Articles from African Business (December 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Doing business' climate improving--slowly: the only way for African economies to grow is by expanding the business base in each country; yet, some African countries seem to be doing their best to make it as difficult as possible to do business within their borders. However, as the IFC's recent Doing Business 2007 report shows, improvements are taking place in some countries.	Siddiqi, Moin		1561
'Zimbabwe alive and kicking'.		Brief article	131
A deadly trade: fakes cost lives.	Oban-Selormey, Muriel	Letter to the editor	167
A deeper shade of blues: Ali Farka Toure's farewell album.		Sound recording review	602
A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid's Killers.		Brief article	289
A rail alternative: Nigeria's plans on track?	Oyono, Freddy	Letter to the editor	303
AB guide to African currencies.		Statistical table	505
Africa looks east for energy inspiration.		Brief article	119
Africa's energy: east is east, west is ...	Sanchez, Pablo	Letter to the editor	267
African grain markets.	Magnay, John		759
African growth remains buoyant: over the past three years, Africa's growth has hovered impressively around the 5% mark and per capita income is also rising. The need now is to sustain the growth over the next five years if real change in the standard of living is to be achieved. Report by Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1443
African Snacks: With a Twist.		Brief article	162
Air Botswana privatises.		Brief article	89
AVCA Yearbook 2006.		Book review	382
Botswana Mining: setting the record straight.		Letter to the editor	176
Business made easy: Ghana has done more than any other country in Africa to improve the ease of doing business over the past year and is now ranked ninth in the world in terms of the efforts that have been made over the same period. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil		1511
Calm kids with fish oil.		Brief article	96
China and Africa tie the knot: one of the biggest gatherings of African heads of state and ministers outside the continent took place in Beijing last month. The summit has confirmed the new relationship between a resurgent China and Africa. Trade is expected to hit $100bn a year by 2010 and a whole slew of new projects are in the pipeline. Neil Ford assesses what this means to Africa.	Ford, Neil		2267
Dial up your 2010 game.		Brief article	180
Drugs syndicates target Africa: crime syndicates are targeting the region as a major transit route, using its airports, harbours and postal systems for shipping all manner of dangerous drugs. Tom Nevin reports.	Nevin, Tom		1620
Elephants' awakening self-awareness.		Brief article	116
Enter the salamander.		Brief article	219
Farming the riches of the sea: Mauritius has the potential to rapidly develop an aquaculture industry by farming marine and freshwater fish in its lagoons. The island plans to export locally grown fish on a large scale in the coming years, Nasseem Ackbarally reports from Port-Louis.	Ackbarally, Nasseem		1526
Fertilisers--food for a hungry Earth: no continent on Earth is in greater need of fertilisers than Africa and yet, no continent uses fewer fertilisers than Africa. In a bid to understand this paradox, Anver Versi talked to one of the world's leading experts in the field, Amit Roy.	Versi, Anver	Interview	764
From Our Own Correspondent: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the BBC Radio Programme.		Brief article	198
Gautrain on track.			453
Global warming and Africa.	Versi, Anver	Editorial	836
Have your chocolate and drink it too.		Brief article	191
India, China lead bribery index: Africa's development efforts are being hampered by exporting companies from the developed and emerging markets which continue to bribe their way into winning contracts, says Transparency International. Tom Nevin reviews several comparative reports on the state of Africa's economic health.	Nevin, Tom		1281
Instant diabetes diagnosis.		Brief article	72
Kibaki takes the long view: although the ruling National Rainbow Coalition party has only one year to go before the next elections, President Mwa Kibaki's policies are aimed at the longer term. High on his list of priorities is the proposed East African federation with neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda. Report by Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1484
Lights of your life.		Brief article	185
Livers from stem cells breakthrough.		Brief article	56
Mandela: A critical Life.		Brief article	216
Maputo Corridor--a qualified success: the Maputo Development Corridor initiative began life 10 years ago. The idea was to provide southern Africa's industrial heartland with a shorter link to the sea in Mozambique and in the process generate wealth all along the route. Has this happened? Tom Nevin discusses.	Nevin, Tom		1796
MDG indicators improve.		Brief article	150
Mining windfall buys critical time: with Levy Mwanawasa back in the driving seat, Zambia is reassessing its fortunes and how best to get on with business and life, neither of which has been particularly easy. Now Zambians will be watching closely to see if he can improve on his first term. Report by Tom Nevin.	Nevin, Tom		863
Mo Ibrahim launches world's biggest prize: an inspirational new prize to promote good governance was launched recently in London. It aims to transform the African polity and provide additional momentum for the continent's economic development. Stephen Williams has the details.	Williams, Stephen		1385
More nuclear power for Egypt.		Brief article	80
Our cultural assets: use them or lose them.	Thomson-Ferrera, Majid	Letter to the editor	375
Pirates strangling Africa's growth.		Brief article	129
Ports facelift gathers steam: the recent announcement that China has signed an $8.3bn contract to develop a rail link between the north and south of the country comes as very welcome news to the country's business community. But greater volumes of trade will be generated only if Nigeria's ports are also modernised. Neil Ford reports on Nigeria's determination to upgrade its ports infrastructure.	Ford, Neil		1333
Pumpkin power.		Brief article	152
Recycled off-cuts.		Brief article	81
Rewrite global economic rules: fair deals for a better world.		Book review	1558
SA overhauls expatriate worker laws.		Brief article	105
SAPP confronts energy crisis.		Brief article	150
SG 2000: twenty years of Sasakawa-Global 2000.			692
Slimming spinach?		Brief article	76
Student power rules.		Brief article	161
Sun shines on Kibera entrepreneurs.		Brief article	191
Symposium: Stimulating African Smallholder Commercial Agriculture--Bamako, Mali; Green revolution inexorable.	Versi, Anver	Interview	1257
Taking the first steps: while the rest of the world has availed itself of scientific advances to triple its food production, Africa's output is stagnating. It imports more food than it grows and three quarters of its farmland is degraded. But, as Anver Versi reports, the first step has been taken in launching the continent's Green Revolution.		Cover story	1505
Taking the nuclear option: the Egyptian government's decision to restart its nuclear power programme has highlighted the possibility of a renaissance for this most controversial of power sources. How important is nuclear in the African power mix? Neil Ford discusses.	Ford, Neil		1481
The buzz without the bite.		Brief article	93
There's not an awful lot of coffee left ...		Brief article	136
Think red for a good night's rest.		Brief article	90
Too Close to the Sun.		Brief article	236
Trade figures: is globalisation taking hold?	Vanquire, Lily	Letter to the editor	707
Walvis Bay Corridor Group--desert pioneers: the Walvis Bay Corridor Group is an ambitious project that links several transport and logistics systems in southern and central Africa all eventually converging on the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia. Tom Nevin describes the system.	Nevin, Tom		839
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir.		Brief article	240