Articles from African Business (July 1, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A magical and mystical country: Omar Ben Yedder interviews Bacar Abdouroihamane the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Equatorial Guinea.	Yedder, Omar Ben	Interview	1479
AB guide to African currencies.		Illustration	504
Africa and the World Trading System, Volumes 1-3.		Book Review	188
Africa in the World: Past and Present.	Burt, Ben	Book Review	388
Agriculture: Africa must change policies to survive.		Brief Article	110
Aviation: it's not too late to take part in the Battle of Britain.		Brief Article	121
Aviation: Lagos to be Virgin's Africa hub.		Brief Article	86
Creating the country of tomorrow.	Ford, Neil; Yedder, Omar Ben		2745
Crime: new programme confronts child kidnapping.		Brief Article	238
Deathtrap taxis head for the scrapyard: South Africa's notorious 10-seater minibus taxis have had their day and are outlawed from the 1st of this month (July). They will be replaced by safer, more regulated taxi-buses. But not everybody is pleased with this. Tom Nevin explains.	Nevin, Tom		1367
Energy: power shortage hits Mozal expansion.		Brief Article	108
Equatorial Guinea: facts and figures.		Illustration	333
Finance: S Africa needs $2bn to go nuclear.		Brief Article	104
Health: blow away high BP.		Brief Article	90
Justice for Africa.	Versi, Anver; Nevin, Tom; Ford, Neil	Cover Story	9822
Legislation: property rights 'staircase to development'.		Brief Article	92
Medical: meet Dr Robot, cardiac surgeon.		Brief Article	93
Miscellany: snakes in the bank.		Brief Article	163
Mobiles made in Africa? The market for mobiles in Africa has grown around 1,000% in five years and is still growing. But, can Africa imitate countries like Finland and China and go into producing its own branded versions for the ever-growing global market? Dan Steinbock* thinks it can.	Steinbock, Dan		1709
Obasanjo restarts green revolution: despite being the largest employer, Nigeria's agriculture sector has been neglected by successive government, until now. A wide range of measures is in place to vastly increase the volume of food and cash crops produced by the country. Neil Ford has the details.	Ford, Neil		1461
Opposition gains ground in watershed elections: despite the political violence and ongoing crisis in Addis Ababa following the parliamentary election, the landscape of Ethiopian politics looks to have changed forever. While complete results had not yet been announced at press time, the opposition, for the first time, has made substantial gains. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil		1543
Prize letter: win a free annual subscription!		Brief Article	98
Procedure: red tape undoes SADC free trade efforts.		Brief Article	103
Pure, white and deadly? A bitter-sweet story.		Book Review	1857
Rise of a new maritime power.	Ford, Neil; Price, Stuart		1723
Roads: another pair of eyes for drivers.		Brief Article	122
Science initiative: a global effort for Africa.	Fofack, Hippolyte	Letter to the Editor	500
Seeing Double.		Book Review	285
Surgery: medical moments.		Brief Article	64
Textiles: African industry battles the dragon.		Brief Article	88
The ballot and the bullet: last month [June] the strife-torn central African state of Burundi held its first elections in over a decade. Tristan McConnell was there as the shooting and voting both took place. This is his exclusive Eyewitness report for African Business.	McConnell, Tristan		1831
The fall of a good man.	Versi, Anver		815
The jatropha miracle: a quiet revolution is spreading through Africa that could have enormous economic consequences and yet is attracting very little attention. It means, in fact, that anyone with a few arid acres can become an oil baron. Tom Nevin unravels the mystery.	Nevin, Tom		1174
The long road home.	Versi, Anver		1696
The neighbourhood band: sounds of a bygone era.		Sound Recording Review	914
The star of the Gulf of Guinea.	Ford, Neil		2683
The world comes calling.	Yedder, Omar Ben		466
Trade: SACU to fire up US trade ambition.		Brief Article	96
Unity constitution offers fresh hope: the vast Democratic Republic of Congo has never really functioned as a united country. Now there is hope that the temporary peace can be made permanent if a new constitution is accepted by all parties. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil		1475
Visitor's guide.			637
Volatility is the enemy: economic, social and political volatility are the enemies of growth as a new report from the IMF sets out to prove. And Africa is the most volatile region of all. Can something be done about this negative trend?	Siddiqi, Moin		1397
Water concession goes down the drain: private concessions were supposed to be the answer to decades of underinvestment and poor service provision in the African water sector. But Tanzania has now pulled the plug on the idea by cancelling a 10-year contract with the City Water consortium. What happens next, asks Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1731
Welcome to the age of pragmatism.	Ford, Neil		3509
Will Nigeria break Opec shackles? Nigeria is set to almost double its oil output and revenue over the next five years--unless it is halted in its tracks by Opec quotas. The question is: should it remain within the organisation or abandon it now?	Ford, Neil		1413
Zambia's economy back on the rails: Zambia's economy seems finally to have turned the corner. Economic growth has been better than forecast, a large chunk of external debt has been cancelled and a new railway link with Angola will help boost exports. Report by Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1518
Zimbabwe: smith did better.	Leishman, A.D.H.	Letter to the Editor	416
Zimbabwe: West does not understand Africa's pain.	Allan, Daniel	Letter to the Editor	596