58,022,303
 105  NESTLE NIGERIA LTD             757,224,617         52,795,846
 106  BARCLAYS BANK KENYA            735,831,340         34,154,131
 107  SAMIR                          724,411,955         73,479,869
 108  AQUARIUS PLATINUM              711,971,911         10,000,584
 109  UNITED BANK/AFRICA             703,295,019        131,858,417
 110  BAMBURI CEMENT LTD             697,999,827         10,373,641
 111  NORTHAM PLATINUM               691,315,832        120,955,906
 112  DELTA SUGAR                    679,931,064         20,735,621
 113  WESTERN AREAS                  678,917,906        151,762,643
 114  ILLOVO SUGAR                   671,389,456        246,167,444
 115  ASSORE                         659,993,409         23,043,186
 116  HOSKEN CONS. INVEST.           655,619,709         12,655,983
 117  MR PRICE GROUP                 654,640,951        178,579,807
 118  ORIENTAL WEAVERS               652,815,706        186,794,829
 119  NIGERIAN BOTTLING              650,733,923         22,056,969
 120  SOC. CENT. LAITIERE            629,405,355         23,468,098
 121  TOURAH PORTLAND                626,674,375         50,915,567
 122  EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BK.          621,633,777        216,258,343
 123  LONRHO AFRICA PLC              619,027,021             17,879
 124  BMCI                           602,416,522         22,510,503
 125  CONSOL                         592,244,793        424,032,334
 126  GUARANTY TRUST BANK            570,114,925         77,859,373
 127  BARCLAYS/BOTSWANA              564,518,827          6,840,592
 128  SOCIETE HOLCIM                 560,357,002         65,444,804
 129  CAPITAL ALLIANCE               553,720,279        165,346,492
 130  AFROX HEALTHCARE               530,605,204         10,798,918
 131  MVELAPHANDA GROUP              520,724,545        135,190,118
 132  KENYA AIRWAYS LTD              519,951,485         51,740,002
 133  STANDARD CHARTERED             519,279,177         11,792,888
 134  ASTRAL FOODS                   518,682,858        183,942,833
 135  SOC. DES BRASSERIES            516,158,048         27,259,437
 136  ORASCOM PROJECTS               508,590,607        690,086,267
 137  TRENCOR                        507,005,591         74,927,417
 138  ITALTILE                       504,815,236         10,499,968
 139  GOLD REEF RESORTS              503,251,935         80,893,507
 140  CADBURY NIGERIA                502,490,131         37,357,448
 141  NEW CLICKS HOLDINGS            491,149,949        148,507,578
 142  1st NATIONAL BANK              487,227,827          5,616,195
 143  TOTAL NIGERIA                  476,137,085         22,951,744
 144  UNILEVER NIGERIA               475,680,656         31,933,782
 145  MAURITIUS COMM.BANK            472,871,408         35,750,741
 146  BANQUE CENTRALE POP.           472,098,195         53,270,898
 147  OCEANIC BANK                   463,182,347        109,302,129
 148  UNITRANS                       449,339,491         72,796,708
 149  SONASID                        448,779,826        115,694,591
 150  WESCO INVESTMENTS              444,674,599         63,680,570
 151  COSUMAR                        444,490,567         18,478,227
 152  STANDARD CHARTERED             443,181,209          3,656,919
 153  DATATEC                        433,714,059        140,097,959
 154  OANDO PLC                      421,091,727        110,468,632
 155  EGYPTIAN MEDIA CITY            418,003,960        212,451,390
 156  PRIMEDIA                       416,819,562        158,203,183
 157  ARAB COTTON GINNING            414,652,172      1,089,340,410
 158  AMOUN                          411,103,813         12,005,425
 159  BIDBEE                         391,980,564        209,244,110
 160  WILSON BAYLY HOLMES            383,673,340         65,699,807
 161  ASHAKA CEMENT                  383,275,871         68,332,123
 162  SECHABA BREWERIES              380,393,322         12,899,600
 163  SIX OF OCTOBER. SODIC          379,018,172        116,128,001
 164  RAINBOW CHICKEN                378,865,356         47,337,819
 165  STATE BANK/MAURITIUS           378,774,360          9,481,062
 166  NEW MAURITIUS HOTEL            378,133,533         22,867,890
 167  CREDIT DU MAROC                375,836,512          8,719,917
 168  BAT                            372,692,292         13,173,524
 169  W.A.PORTLAND CEMENT            372,648,907         52,956,398
 170  1st CITY MONUMENT BK.          371,992,347          1,687,199
 171  LECICO                         362,982,686          1,105,895
 172  DIAMOND BANK                   360,788,513         30,547,612
 173  ALLIED ELECTRONICS             358,846,541         61,250,452
 174  S.AFRICAN EAGLE INS.           354,071,928          3,036,540
 175  MISR INT. BANK                 351,185,738        127,799,154
 176  CERAMIC INDUSTRIES             350,134,714         23,498,819
 177  BARPLATS INVEST.               332,217,625          6,301,626
 178  CORONATION FUND                330,391,462         38,936,061
 179  AFRIBANK NIGERIA.              328,320,576         65,256,577
 180  AMERIYAH CEMENT                322,432,336          2,855,993
 181  ACCESS BANK NIGERIA            321,246,896         28,756,532
 182  EGYPTIAN INT. PHARM.           316,899,802         54,720,374
 183  SOFAC                          316,301,480            402,740
 184  MISR CEMENT-QENA               314,705,982         79,728,362
 185  JOHNNIC HOLDINGS               313,912,473        237,033,307
 186  MISR BENI SUEF CEMENT          313,236,775         36,364,782
 187  BRAIT S.A.                     313,176,960         93,436,224
 188  CAPITEC BANK                   312,616,328         20,947,286
 189  CONOIL PLC                     311,459,770         22,877,647
 190  AFGRI                          310,155,616        111,921,806
 191  KENYA COMMERCIAL BK.           309,818,668         28,858,915
 192  SINAI CEMENT                   309,442,749         75,483,857
 193  SFBT                           304,864,262         24,424,709
 194  MANAGEM                        304,075,984         48,701,423
 195  MOBIL OIL NIGERIA              303,950,030         27,952,666
 196  RELYANT RETAIL                 303,712,506          1,057,881
 197  TANZANIA BREWERIES             303,268,342          6,624,533
 198  CANAL SHIP. SERVICES           302,139,866         54,521,331
 199  PSG GROUP                      298,175,594         22,368,425
 200  MEDINET NASR                   297,300,105         59,227,433
 201  REAL AFRICA HOLDINGS           295,013,295         76,282,178
 202  LYDEC LYD                      288,474,803         44,778,827
 203  CITY LODGE HOTELS              287,761,920         97,287,337
 204  DELTA CORPORATION              286,180,068         34,415,660
 205  HELIOPOLIS HOUSING             284,511,308         11,584,600
 206  WEMA BANK                      276,617,989         10,107,150
 207  SOMOCER                        273,514,291         16,407,804
 208  PZ INDUSTRIES                  270,383,448         15,377,736
 209  OCEANA GROUP                   268,186,376         58,603,105
 210  ILIAD AFRICA                   266,605,604         82,969,292
 211  KAGISO MEDIA                   266,066,220         47,076,729
 212  BYTES TECHNOLOGY               264,910,874         63,714,879
 213  CREDIT IMMO & HOTEL.           264,349,223         81,410,229
 214  SKYE BANK                      259,698,397          1,531,391
 215  PHARCO PHARM.                  259,446,200            329,108
 216  OMNIA HOLDINGS                 254,102,612        112,092,468
 217  SOC. LESIEUR CRISTAL           252,024,088         15,241,404
 218  BANQUE DE TUNISIE              251,342,613         11,627,701
 219  DELTA ELECTRICAL IND.          251,092,995         93,789,110
 220  EL WATANY BANK                 250,717,329        186,818,888
 221  WAFA ASSURANCES                250,559,456         49,538,968
 222  KWV                            249,477,504         25,300,613
 223  COMBINED MOTOR                 249,013,093         20,589,723
 224  OLYMPIC GP. FIN. INV.          247,828,717        114,675,599
 225  PEREGRINE HOLDINGS             246,513,960         36,526,196
 226  MUMIAS SUGAR CO.               245,192,297         83,423,973
 227  BIAT                           243,580,337         57,408,703
 228  GROUP FIVE                     243,366,611        111,166,119
 229  EQDOM                          235,598,273         18,235,557
 230  TEXACO                         233,513,883         12,899,117
 231  EGYPTIAN FINAN. & IND.         233,382,727         62,736,590
 232  ZAMBIA COPPER                  232,020,543          9,865,902
 233  STANDARD CHARTERED             226,205,170          2,955,022
 234  MEIKLES AFRICA                 225,808,201          9,159,573
 235  FLOUR MILLS NIGERIA            223,141,762         16,180,797
 236  PLATINUM BANK                  218,633,848            111,537
 237  METAIR INVESTMENTS             215,008,457         18,549,282
 238  DELTA INT. BANK                214,885,750          1,537,882
 239  CLIENTELE LIFE ASS.            214,778,748          4,161,695
 240  HUDACO INDUSTRIES              212,507,870         54,955,772
 241  METOREX                        211,368,784         51,316,069
 242  FIDELITY BANK NIGERIA          211,158,142         10,535,035
 243  TIGER WHEELS                   209,651,796         97,969,663
 244  FNB NAMIBIA                    209,448,825          3,663,114
 245  TRANS HEX GROUP                204,954,346         60,000,755
 246  TOURISM INVEST. CORP.          203,552,406         37,465,587
 247  SUN RESORTS                    202,659,984         17,671,168
 248  AFRIKANDER LEASE               199,376,846        228,766,498
 249  EGYPT GAS                      198,893,769          5,783,912
 250  DIST. WAREH. NETWORK           198,561,953         36,284,871
 251  RAYA HOLDING                   198,134,717        212,907,575
 252  ASSIUT CEMENT                  196,553,545                427
 253  INVEST. BANK & TRUST           191,738,935         18,220,608
 254  ZAMBIAN BREWERIES              190,775,182                n/a
 255  PALABORA MINING                189,105,201         10,094,224
 256  KENYA OIL CO LTD               186,915,874         11,898,479
 257  NATION MEDIA GROUP             186,098,885         11,719,464
 258  ALEXANDRIA CONTAINERS          181,776,544            396,562
 259  EGYPT SAUDI FIN. BANK          181,034,526          6,710,470
 260  BOTSWANA INSURANCE             179,634,713          4,858,437
 261  SUEZ CANAL FOR TECH.           176,759,604          7,473,555
 262  DELTA INDUSTRIES               174,110,601         20,019,959
 263  PAINTS & CHEMICAL IND.         170,498,152         30,663,414
 264  AMALGAM. APPLIANCES            170,053,178        251,584,575
 265  TRADEHOLD                      163,739,858         17,832,535
 266  INNSCOR AFRICA                 160,595,643         15,421,560
 267  CASHBUILD                      159,851,638         39,253,467
 268  SOLIBRA                        159,583,836            332,526
 269  CADIZ HOLDINGS                 158,649,547         24,859,415
 270  PRODUCE BUYING CO.             158,185,433         11,373,687
 271  MUSTEK                         158,171,439         85,648,194
 272  ADCORP HOLDINGS                151,984,704         51,656,872
 273  EXPORT DEV. BANK               150,378,541         20,675,109
 274  POWER & LIGHTING LTD           149,995,378         42,063,045
 275  CFC BANK LTD                   148,351,642          2,851,174
 276  UAC NIGERIA                    147,957,854         18,970,332
 277  SOCIETE AUTO--HALL             147,673,645         11,235,637
 278  INVICTA HOLDINGS               147,525,243         34,206,231
 279  MOBILE INDUSTRIES              145,495,316         20,055,563
 280  UBC                            145,135,727          8,003,804
 281  EIB INTERNATIONAL              142,881,560         12,334,124
 282  AFRICAN PETROLEUM              142,291,861        100,694,606
 283  SUEZ CANAL BANK                141,390,404         14,563,624
 284  BELL EQUIPMENT                 140,675,749         21,431,768
 285  MESSINA                        140,342,836          1,973,069
 286  FRONTRANGE                     138,933,316         59,691,607
 287  NATGAS                         136,550,630         21,656,820
 288  E. AFRICAN PORTLAND            135,989,005          2,673,662
 289  BRANDCORP HOLDINGS             135,714,824         31,786,681
 290  COMM. INTER. INVEST.           132,755,454            705,765
 291  BEARING MAN                    132,649,169          6,256,830
 292  SPUR CORP. LTD                 130,254,843         21,876,851
 293  ADVTECH                        129,908,109         14,004,154
 294  TANZANIA CIGARETTE CO.         128,534,704          1,371,899
 295  NAIADE RESORTS                 125,744,605            499,482
 296  ARGENT INDUSTRIAL              125,667,996         62,593,629
 297  ECONET WIRELESS                125,037,273         14,127,171
 298  SOCGEN BANQUE C.I.             124,319,854            754,085
 299  MISR CHEMICAL IND.             123,621,534        113,291,637
 300  PRIMEDIA                       122,539,578         42,665,755
 301  CHARTERED BANK PLC             119,679,191          4,136,228
 302  COMAIR                         119,458,803          6,109,051
 303  BANQUE DE L'HABITAT            119,295,670          6,250,437
 304  SASFIN HOLDINGS                118,831,634         10,556,871
 305  GHANA COMM. BANK               117,271,430          3,011,486
 306  ROGERS & COMPANY               117,021,035          4,613,968
 307  SCHARRIG MINING                114,852,118         59,763,740
 308  EL EZZ CERAMICS                114,818,340        218,198,305
 309  BANQUE DU SUD                  114,453,411         53,811,618
 310  GUARDIAN EXPRESS BK.           113,434,527             52,474
 311  CHILANGA CEMENT LTD            113,337,111                n/a
 312  SOUTH VALLEY CEMENT            113,137,442         32,627,024
 313  ARCH EQUITY                    112,849,838          4,982,997
 314  EGYPT TOURISM RESORTS          112,161,649         14,148,715
 315  STANDARD CHARTERED             111,365,439                n/a
 316  SOC. METAL. D'IMITER           110,964,934         10,116,885
 317  ARAB POLVARA                   108,659,182        197,942,698
 318  RIO TINTO ZIMBABWE             108,373,236          1,466,766
 319  SOC. L'ACCUMULATEUR            107,110,786         12,157,854
 320  UNITY BANK PLC                 106,255,851              1,525
 321  TUNISAIR                       105,778,268         19,898,376
 322  NU-WORLD HOLDINGS              105,686,853         41,261,521
 323  UNILEVER GHANA                 105,528,578            565,809
 324  CALYON BANK EGYPT              105,498,417            660,667
 325  SOC. EAUX MIN. D'OULMES        105,054,675            535,269
 326  GLAXOSMITHKLINE                104,977,008             22,466
 327  FIRST ATLANTIC BANK            104,669,724          5,925,262
 328  NESTLE COTE D'IVOIRE           102,593,835          1,096,928
 329  ALEXANDRIA CEMENT              100,846,959            584,321
 330  GUINNESS GHANA                  99,886,983          1,432,803
 331  DIGICORE HOLDINGS               99,256,120         23,695,839
 332  TOTAL KENYA LTD                 98,452,545          5,553,832
 333  MON TRESOR & DESERT             97,907,736            989,561
 334  ENGEN--BOTSWANA                 96,846,898          2,084,974
 335  AMEN BANK                       96,551,718          1,778,292
 336  LETSHEGO                        96,381,834          4,727,679
 337  ENVIROSERV HOLDINGS             95,830,674         13,125,387
 338  PHUMELELA GAMING                94,599,445          9,626,631
 339  MEDICAL UNION PHARM.            93,386,500            768,854
 340  AMREYAH PHARM. IND.             93,338,405             46,338
 341  GRINTEK                         92,531,812         11,561,769
 342  CAIRO POULTRY                   91,384,519          3,747,335
 343  SEARDEL INVESTMENT              90,643,591         10,941,813
 344  STB                             89,736,756          3,135,722
 345  GLENRAND M.I.B.                 89,383,106         25,299,743
 346  TRUST BANK (GAMBIA)             88,979,306             95,951
 347  CONNECTION GROUP                88,903,509         23,806,680
 348  NAL MERCHANT BANK               88,191,177          5,276,711
 349  7-UP BOTTLING COMP.             88,090,188          4,632,939
 350  SAGE GROUP                      86,526,568          7,133,688
 351  VALUE GROUP                     86,123,088         12,985,980
 352  BOWLER METCALF                  86,057,929          8,321,465
 353  IRELAND BLYTH LTD               86,050,718          2,025,600
 354  AG INDUSTRIES                   85,395,096         18,686,158
 355  COTTON COMPANY                  84,359,847          8,796,346
 356  AUTO-NEJMA                      83,941,841          3,423,713
 357  DATACENTRIX                     83,227,694          8,824,186
 358  EGYPT. COMMERCIAL BANK          83,082,296          3,505,341
 359  FIRESTONE E. AFRICA             82,202,766         11,777,249
 360  BTEI                            81,878,205          4,082,121
 361  NILE COTTON GINNING             81,337,327        129,664,105
 362  BICICI                          81,078,173            313,791
 363  RANDGOLD & EXPLOR.              80,499,265         41,769,542
 364  ALEXAN. REAL EST. INV.          80,059,272          3,671,998
 365  ARAB TUNISIAN BANK              79,449,743          4,261,202
 366  SHELL MAURITIUS LTD             79,017,759          1,622,849
 367  NAT. BANK OF KENYA              78,983,513          7,365,338
 368  SOC. CARNAUD MAROC              78,817,987            338,585
 369  PARACON HOLDINGS                78,000,295          5,030,808
 370  PROMOTION & DEV. CO.            77,272,729          3,816,235
 371  FAMILY NUTRITION                77,161,945              9,246
 372  SOC. THERAPEUTIQUE              76,891,262         45,569,728
 373  BARNARD JACOBS MELLET           76,799,121         25,192,477
 374  SOC. THERAPEUTIQUE              75,830,693          6,380,965
 375  MOBILE INDUSTRIES               75,513,976         10,870,158
 376  NAT. BANK OF MALAWI             75,456,300          1,337,803
 377  GLAXO SMITHKLINE                75,143,197          6,830,101
 378  CHIPSY FOR FOOD IND.            74,544,740                840
 379  MISR HOTELS CO                  74,152,177          4,115,585
 380  UACN PROPERTY DEV.              73,754,789          5,717,338
 381  BISCO MISR                      73,527,332         11,417,103
 382  CONTROL INSTRUMENTS             72,831,269          9,617,199
 383  EGYPT REAL EST. & INV.          72,596,537                480
 384  MAROC LEASING                   69,353,744         19,978,103
 385  ALEXANDRIA SPINNING             68,436,919          2,247,450
 386  UCS GROUP                       68,296,588          9,713,088
 387  UIB                             68,202,491          4,130,305
 388  EL AHLI INVEST. & DEV.          67,696,273         57,903,518
 389  UNITED HOUSING DEV.             67,203,292         37,665,763
 390  DORBYL                          66,437,276        190,736,117
 391  PRISM HOLDINGS                  66,070,913         12,935,972
 392  MONOPRIX                        65,794,038          3,818,676
 393  MISR CONDITIONING               65,472,475          1,578,401
 394  BNA                             65,297,134          2,215,525
 395  ENALENI PHARM.                  65,125,533         21,749,851
 396  AIR MAURITIUS LTD               64,771,024          3,045,469
 397  AGMA-LAHLOU TAZI S.A            64,058,375          8,880,150
 398  SPDIT                           64,044,605          4,033,740
 399  EL NASR CO                      63,686,109            334,220
 400  ORASCOM HOTELS                  61,485,426          6,648,403
 401  KARTHAGO AIRLINES               60,895,084         30,537,587
 402  UNILEVER TEA LTD                60,758,068            890,760
 403  CO. IVOIR. ELECTRICITE          60,538,357            365,500
 404  GENERAL SILOS                   60,531,685         15,446,638
 405  AFRICAN DIAMONDS                59,448,478            358,917
 406  EL SHAMS HOUSING                58,851,595         12,926,298
 407  BRANOMA                         58,808,558          2,648,355
 408  SITAB                           58,230,332            543,210
 409  EGYPT CONSTRUCTION              57,828,326            273,675
 410  NIC BANK LTD                    57,735,466          2,540,376
 411  HOUSE OF BUSBY                  57,396,857         12,205,902
 412  THE SUGAR CORP.                 57,188,799             33,803
 413  BENI SUEF CEMENT                57,040,136          2,837,440
 414  COCOA PROCESSING CO.            56,780,332            405,247
 415  CONCOR                          56,757,215         16,472,345
 416  BP ZAMBIA                       56,657,224                n/a
 417  CERAMICA CLEOPATRA              56,054,299              1,305
 418  BRIMSTONE INVEST. CO.           55,471,451          8,680,276
 419  CULLINAN HOLDINGS               55,292,266          6,764,395
 420  DIAMOND TRUST BANK              55,028,221          3,009,824
 421  SOTRAPIL                        54,975,787         38,564,193
 422  ALCATEL/NEXANS                  54,797,768          2,575,144
 423  GIJIMA AST GROUP                54,627,179         16,551,077
 424  HOUSING & DEV. BANK             53,968,266          9,203,268
 425  GALLERY GOLD LTD                53,292,831            214,101
 426  EL NASR CLOTHING                53,267,999         50,720,490
 427  SG-SSB BANK                     52,966,020          3,361,583
 428  JCI                             52,857,391         11,433,908
 429  SOCIETE ALUMINIUM               52,778,042          9,901,255
 430  AFRIQUIA GAZ                    51,732,574          9,837,611
 431  HOWDEN AFRICA                   50,610,910          7,431,943
 432  IMB INTERNATIONAL BK.           50,494,774          7,752,874
 433  ATHI RIVER MINING               50,460,163          7,316,802
 434  NAMIBIAN BREWERIES              50,412,590             99,969
 435  JULIUS BERGER NIGERIA           49,977,011          5,145,167
 436  NAT. BANK FOR DEV.              49,831,404         12,409,460
 437  AIR LIQUIDE TUNISIE             48,751,419          8,713,681
 438  MERCANTILE LISBON               48,401,195          6,347,549
 439  FIRST MUTUAL LIFE ASS.          48,129,116          3,895,428
 440  BANK OF AFRICA                  47,926,199          1,089,772
 441  DINA FOR AGRIC. INV.            47,533,447          5,741,821
 442  UNIMER                          46,956,698          5,155,326
 443  FERTIMA                         46,956,698            747,531
 444  TOURIST COM. NIGERIA            46,935,153              6,488
 445  SOCIETE MAGHREBAIL              46,759,178          1,257,510
 446  ARAB CABLES COMPANY             46,718,983          6,960,968
 447  PYRAMISA HOTELS                 46,604,484          2,197,800
 448  ISISS FOR HOTELS                46,454,362          1,713,455
 449  SIMBA                           46,374,893            466,720
 450  AFRICAN COPPER                  46,135,243             59,415
 451  M CUBED HOLDINGS                45,963,825         20,183,685
 452  I.C.D.C INVESTMENTS             45,847,036          1,334,742
 453  PRESCO PLC                      45,210,729          4,643,036
 454  MANTRAC                         44,940,714                850
 455  EGYPTIAN SHIPPING               44,940,714         31,357,004
 456  AL AMAL CLAY BRICK              44,154,250         26,009,003
 457  COOPERATIVE BANK                44,137,930            609,409
 458  ZAMBEEF PRODUCTS                43,853,756                n/a
 459  PRESS CORPORATION               43,737,399          4,814,427
 460  CEMENT COM. N. NIGERIA          43,461,002          4,584,072
 461  OKOMU OIL                       43,370,619          2,273,145
 462  SERENA                          43,035,699          1,355,127
 463  BAT ZIMBABWE                    42,979,723          1,280,059
 464  BOC KENYA LTD                   42,913,066            969,361
 465  SOC. CHIMIQUE ALKIMIA           42,911,518            795,898
 466  ERP.COM HOLDINGS                42,713,476         16,172,643
 467  DFCU GROUP                      42,603,067          2,746,433
 468  EGYPTIAN CHEM. (KIMA)           42,188,959            480,951
 469  EGYPTIAN REAL ESTATE            41,884,099          2,176,726
 470  SOVEREIGN FOOD INV.             41,846,874         25,194,910
 471  BINDURA NICKEL CORP.            41,812,378          2,642,593
 472  MISR AMERICA INT. BK.           41,397,311         41,031,462
 473  JUBILEE INSURANCE CO.           41,043,954          1,214,251
 474  L A GROUP                       41,040,908          4,833,804
 475  NIGER INSURANCE                 41,034,482          3,006,742
 476  BARCLAYS BANK OF ZIM.           40,977,299          6,755,804
 477  REMCO                           40,947,905            455,090
 478  ORYX PROPERTIES                 40,894,799            168,187
 479  PLANTATIONS D'HEVEAS            40,547,040          2,118,100
 480  MICROMEGA HOLDINGS              40,482,544          1,641,204
 481  ZELLIDJA                        40,341,052          3,274,628
 482  CROOKES BROTHERS                40,196,899          2,247,434
 483  DELTA CONSTRUCTION              39,975,972            587,820
 484  M & W DELTA FLOUR MILLS         39,642,895         21,253,449
 485  CFI HOLDINGS                    39,236,882         12,945,691
 486  N. CAIRO FLOUR MILLS            39,181,387         19,281,223
 487  UNILEVER CI                     39,175,344            138,775
 488  EGYPT. STARCH/ GLUCOSE          39,039,651            346,658
 489  OK ZIMBABWE                     38,961,666          5,194,162
 490  TAWANA RESOURCES NL             38,414,846             25,424
 491  E. DELTA FLOUR MILLS            38,382,825         19,900,228
 492  ENTER. OUTSOURCING              38,217,283         14,215,873
 493  INLAND BANK                     38,141,761          4,332,078
 494  EAST AFRICAN CABLES             38,107,828          4,760,790
 495  HALLMARK BANK PLC               38,009,999          3,082,011
 496  U. EGYPT FLOUR MILLS            37,883,292         23,775,300
 497  HFC BANK                        37,572,995            480,643
 498  OMEGA BANK                      37,518,654          4,708,417
 499  FINCORP INVESTMENTS             37,450,868          1,018,186
 500  MANSOUR & MAGHRABY              37,421,786          4,443,706
 501  DAIRIBORD ZIMBABWE              37,137,705          2,447,248
 502  TRADE BANK                      36,879,300          2,457,019
 503  ROYAL EXCHANGE ASS.             36,823,141          1,327,246
 504  TOTALFINELF C.I.                36,232,396            234,514
 505  FIRST BANKING CORP.             36,037,731          3,527,905
 506  CMC HOLDINGS LTD                36,019,126         12,386,169
 507  ACB INTERNATIONAL               36,015,326            191,100
 508  STANDARD NEWSPAPERS             35,787,558          1,030,460
 509  CAIRO PHARM.                    35,703,495          3,007,289
 510  EL KAHERA HOUSING               35,645,487         77,743,916
 511  PINNACLE TECHNOLOGY             35,602,890         13,179,310
 512  PUTCO                           35,503,521          1,087,480
 513  SIMMER & JACK MINES             35,329,092         20,882,417
 514  UNITED DOCKS LTD                35,314,287          1,642,699
 515  SOC. MULT. BITUMES              35,112,247          2,647,524
 516  MAURITIUS DEV. TRUST            34,652,254          2,287,400
 517  CO. TRANSPORTS MAROC.           34,443,209          3,446,485
 518  FAN MILK                        34,339,751          1,677,804
 519  GOODHOPE DIAMONDS               34,316,514              9,809
 520  CAL BANK                        34,074,191          3,444,305
 521  S. EGYPT (SEDICO)               34,036,687                757
 522  MANNY BANK                      33,926,019          3,420,684
 523  CAOUCHOUCS BEREBY               33,471,914            481,171
 524  NILE PHARM.                     33,254,398          1,627,307
 525  LION BANK                       32,934,865          1,106,085
 526  EGYPT. INTER.TOURISM            32,772,152         14,066,296
 527  SETPOINT TECHNOLOGY             32,389,431          2,372,199
 528  SIPHAT                          32,064,564         11,967,391
 529  L A GROUP                       31,756,353            929,928
 530  TURNSTAR                        31,448,533            697,019
 531  ELB GROUP                       31,392,744          7,113,853
 532  ALBORG LABORATORY               30,944,274          3,106,646
 533  COMMERCIAL BANK                 30,868,918          8,141,983
 534  TECHNOPACK                      30,801,674             11,726
 535  SOC. IV. D'EMBALLAGES           30,617,815             60,361
 536  LA MAROCAINE VIE                30,479,166          5,556,210
 537  UNITED BASALT PROD.             30,340,227            984,841
 538  CROCODILE TOURIST PROJ.         30,248,557         25,928,648
 539  COURTS MAURITIUS LTD            30,009,741          1,175,166
 540  M. EGYPT FLOUR MILLS            29,801,571          8,019,630
 541  BASIL READ HOLDINGS             29,438,850          4,363,378
 542  LINKAGE ASSURANCE               29,333,231            152,995
 543  UNITED VICTORIA HOTELS          29,213,628         19,431,832
 544  METAL FABRICATORS               29,200,411                n/a
 545  CERVEJAS                        28,693,309            149,144
 546  NATIONAL INVEST. TRUST          28,621,022          1,833,471
 547  NATIONAL HOUSING                28,596,122              6,065
 548  EDGARS STORES                   28,526,900          4,848,536
 549  HAREL FRERES LTD                28,360,905          1,655,145
 550  ALEXANDRIA PHARM.               28,164,000          6,379,952
 551  MAXIPREST LD                    28,091,519          2,072,644
 552  CAUDAN DEVELOPMENT              27,938,181          1,244,765
 553  HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES            27,903,679          1,245,261
 554  GIZA CABLES                     27,526,647            449,843
 555  MEMPHIS PHARM.                  27,439,763            786,796
 556  SEED COMP. OF ZIM.              27,212,594          2,739,739
 557  CRYSTAL MANUFACT.               26,897,887                245
 558  SOTETEL                         26,726,339         15,566,744
 559  FSB INTER. BANK                 26,576,784          2,772,680
 560  SEKUNJALO INVEST.               26,265,106         10,071,556
 561  PUTCO PROPERTIES                26,242,466            822,879
 562  SEFALANA HOLDINGS               26,063,820            645,644
 563  FREEZING & PROCESSING           25,927,335              6,893
 564  SWAN INSURANCE CO.              25,611,951            215,146
 565  SIAME                           25,137,930          7,108,839
 566  PUTCO                           24,985,465            242,623
 567  IDION TECHNOLOGY                24,941,244            335,670
 568  AFRICAN EXPRESS BANK            24,827,587                875
 569  TRANSPACO                       24,694,004          9,745,946
 570  BENUE CEMENT                    24,655,172         10,180,518
 571  SOCIETE EL MAZRAA               24,574,468          3,316,029
 572  ARASIMCO                        24,410,585            393,487
 573  MAURITIUS LEASING               24,350,650          1,444,427
 574  JASCO ELECTRONICS               24,325,943          3,973,968
 575  SHARM DREAMS CO.                24,039,825          1,987,493
 576  ZSR CORPORATION                 23,819,691          2,449,347
 577  ONELOGIX GROUP                  23,791,551          1,943,129
 578  BRIMSTONE INVEST. CO.           23,766,016            933,471
 579  VITAFOAM NIGERIA.               23,747,862          2,722,225
 580  AIICO INSURANCE                 23,601,533          1,248,359
 581  CARGO CARRIERS                  23,571,193            370,014
 582  YORK TIMBER ORG.                23,421,392            429,557
 583  ALUWORKS GHANA                  23,364,487          2,185,063
 584  NATIONAL PAPER                  23,334,601         23,443,604
 585  CORNERSTONE INSUR.              23,326,896          2,040,599
 586  BAT GHANA                       23,162,368            324,745
 587  CAPPA AND DALBERTO              23,157,328            168,275
 588  AFRICAN DISTILLERS              23,135,003          2,337,319
 589  EGYPTIAN ELEC. CABLES           23,024,252         66,771,248
 590  MAGASIN GENERAL                 22,764,930          5,579,829
 591  MISR DUTY FREE SHOPS            22,686,418          1,241,948
 592  SOCIETE DIAC--SALAF             22,684,904         14,670,501
 593  EL KAHERA EL WATANIA            22,668,268                215
 594  BETA GLASS                      22,638,927            867,040
 595  DELTA INSURANCE                 22,517,891          2,949,544
 596  NATIONAL INSUR. COMP.           22,350,881            287,451
 597  COLCOM HOLDINGS                 22,315,288            731,990
 598  ACRED                           22,271,952            143,483
 599  SECURICOR                       22,154,248            680,477
 600  HOUSING FINANCE CO.             22,036,400          3,824,473
 601  AMALGAMATED ELEC.               21,621,246             45,696
 602  INMINS                          21,536,185            795,343
 603  ACCRA BREWERIES                 21,373,604              6,717
 604  SEARDEL INVEST. CORP.           21,290,871          2,133,964
 605  PAPELERA DE TETUAN              21,241,874          1,742,468
 606  NATIONAL FOODS                  21,187,812          1,866,697
 607  BENSO OIL PALM PLANT.           21,025,481            749,733
 608  EXTRACTED OILS                  21,021,951         15,627,905
 609  RT BRISCOE                      20,977,012            796,813
 610  SASANI                          20,878,814          1,491,572
 611  NILE AGRICULTURAL               20,741,868          1,165,301
 612  NEIMETH INTER. PHARM.           20,640,001            548,984
 613  AFRICAN BANKING CO.             20,534,259             92,345
 614  MISR AMERICA CARPET             20,480,089              8,401
 615  REGENT BANK                     20,466,590             11,478
 616  EXCELLERATE HOLDINGS            20,323,630          2,535,292
 617  WINHOLD                         20,131,109          6,674,729
 618  ZIM. REINSURANCE CO.            20,073,682          2,646,596
 619  PATERSON ZOCHONIS               19,992,881            146,788
 620  SUB NIGEL GOLD MINING           19,953,775          8,648,050
 621  ALEXANDRIA CO. & M. BK.         19,848,516          7,035,240
 622  BAT UGANDA                      19,811,083                988
 623  REX TRUEFORM CLOTH.             19,788,500            937,734
 624  PAN AFRICA INSURANCE            19,780,219          3,186,012
 625  COOP DEV. BANK                  19,773,793          1,719,415
 626  TREMATON CAPITAL                19,733,803          2,803,960
 627  MOBIL OIL GHANA                 19,723,746            280,132
 628  FURNITURE MART                  19,605,056            201,001
 629  SABLE HOLDINGS                  19,185,380            545,754
 630  WAPIC INSURANCE                 19,080,459          1,471,987
 631  DATAPRO GROUP                   19,070,540          6,643,105
 632  COMP. D'ASS. & REASS.           18,852,530         26,676,095
 633  ENTER. INSURANCE CO.            18,828,461          1,922,131
 634  CORPCAPITAL                     18,776,245          5,836,866
 635  NAT. GLASS & CRYSTALS           18,693,608             30,672
 636  AFRICAN MEDIA ENTER.            18,683,229          2,035,558
 637  BANK OF BARODA                  18,671,060            319,604
 638  SEFALANA CASH & CARRY           18,634,120            328,843
 639  DAHACO                          18,508,997            886,725
 640  MATODZI RESOURCES               18,473,374         13,168,522
 641  RAKTA PAPER MANU.               18,371,706            438,864
 642  KAFR ELZAYAT                    18,294,327            206,633
 643  HAREL MALLAC AND CO             17,912,663            337,657
 644  BALIMA                          17,811,962             12,295
 645  CARBACID                        17,762,883            772,759
 646  SOC. DELMAS VIELJEUX            17,729,812             55,143
 647  STIP                            17,596,913            895,830
 648  MASONITE (AFRICA)               17,544,042            495,289
 649  PORT SAID NAT. DEV. BANK        17,285,236         17,224,410
 650  EGYPTIAN INVESTMENT             17,284,958                976
 651  TUNISIE LEASING                 17,241,378          5,331,164
 652  REA VIPINGO PLANTS              17,101,648          3,326,574
 653  CAPE EMPOWERMENT                16,862,859          4,081,261
 654  MAURITIAN EAGLE INS.            16,796,533            900,204
 655  N. NIGERIA FLOUR MILLS          16,511,380          1,211,811
 656  UNGA GROUP LTD                  16,465,567          2,455,604
 657  HWANGE COLLIERY                 16,417,746            995,398
 658  KAIROS INDUSTRIAL               16,241,340          1,327,757
 659  A. G. LEVENTIS NIGERIA          16,236,266            222,440
 660  MINAPHARM PHARM.                16,187,443             47,671
 661  DUNLOP NIGERIA                  16,162,758          1,799,739
 662  HAPPY WORLD FOODS               16,099,305            397,149
 663  SPECTRUM SHIPPING               16,028,411          1,247,929
 664  ELECTROSTAR                     15,984,959         11,343,323
 665  TANGANDA TEA CO.                15,911,926            756,386
 666  CHROMETCO                       15,888,439            104,389
 667  SUEZ BAGS                       15,875,308            357,193
 668  GREAT NIGERIA INSUR.            15,862,069                370
 669  ARAB PHARM. COMPANY             15,803,230            415,939
 670  UNION DICON SALT                15,779,310             20,628
 671  COMPU CLEARING                  15,729,232             83,647
 672  MAGHREB OXYGENE                 15,683,166            687,998
 673  M.G. FOR IND. & TOUR. DEV.      15,565,219             22,850
 674  MAURITIUS UNION ASS.            15,225,195            595,746
 675  LES GRANDES MARQUES             15,205,425            198,418
 676  HUNYANI HOLDINGS                15,146,126            931,963
 677  MISR OILS & SOAP IND.           15,037,854             41,108
 678  EGYPTIAN FINANCE CO.            14,908,218              9,848
 679  UTD. NIGERIA TEXTILES           14,862,477            359,076
 680  SABVEST                         14,800,276            342,330
 681  NATIONAL NAVIGATION             14,700,799             19,900
 682  STANBIC MALAWI                  14,682,540            435,528
 683  EL ARABIA LAND                  14,538,320              4,419
 684  SAGA-COTE D'IVOIRE              14,479,735             99,340
 685  NEW AFRICA INVEST.              14,448,166              2,094
 686  CFAO NIGERIA                    14,440,460            663,640
 687  MONTEAGLE                       14,354,857             91,103
 688  EUREKA INDUSTRIAL               14,312,429            135,997
 689  SHELL COTE D'IVOIRE             14,276,242             73,246
 690  LONDON FIN. & INVEST.           14,230,549            388,923
 691  SALLIES                         14,135,348          3,253,127
 692  COMPTOIR FRANCAIS               14,034,708             14,759
 693  ALBARKA AIRLINES PLC            14,022,989              5,892
 694  LIBERTY MERCHANT BK.            13,990,804            140,025
 695  CHOBE HOLDINGS LTD              13,973,542            257,823
 696  SASINI TEA & COFFEE             13,966,310          2,522,212
 697  BAT INVESTMENT CO.              13,890,638            337,968
 698  ARAB TUNISIAN LEASE             13,881,144          1,747,967
 699  ALEXANDRIA FLOUR MILLS          13,876,309          6,247,066
 700  SITEX                           13,746,331            164,771
 701  CHERIFIENNE D'ENGRAIS           13,664,122          2,274,488
 702  BERLIET                         13,522,256          8,819,807
 703  MAURITIUS OIL REF.              13,506,598          1,238,585
 704  UNIVERSAL TRUST BANK            13,443,218          1,711,152
 705  MISR TRAVEL & TOURISM           13,378,505                 66
 706  PG INDUSTRIES                   13,316,928          1,724,943
 707  SOC AFRICAINE REP INDU          13,278,080             21,356
 708  PETRA MINING                    13,261,153          3,931,605
 709  COMP. INTER. LEASING            13,198,826          3,906,329
 710  IND. AND ENGINEERING            13,181,457         10,818,210
 711  MODERN SHOROUK                  13,180,738          2,441,405
 712  MENA TOURISM                    13,070,687          4,236,061
 713  SOC. IND. CHIM. FLUOR           13,021,276            510,323
 714  KAKUZI                          12,990,383          1,215,433
 715  INCOLEASE                       12,963,667              2,569
 716  VITRAC                          12,867,399              6,125
 717  RDC PROPERTIES LTD              12,864,259            113,579
 718  TRANS INTERNAT. BANK            12,665,321            691,039
 719  PRESTIGE INSURANCE              12,657,121            780,523
 720  GAMMA CIVIC LTD                 12,646,104            378,049
 721  AL AHLY DEV. & INVEST.          12,642,661            136,935
 722  PLACEMENTS DE TUNISIE           12,641,232            603,589
 723  GEORGE WILLIAMSON               12,629,307            821,191
 724  CHEMICAL & ALLIED PROD.         12,615,577            564,641
 725  FARITEC HOLDINGS                12,472,747          1,715,023
 726  DARI COUSPATE                   12,456,517          5,156,468
 727  ABC HOLDINGS                    12,453,168            777,273
 728  JAPUAL OIL & MARINE             12,153,462            957,192
 729  FARAGALLAH                      12,099,423              6,893
 730  POLICY LTD.                     12,090,910          1,742,064
 731  AFRICAN & OVERSEAS ENT.         11,947,579            647,990
 732  MOHANDES INSURANCE              11,802,123          1,585,383
 733  UCHUMI SUPERMARKET              11,744,505         12,028,557
 734  SPESCOM                         11,737,095          3,315,332
 735  CHAMPION BREWERIES              11,724,138          2,172,088
 736  EL GOUNA DISTILLATION           11,672,486             11,618
 737  PALMCI                          11,531,116             16,705
 738  EL NASR CIVIL WORKS             11,497,908             98,045
 739  SODECI                          11,459,046             61,322
 740  CROWN BERGER LTD                11,407,211          1,368,899
 741  ENTERPRISE RISK MGMT.           11,281,373          6,655,371
 742  EL WADI FOR EXPORT              11,166,039             18,510
 743  ART                             11,142,402          2,686,816
 744  MON DESERT ALMA LTD             11,098,826            308,018
 745  EL SHAMEDAN FOOD IND.           11,096,899            408,980
 746  MECHANICAL LLOYD                11,006,246            113,697
 747  IMR INVESTMENTS                 10,883,037            866,821
 748  MISR FERTILIZERS                10,796,557          7,766,967
 749  CAIRO OILS AND SOAPS            10,682,062             22,965
 750  MIGOP                           10,669,098             34,525
 751  CARTE                           10,645,635             45,668
 752  DAWN PROPERTIES                 10,489,337          2,185,922
 753  ETERNA OIL AND GAS              10,482,759          1,435,144
 754  EGYPTIAN TRANSPORT              10,435,753              2,682
 755  GENCOR                          10,407,805          1,599,176
 756  S. CAIRO & GIZA MILLS           10,396,861          2,740,015
 757  MODERN WATERPROOF. CO           10,370,934          5,300,629
 758  AL YAMAMA HOUSING               10,370,934              6,859
 759  STANDARD ALLIANCE               10,363,218            444,122
 760  GIZA TEXTILES                   10,140,426                724
 761  EVANS MEDICAL                   10,132,754          1,195,858
 762  PEYRISSAC                       10,089,726            146,510
 763  UNIWAX                          10,086,573                730
 764  TRUWORTHS                       10,044,782          2,613,610
 765  AVASA HOLDINGS                  10,038,578          2,767,636
 766  EL SAFWA CONST. & DEV.           9,982,024             14,459
 767  LASHEEN PLASTIC                  9,873,129             34,830
 768  LASHEEN PLASTIC IND.             9,696,823             20,102
 769  WANKIE COLLIERY                  9,554,249              5,575
 770  ENERGIZER EGYPT                  9,549,514              8,513
 771  EGYCAP INVESTMENT                9,528,296            194,229
 772  FAISAL ISLAMIC BANK              9,504,588            131,586
 773  DEV. AND ENG. CONSULT.           9,426,947            817,474
 774  XANTIUM TECHNOLOGY               9,397,049          4,165,697
 775  BOC GASES                        9,288,276            236,604
 776  DON GROUP, THE                   9,255,160          1,358,885
 777  AFRICAN GEM RESOURCES            9,181,378          6,083,080
 778  CIRCLE CEMENT                    9,167,451          1,820,099
 779  JOHN DANIEL HOLDINGS             9,117,300            583,958
 780  CAIRO SEAS CONSTRUCT.            9,074,567            448,964
 781  PALM BEACH HOTELS                9,066,479              6,841
 782  INDUSTRIAL GASES                 9,046,911                900
 783  SOTUMAG                          9,046,221          1,543,542
 784  BUILDMAX                         9,000,066          1,796,274
 785  MAY AND BAKER                    8,920,226          1,026,909
 786  CIC HOLDINGS                     8,915,380             60,821
 787  EL ALAMEYA FURNITURE             8,786,394          4,369,395
 788  TURNALL HOLDINGS                 8,777,004          2,414,385
 789  HWANGE COLLIERY                  8,758,061             40,618
 790  WOOLTRU                          8,677,112          7,804,994
 791  CLEOPATRA AGROINDUS              8,642,445             18,723
 792  ZIMBABWE FINANCIAL               8,629,406          4,126,528
 793  KINGDOM FINANCIAL                8,582,254            991,471
 794  MISR FINANCIAL INVEST.           8,556,135              1,449
 795  PHARAOH CERAMICS                 8,497,252          6,148,358
 796  ACROW MISR                       8,479,276             57,230
 797  SABVEST                          8,440,420             22,959
 798  IB MAROC.COM                     8,412,683          7,684,193
 799  MURRAY & ROBERTS                 8,407,517          1,340,204
 800  SAVANNAH SUGAR EST.              8,331,859            121,846
 801  MAURITIUS CHEM. & FERT.          8,288,132          4,864,226
 802  KAPCHORUA TEA CO LTD             8,275,384             86,659
 803  FAMILY COSMETICS                 8,102,292          2,553,200
 804  TANZANIA OXYGEN                  8,088,194             10,393
 805  D. N. MEYER                      8,059,713          1,120,363
 806  CAIRNS HOLDINGS                  8,023,872          1,543,285
 807  DIAMOND CORE                     7,968,367          2,506,982
 808  STAR                             7,967,718            390,533
 809  UNIC INSURANCE                   7,921,532          1,358,245
 810  UTC NIGERIA                      7,904,594            195,328
 811  UNIVERSAL BUTAGAS                7,778,200          2,800,420
 812  GULF BANK                        7,655,173          1,445,769
 813  COVERTINA                        7,500,856            405,626
 814  SIMPAR                           7,479,090            989,005
 815  MOUNT SUGAR ESTATE               7,478,335            153,035
 816  TASLIF                           7,352,449            143,391
 817  MAURITIUS STATIONARY             7,350,857            234,401
 818  BELLE MARE HOLDINGS              7,342,180            100,422
 819  ARAB CONTRACTORS INV.            7,280,396              3,027
 820  TAWAKOL ELECTRICAL               7,273,093              2,025
 821  ARAB MISR INSURANCE              7,259,654             24,074
 822  STEQ                             7,190,022          7,753,849
 823  INFOWAVE HOLDINGS                7,118,920            331,019
 824  CAR & GENERAL (K) LTD            7,038,872             59,918
 825  NEW VISION PRINTING              7,004,449             44,434
 826  ARAB ALUMINIUM                   6,931,806              4,175
 827  ALEX WHITE HOLDINGS              6,835,501            138,498
 828  MUTUAL BENEFITS ASS.             6,763,934            222,368
 829  ELF                              6,757,701            942,392
 830  BERGER PAINTS                    6,712,578            763,798
 831  LAW UNION AND ROCK               6,704,981            551,835
 832  PRIMESERV GROUP                  6,640,803          1,344,588
 833  DIAMONEX                         6,636,541            416,683
 834  CLEOPATRA AGRIC. DEV.            6,611,470              1,965
 835  SOCIETE REBAB                    6,610,447             47,454
 836  SIVOA                            6,609,275             28,616
 837  EL NOURAN DIV. TRADE.            6,526,774              1,961
 838  CUTIX                            6,478,426            191,598
 839  WOOLTRU                          6,427,255          4,685,439
 840  MM GROUP                         6,378,124            264,378
 841  TA HOLDINGS                      6,288,359          1,507,547
 842  GENERAL LEASING                  6,236,243          1,366,545
 843  SUEZ SHIPPING                    6,222,560              3,841
 844  BANK OF AFRICA-NIGER             6,215,992             38,808
 845  DELTA ACADEMY                    6,196,917            615,032
 846  EXPRESS (KENYA) LTD              6,101,053          2,497,812
 847  GENERAL INVEST DEV. CO.          5,859,612            190,540
 848  TSL                              5,855,595          1,969,907
 849  VAN LEER CONTAINERS              5,851,997              4,907
 850  EGYPTIANS HOUSING                5,847,243             34,896
 851  ARISTON HOLDINGS                 5,803,072          3,772,321
 852  SOC. AFRIC. CREDIT AUTO.         5,765,558          2,427,196
 853  AL BADAR PACKING                 5,736,034              5,001
 854  EL ESLAMYAH PACKING              5,704,014                143
 855  SCOA NIGERIA                     5,682,820             39,069
 856  ASTRA INDUSTRIES                 5,657,282            753,155
 857  SOTUVER                          5,637,885          1,419,350
 858  CAPS HOLDINGS                    5,491,424          4,798,000
 859  AMIGO REAL ESTATE INT.           5,358,316                854
 860  TENTH OF RAMADAN                 5,309,918              6,098
 861  AMEN LEASE                       5,304,475            202,707
 862  C & I LEASING                    5,241,379            416,148
 863  MISR HOUSING                     5,185,467          4,193,118
 864  MISR CO. TRAILERS                5,185,467              3,019
 865  MAGRABI OPTICAL                  5,185,467             68,787
 866  TENTH OF RAMADAN                 5,185,467                856
 867  INT. AGRICULTURAL                5,185,467            164,101
 868  MULTI M GROUP                    5,185,467             92,469
 869  EL MASREYAH                      5,172,503          1,494,170
 870  TANZANIA TEA PACKERS             5,137,481                 93
 871  EGYPT POULTRY (EGYPCO)           5,135,859          3,331,982
 872  MARSHALLS                        5,125,777            349,736
 873  GHANA BREWERIES                  5,082,674             73,233
 874  NIGERIA GERMAN CHEM.             5,015,326            300,395
 875  ATELIERS MEC. SAHEL              4,922,593              4,854
 876  JOS INTERNATIONAL                4,906,513          1,245,409
 877  INTERFRESH                       4,893,106          2,101,165
 878  MARSHALLS (E.AFRICA)             4,843,834            130,694
 879  EL MASRIA TEXTILES               4,840,184              4,172
 880  ABCO UTD PLASTICS                4,805,906              4,454
 881  BERNABE                          4,773,882             55,429
 882  ZAMALEK TOURISM                  4,745,999             18,090
 883  CRUSADER INSURANCE               4,668,825            334,358
 884  ABSOLUTE HOLDINGS                4,649,548          1,724,349
 885  AMEL HURGHADA                    4,644,104                172
 886  LABAT AFRICA                     4,636,662            476,398
 887  UGANDA CLAYS                     4,557,935            182,497
 888  HWANGE COLLIERY                  4,529,423             86,514
 889  DECILLION                        4,481,333            669,912
 890  MISR EXCHANGE                    4,424,932                176
 891  NATIONAL TYRE SERVICES           4,416,968            985,100
 892  ALL JOY FOODS                    4,407,813            417,065
 893  PASDEC RESOURCES SA              4,397,124            275,064
 894  JOHN HOLT                        4,383,545            227,019
 895  MORIBO LEISURE                   4,339,473          1,072,546
 896  BICC CAFCA                       4,327,671                209
 897  AUTOMATICS SYSTEMS               4,326,932            162,609
 898  AFRICA SILOS & STORAGE           4,321,223            740,016
 899  UNIGRAIN                         4,321,223             51,284
 900  AVON CROWNCAPS                   4,280,301             32,350
 901  EGAT                             4,262,454                573
 902  LIBERTY INVEST TRUST             4,261,364            140,316
 903  GILBOA PROPERTIES                4,259,659            237,595
 904  PAMODZI HOTEL PLC                4,249,292                n/a
 905  FARMERS HOUSE                    4,206,799                n/a
 906  AFRICAN DAWN CAPITAL             4,205,868          1,037,797
 907  NILE PROJECTS & TRADE            4,148,374            173,203
 908  INT. EDUCATION SYS.              4,148,374             61,699
 909  MONEY WEB HOLDINGS               4,140,673          1,121,411
 910  STRATCORP                        4,129,092             77,049
 911  SITGOR                           4,122,374              8,684
 912  ENGINEERING IND.                 4,096,623            883,315
 913  BEGET HOLDINGS                   4,073,698            624,336
 914  UTD DEV. ENTERPRISES             4,070,488              1,801
 915  TISEC                            4,026,804            527,325
 916  VONO PRODUCTS                    4,022,989            930,954
 917  WELLCO HEALTH                    4,018,500          1,276,809
 918  ARAB CONTRACTORS                 3,992,810              1,404
 919  TUNINVEST (SICAV)                3,961,849            337,574
 920  NOZHA INT. HOSPITAL              3,939,918             12,942
 921  MATHOMO GROUP                    3,929,315             24,486
 922  MRI MEDRESCUE                    3,928,035            193,951
 923  UNITED ARAB SHIPPING             3,902,385          1,118,300
 924  INTERTRADING                     3,849,962            487,471
 925  MISR CAFE                        3,845,888             14,794
 926  GIZA FOR CONTRACTING             3,833,097          5,274,329
 927  FILTISAC                         3,806,918          1,540,502
 928  Y3K GROUP                        3,777,135            380,480
 929  ZIMBABWE SUN                     3,776,652            792,915
 930  SOUHAG NAT. FOOD IND.            3,754,693                 92
 931  EGYPT SANITARY WARES             3,743,907             45,286
 932  SUNBIRD TOURISM                  3,736,894                 50
 933  STEELNET ZIMBABWE                3,700,424            440,749
 934  INS. OUTSOURCING                 3,665,988            121,236
 935  EGYPTIAN ENGINEERS               3,629,827            368,751
 936  POLYSERVE                        3,500,190            680,242
 937  EGYP. IT. SP. SANITARY           3,456,978          2,451,075
 938  ALKAN PHARMA                     3,456,978            461,491
 939  SAKKARA TOURISM                  3,456,978          3,212,157
 940  LONGMAN NIGERIA                  3,424,368             92,065
 941  NMBZ HOLDINGS                    3,424,294          1,713,177
 942  CHEMCO HOLDINGS                  3,403,146             75,863
 943  NILE METALLURGICAL               3,402,963          6,695,909
 944  RUBEX PLASTICS                   3,381,040              1,725
 945  FALCON INVESTMENTS               3,372,704             65,494
 946  ARAB MEDICAL PACKING             3,327,341                476
 947  NEW DELTA PLASTIC CO.            3,294,406                142
 948  REX TRUEFORM CLOTH.              3,287,678             68,233
 949  TAKI VITA                        3,284,129             57,084
 950  NOVA EDUCATION                   3,234,491             66,767
 951  ALLIANCE DATA                    3,217,468            142,366
 952  CITY TRUST LTD                   3,204,651            843,091
 953  NIGERIAN ROPES                   3,193,047              1,622
 954  GOLDEN TEXTILES                  3,173,189          1,335,844
 955  PHARMA DEKO                      3,172,414            948,442
 956  BON APPETIT RESTAUR.             3,150,361             30,984
 957  NAMIBIAN HARVEST                 3,149,606             34,788
 958  ASEK COMPANY                     3,145,850             31,994
 959  KELGRAN                          3,103,097             60,912
 960  VENTER LEISURE                   3,094,597             36,877
 961  POWERSPEED ELEC.                 3,074,860            299,886
 962  CAIRO MEDICAL CENTER             3,049,055            597,293
 963  MANSOURAH POULTRY                3,039,980             49,279
 964  LOTUS CONTRACTING                3,033,498                202
 965  NICOZ DIAMOND INS.               3,019,357            735,265
 966  INCAR NIGERIA                    3,009,195            166,712
 967  ISMAILIA MISR POULTRY            2,994,607             88,940
 968  BAICO INSURANCE                  2,973,180             12,258
 969  W B HOLDINGS                     2,954,256             87,593
 970  NICTUS BEPERK                    2,939,363              8,798
 971  GOLDEN TEX SPINNING              2,863,244          1,039,801
 972  LIMURU TEA CO. LTD               2,859,890            386,776
 973  EL ARABIA PROD. & REC.           2,810,782              5,595
 974  INTERCONNECTIVE SOL.             2,793,092             30,058
 975  BRYANT TECHNOLOGY                2,771,972            180,823
 976  AFRICAN LIFE ASS. CO.            2,768,602        219,699,321
 977  AIRCOOL AIR CONDITION.           2,765,582              8,561
 978  KING CONSOLIDATED                2,761,385            360,562
 979  INTER. BREWERIES                 2,752,765              7,858
 980  QUYN HOLDINGS                    2,750,265             49,958
 981  SOC. INV. COCO RAPPE             2,699,903          5,256,449
 982  NAMPAK NIGERIA                   2,690,400             33,448
 983  SPANJAARD                        2,687,116             26,403
 984  FALCON GOLD                      2,681,844             70,579
 985  BEIGE HOLDINGS                   2,659,763          1,395,861
 986  EL HANDASSEYAH                   2,649,774             65,709
 987  SCHREDER EGYPT                   2,606,384              1,892
 988  ARABIAN FOOD IND.                2,592,734              1,499
 989  ALAA REAL ESTATE DEV.            2,583,101             17,662
 990  ZIMPLOW                          2,564,544            480,843
 991  ZIM. NEWSPAPERS (1980)           2,536,006          2,956,806
 992  SADEC                            2,532,719                 55
 993  CFAO GHANA                       2,460,662            160,380
 994  EGYPTIAN SPONGE                  2,423,342             19,585
 995  STELLA VISTA TECH.               2,419,976            123,598
 996  EL RASHEEDY MEZAN                2,408,042                949
 997  TRACTIVE POWER                   2,407,164            760,274
 998  CAIRO INV. & R. EST. DEV.        2,395,686              6,159
 999  AQUILA GROWTH                    2,391,790             15,713
1000  EL DELTA SWEETS                  2,360,891             56,440
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