Articles from African Business (June 1, 2005)

1-61 out of 61 article(s)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"It was the bullet that brought the ballot".	Ankomah, Baffour		3175
"Maybe I came out of the Guinness Book of Records": Zimbabwe's first woman vice president, Joice Teurai Ropa Mujuru, talks to New African and says if her people and party decide that she is the right candidate to carry the torch after President Mugabe, she will gladly accept the challenge.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	3459
"Mugabe is not the problem".	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	3106
"What we have done here is like the rabbit chasing the dog".	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	7881
AB guide to African currencies.		Illustration	504
Africa Beyond the Post-Colonial: Political and Socio-Cultural Identities.		Book Review	186
African Development Bank records its best performance in ten years.			2048
Agro-economics: subsidies--another view.		Brief Article	126
Bananas wilt under Museveni campaign.	McConnell, Tristan		483
Blair commission: a refusal to face reality.	Asubeti, Sefu Pene	Letter to the Editor	453
Business leaders' interviews: tougher Q & A please.	Ogola, Joseph	Letter to the Editor	744
Capitulation is not an option.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	3274
Commodities: a nice cup of cocoa to boost GDP.		Brief Article	116
Compliments come calling: a reader's praise.	Jessel, Fran	Letter to the Editor	142
Congo-Brazzaville waits on new fields: Congo-Brazzaville's fortunes have been in decline over the past decade with falling oil output and an economy still limping from the impact of a series of civil wars. But several new oilfields which should come on stream later this year are expected to halt the decline.	Ford, Neil		1509
Crime: S Africa's deadly legacy.		Brief Article	128
Daughters of Africa step forward.	Versi, Anver		4945
Debt: can pay, won't pay? Nigeria, staggering under an estimated $35bn of debt, largely accrued by successive military regimes, has embarked on a campaign to have the debt cancelled. Neil Ford gives the details.	Ford, Neil		1513
Development: MDGs--still a long way to go.		Brief Article	135
Diversification begins to pay off: Cameroon finds itself in the relatively comfortable position of not having to depend entirely on its oil revenues for economic growth. Neil Ford explains why.	Ford, Neil		1068
Don't shoot the messenger: no matter what it does, it seems Kenya just cannot shed off the sticky stigma of corruption--this time in the form of a major diplomatic row with Britain's representative in the country. Neil Ford looks behind the war of words.	Ford, Neil		1324
Economic growth: Africa to outperform the world.		Brief Article	126
Gbagbo lifts Ouattara election ban.			519
Global Call Centers: Achieving Outstanding Customer Services across Cultures and Time Zones.		Book Review	159
Global Corruption Report 2005.		Brief Article	253
Grappling with the maize question: Nicholas Goche, Zimbabwe's new minister of public service, labour and social welfare, has perhaps one of the most difficult portfolios. He talked to New African on how he is grappling with the maize and other questions.	Ankomah, Baffour		808
Health: new vaccine to fight cholera.		Brief Article	213
Hot stuff: if you can't take the heat, take a Testo.		Brief Article	95
Inflation--who's the big culprit?		Brief Article	179
Is South Africa running out of power? The country's power supply is running dangerously short of its medium-term needs. As Tom Nevin reports, demand will outstrip current supply by 2007 unless something is done now.	Nevin, Tom		1381
Land reform is irreversible.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	2695
Light touch: glow in the dark football.		Brief Article	122
Like fathers, like sons: masters of the kora.			908
Major African currencies in good shape: African currencies, once known as 'yo-yo money' for their volatility, have by and large now stabilised. This both reflects and supports strong economic growth on a continental base.	Siddiqi, Moin		1553
Mboweni's lifeline to exporters: is the South African government having a change of heart on the rand's exchange rate? Hitherto, the repo rate was influenced solely on inflationary concerns, but as Tom Nevin reports, the Reserve Bank is now showing greater flexibility.	Nevin, Tom		1213
Medical moments: lizard bite holds new hope for diabetics.		Brief Article	68
Medical moments: no-more-tears tan.		Brief Article	62
Medical moments: towards designer babies.		Brief Article	57
Mining: De Beers softens deals.		Brief Article	140
Mining: platinum price stabilising?		Brief Article	90
Mobile communications: digital leapfrog.		Brief Article	216
Mugabe: we won't go back to the Commonwealth.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	5482
Nepad: industrialised nations asked to pay up.		Brief Article	109
Oil money begins to flow in: after years of discussion and delay, the tiny Gulf of Guinea state of Sao Tome and Principe is to receive the first, very substantial income from its nascent oil industry. Neil Ford reports on the likely impact.	Ford, Neil		1123
Political tensions grow.			428
Prize letter: win a free annual subscription!			98
Rutile leads the long path to prosperity.			519
Safari action: TransAfrica bus.		Brief Article	126
Shopping made in heaven: Mauritius, the dynamic Indian Ocean island state, is not one to sit on its laurels. It is about to add to its economic lustre by turning itself into a shopping paradise for the whole world. Tom Nevin reports.	Nevin, Tom		915
Special brew: would you like a tablet of tea, madam?		Brief Article	227
Ssh! He said the 'P' word: a president under scrutiny.		Book Review	1483
Start the science revolution.	Versi, Anver	Editorial	857
Telecoms: discombobulated? Put a dictionary in your phone.			486
The African Yellow Pages, First Edition 2004-2005.		Brief Article	299
The Arguments against G8.		Brief Article	158
The End of Poverty: How we can make it happen in our lifetime.		Book Review	334
The Mobile Revolution.		Book Review	273
The way forward.	Ankomah, Baffour		2310
Time to beat crime: the watch that thinks it's a policeman.		Brief Article	127
UN throws weight behind Grand Inga: the United Nations is helping to push through a long-held infrastructural dream--the creation of a giant power scheme that will provide the whole of Africa with an uninterrupted supply of electricity. Neil Ford discusses.	Ford, Neil		1431
Zimbabwe honours African heroes.	Ankomah, Baffour		1195