Articles from African Business (October 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
300th African Business: top of the pile.	Ritchie, Mark; Dawkins, Kristin	Letter to the Editor	212
A management revolution is needed.	Versi, Anver		772
A sea of troubles: robbing the poor to feed the rich.		Book Review	1794
AB guide to African currencies.		Illustration	444
Africa's formula for success: ingenuous rather than ingenious?	Leishman, A.D.H.	Letter to the Editor	970
Africa's top banks.	Versi, Anver; Ford, Neil; Nevin, Tom		6775
Aristide's rescue: subverting pan-African aspirations?	Panyin, Ekow	Letter to the Editor	212
Avian flu batters ostrich industry: thousands of South African ostriches have been destroyed in the wake of an avian flu outbreak. A one billion rand industry has ground to a halt as all exports of ostrich meat have been suspended. Tom Nevin explains the economic consequences.	Nevin, Tom		1116
Capital flight: 70% of Nigeria's private wealth is overseas.		Brief Article	108
Celtel reports 'exceptional' growth: year-on-year, Celtel has doubled its African mobile customers--and seen revenues grow by nearly half. Silvio Gikandi reports.	Gikandi, Silvio		535
Crime prevention: township genius invents a better 'mousetrap'.		Brief Article	197
Economy being hammered into shape: there are plenty of signs that the authorities in Morocco are pushing ahead with a raft of projects aimed at reducing the country's chronic unemployment. James Badcock has the details.	Badcock, James		1426
Education: teaching the smart way.		Brief Article	179
Food security: Africa's people undernourished--report.		Brief Article	89
Gemstones: Angola to join world's top three.		Brief Article	96
Ghana Airways to get a new life? When the entire board of Ghana Airways was sacked and the airline brought under direct government control, few industry observers were surprised. The writing had been on the wall for a long time. What happens now, asks Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1467
High Tide: News from a Warming World.		Brief Article	213
How should Africa deal with the $40 barrel?	Ford, Neil		3216
Industry: more SADC industrial harmony needed.		Brief Article	92
Just loved it!	Goldstein, Rich	Letter to the Editor	89
Law enforcement: stun-effect rubber bullets.		Brief Article	255
Legislation: beating the speed trap.		Brief Article	214
Life science: red wine's secret for a longer life.		Brief Article	106
Maasai demand return of ancestral lands: Kenya's world famous Maasai people are demanding back their ancestral lands, signed away by an illiterate chief to the British a hundred years ago. They now argue that the lease has expired and the land should come back to them. The government does not agree. A major stand-off is in the offing. Otieno Aluoka reports from Nairobi.	Aluoka, Otieno		1439
Malagasy maestro: the prince of valiha.			857
Management and Change in Africa: A Cross Cultural Perspective.		Brief Article	247
Migrant labour underpins industry: Mauritius' booming textiles industry is having to depend more and more heavily on imported labour, mostly from India and China. Nasseem Ackbarally reports from Port Louis.	Ackbarally, Nasseem		1403
Mining: outlook for Zimbabwe is brighter.		Brief Article	165
Motor sport: F1 pole position for SA?		Brief Article	91
Mutharika sweeps out the old: Malawi's new head of state, President Bingu wa Mutharika, has confounded critics by quickly establishing himself as his own man with a clear agenda for the country's future. Analysis by Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1333
Namibia's Kudu gets go-ahead: work on developing Namibia's Kudu gas field will begin next year following a deal between Tullow Oil and Namibian oil and power corporations. This could be the beginning of a new era for gas usage in southern Africa.			1510
Prize letter: win a free annual subscription!			98
Resources: republic of Congo halts diamond exports.		Brief Article	92
Restitution: Nigeria's millions going home.		Brief Article	95
Softs enjoy demand surge: currently, supply and demand fundamentals for agricultural commodities are broadly favourable to farmers in the developing world. Moin Siddiqi forecasts how world markets for Africa's agricultural commodities might move over the coming months.	Siddiqi, Moin		2209
Surfing safety: shocking news for sharks.		Brief Article	124
Technology: when eyes become passports.		Brief Article	90
The African connection: this November, Barack Obama, who traces his paternal roots to Kenya, will stand for election as a US Senator on the Democratic Party ticket. A win for him will create history in a number of ways.	Vesely, Milan		1300
The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World Was Created.		Book Review	377
The Life and Death of Smallpox.		Book Review	277
Trade: S. Africa-Namibia Great Oyster War.		Brief Article	105
Western Union celebrates opening of 200,000th agent location with ceremony in Athens, Greece: global leader in money transfer increasingly serves customers close to home.			697
What I Tell You Three Times Is True.		Brief Article	258
Why Globalisation Works: The Case for the Global Market Economy.		Brief Article	237
World trade--a tiny step forward: the WTO's latest round of talks in Geneva has shifted the process a little further, but the reality remains that Africa continues to suffer from unfair terms of trade. What will it take to ensure a level playing field for all?	Siddioi, Moin		1486