Articles from African Business (April 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Round-tripping' squared off.		Brief article	112
AB guide to African currencies.		Table	503
Africa's 1000 top companies.	Versi, Anver	Cover story	24096
Africa's jewel in the Atlantic: Cape Verde, comprising a collection of small islands off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic, has been quietly but surely growing in prosperity and must now be ranked with Africa's other economically successful states. Neil Ford reports on what makes Cape Verde tick.	Ford, Neil		1375
African language: commonalities are an asset.	Diallo, Jerome	Letter to the editor	269
Angola's new stock market.		Brief article	118
Battle to keep darkness at bay: a freak accident at Koeberg nuclear power facility which plunged the Western Cape into darkness has exposed South Africa's fragile power supply capacity. Now, reports Tom Nevin, the race is on to match power supply to the increasing demand brought about by higher economic growth.	Nevin, Tom		1532
Botswana hikes up interest rates.		Brief article	65
Dawn of a new economic order? The Western dominance of the world's economy is being challenged by a small but powerful collection of emerging markets led by China, Brazil and India. The economic map of the world in 50 years' time, says our columnist, will be very different from what it is today.	Siddiqi, Moin		1441
Deadly mixture of guns and oil: those living, or trying to make a living, in the oil-producing Delta region of Nigeria have always demonstrated acute resentment at the way they have been treated by the government and oil companies; now, as Neil Ford reports, there seems to be an upping of the ante.	Ford, Neil		1445
Indian steel giant steps into Zim.		Brief article	110
Let us harness our wounded pride.	Versi, Anver	Editorial	856
Love-letter to a city: tribute by Fela's drummer.		Sound recording review	756
Making the case for clean oil: re-evaluating energy options.		Book review	1577
More power to the people: Angola is at a crossroads; it earns the bulk of its income from oil and diamonds but the majority of its people live in poverty and jobs are hard to come by. For the country to develop its non-oil economy, it needs far more power than it can currently muster. Neil Ford looks at various generating schemes now in place.	Ford, Neil		1395
Museveni is 'good for business': Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will continue to lead the nation for another five years following his victory over rival Kizza Besigye in February. What will his tenure mean for the country's business community? African Business' man in Kampla, Stuart Price spoke to a variety of businesspeople to gauge their expectations for the next five years.	Price, Stuart		1406
Nigeria gets $50m to fight avian flu.		Brief article	120
Nigeria joins the big league: Nigeria says it will be able to increase its oil production to four million barrels a day by the end of next year, three years ahead of its original estimate. While this will bring a sharp spike in Nigeria's revenues, it may upset some of its Opec partners.	Ford, Neil		1430
No pay, no play.		Brief article	85
Prices rise as demand soars: base metals such as copper and steel are fetching some of the highest prices in recent history as demand outstrips supply and inventories run low. The conditions are right for a wave of new mining investments across mineral-rich Africa. Moin Siddiqi reports.	Siddiqi, Moin		2633
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Relief for Lesotho's rag trade.		Brief article	124
S Africa's black bosses on a roll.		Brief article	107
The commodities problem: improving markets.	Mchumo, Ambassador Ali	Letter to the editor	815
The root of bird flu?		Brief article	130
Venture capital for Africa: leads please.	Hanyane, Chris	Letter to the editor	716
Zambia copper needs power surge.		Brief article	111