Articles from African Business (March 1, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
AB guide to African currencies.		Illustration	504
Addax commissions FPSO Okwori Sendje Berge.		Brief Article	246
African leadership: seek national support base.	Elagraa, Mutasim	Letter to the Editor	494
Against The Flow.		Brief Review	187
Agriculture: sugar no longer sweet for Swaziland.		Brief Article	101
Behaviour: talk to your car.		Brief Article	116
Boost for locals in Nigeria: with ambitious exploration and production targets, the Nigerian government is encouraging more local participation in the oil and gas sector. Ola Sheyin reports.	Sheyin, Ola		677
Brain drain: Africa trains professionals for rich countries.		Brief Article	106
Call reminder: time to take your medicine.		Brief Article	153
Donation: smuggled horde put to good use.		Brief Article	99
Economic prospects dimmed by power cuts: power shortages in Uganda are becoming acute and the public now appears to have lost patience. Although a new private sector company is expected to take over distribution this month, the problems of insufficient generation will remain. Tristan McConnell reports from Kampala.	McConnell, Tristan		1528
Economic strategies: curb population, empower women.	Tembo, Novan	Letter to the Editor	549
Fighting brain tumours: revolutionary therapy.		Brief Article	165
Finance: S Africa raps Botswana, Namibia on tax.		Brief Article	117
Forests in danger as timber demand surges: a growing domestic demand for timber, especially from the construction industry, is threatening the very existence of Ghana's forestry resources. Sawmills are exporting most of their products, leaving the gap to be filled by illegal timber producers. Asmah Frank George reports from Accra on the government's measures to contain the situation.	George, Asmah Frank		1463
Gas sector 'OPEC' created: with gas becoming increasingly important globally as a source of energy, producers have formed an organisation that could become as influential as OPEC.	Ford, Neil		1398
Gas: the African genie uncorked.			454
Going auto: ... and no-pilot planes.		Brief Article	121
Going auto: no-driver trucks ...		Brief Article	141
I Didn't Do it for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation.		Brief Article	250
Infrastructure: S Africa upgrades World Cup airports.		Brief Article	98
Investment: Africa a less risky investment bet.		Brief Article	107
Is South Africa de-industrialising? Manufacturing, at one time South Africa's main economic pillar, has been in the doldrums and continues to contract, shedding jobs and prospects. The strong rand is partly to blame, but, Tom Nevin wonders, does manufacturing have a future in South Africa?	Nevin, Tom		1401
Island leads world in IT coverage: Mauritius is set to become the first country in the world to achieve nationwide wireless broadband access, enabling subscribers to access internet services from anywhere on the island. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil		1496
Major facelift for Mombasa port: Mombasa port is the most important entrepot for the whole East African region but its performance hitherto has been dismal, with unacceptable delays in turnaround times. All this is set to change, reports Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1677
Marrakech is the new Costa del Sol: for a host of Western celebrities, Marrakech in Morocco has become the place to be seen at and increasingly, to live in. Where celebrities go, the lesser folk are bound to follow. The result is that Morocco's economy and its culture is changing--but for the better or for the worse?	Veseley, Milan		1373
Mauritius turns to bagasse to cut power costs: Mauritius is producing an increasing amount of electricity from local renewable resources, such as bagasse, obtained from sugar cane to reduce its reliance on hydro-carbons. Nasseem Ackbarally reports from Port-Louis.	Ackbarally, Nasseem		1292
Merger: Africa banking titan.		Brief Article	122
Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika.		Brief Review	219
Mobiles for the masses: an affordable phone.		Brief Article	103
Music from pots, pans and car parts: hypnotic Congolese sounds.			659
Oil giants flock to Libya: US oil companies have returned to Libya in a big way, signalling the first major expansion of the sector since 1986.	Badcock, James		1633
Pan-African carriers: keep government out of airlines.	Leishman, A.D.H.	Letter to the Editor	570
Pest control: restaurant's swat team.		Brief Article	108
Prize letter: win a free annual subscription!			98
Reinventing Order in the Congo: How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa.		Brief Review	185
Resources: Russia vs Botswana in gem wars.		Brief Article	93
Rolling back crime: beat the burglar--with a ball.		Brief Article	155
Seeing is believing: disseminating indigenous knowledge.		Brief Article	256
Sixty Years in Africa: The Life of a Settler.		Book Review	326
Snail analgesic: a curative poison.		Brief Article	152
Sudan: birth of a new nation.	Versi, Anver; McConnell, Tristan	Cover Story	4833
Tenders invited for Mombasa-Kampala railway: the ancient railway link between the Kenyan port of Mombasa and Kampala, the capital of land-locked Uganda, is in a poor state. Now rail authorities in both countries have invited private sector tenders to rehabilitate the line. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil		1415
The burr of corruption.	Versi, Anver		967
The corporate world: governance and accountablity.		Book Review	1629
The dirty man of Africa: South Africa, the industrial power-house of Africa, is also the biggest environmental polluter. It is responsible for 90% of energy sector carbon dioxide emissions on the continent. Something will have to give soon. Neil Ford discusses the options.	Ford, Neil		1460
The dividends of good governance: a new IMF report suggests that weak institutions are a major constraint on economic growth in most African countries.	Siddioi, Moin		1398
To the Heart of the Nile.		Brief Article	282
War, Evil and the End of History.		Book Review	344
West African Gas Pipeline gets the nod: despite objections from environmental campaigners, the West Africa Gas Pipeline has received World Bank approval and should be in place by 2006.	Ford, Neil		1668
Wind-up solutions: clockwork medicine.		Brief Article	143