Articles from African Business (August 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
2020 vision: Nigeria's grand plan.	Versi, Anver		3814
AB guide to African currencies.		Table	506
Africa's rich grow richer.			194
Africa's telecoms revolution: some have described it as being as significant to Africa as the discovery of fire or the invention of the wheel. In this special survey, African business editor Anver Versi provides an analysis of the way that Africa's IT revolution is transforming communications across the continent.	Versi, Anver		2021
Algeria hosts games.		Brief article	138
All Africa TV channel will bank on mobile technology: by next summer, Africa could well have its own 24 hour news channel thanks to the phenomenal growth of mobile phone ownership and the rapid advances in telecom technology. Anver Versi reports.	Versi, Anver		823
Annan to head Agra.		Brief article	106
BAT closure could hit tobacco industry: BAT's decision to stop manufacturing cigarettes in Mauritius has dealt a severe blow to the island's small tobacco industry. Nasseem Ackbarally reports from Port Louis.	Ackbarally, Nasseem		1568
Crisis is a way of life: Tom Nevin, writing from Johannesburg, says that reports of Zimbabwe's imminent collapse now appear to have been premature. The trend has now shifted to searching for ways to halt the inflation and return the economy to an even keel.	Nevin, Tom		1064
Curious inclusions: Botswana's statistics.	Saunders, Charles M.	Letter to the editor	318
Dragons at your door: How Chinese Cost Innovation is Disrupting Global Competition.		Book review	132
Drowning in the devil's filth: big oil and corruption.		Book review	1642
East African waterways offer cheap and easy transport: the transport potential of East Africa's waterway systems, comprising lakes and rivers, has been neglected but could offer easy and cheap access to and from ocean ports. Neil Ford discusses the recent decision to revive inland waterway transport in the sub region.	Ford, Neil		1388
Equity watch call: further a share-owning culture.	Msika, Rama	Letter to the editor	128
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Goodbye Lucille.		Book review	171
Hedging your bets: what do the terms 'hedging', 'put option' and 'call option' actually mean? How do these sophisticated financial instruments work? What are the risks and benefits involved? This month's View from the City explains some of the financial world's more complex instruments.	Siddiqi, Moin		1618
Infrastructure fund gets go-ahead.		Brief article	187
International hotel chains wake up to African potential.	Ward, Trevor		1403
Kuwait mobile giant looks to Africa for growth: the Kuwait based telecoms giant, MTC, which paid a record figure to purchase Celtel in 2005, is looking to Africa to provide more than three quarters of its expansion growth by 2011. Anver Versi has the details.	Versi, Anver		1378
Malanje centre lands $324m.		Brief article	136
More of Guinea's finest: the original four brothers.			708
Nairobi exchange to accept plastic.		Brief article	166
Pouring oil on Delta's troubled waters? The kidnappings and violence in Nigeria's main oil producing region, the Delta, remains a running sore in the country's body politic. New president, Umaru Yar'Adua, has called for talks to try and end the stalemate. Will he succeed? Report by Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1406
Presidential material? The Sexwale interview.	Van Rennen, Dirk	Letter to the editor	305
Pros and cons of the Bujagali scheme: in this month's column, Neil Ford re-examines the controversial Bujagali HEP scheme in light of Uganda's chronic shortage of power.	Ford, Neil	Column	1521
South Africa wins bid.		Brief article	205
Sustainable energy: meeting Africa's needs.	Ekwensi, Daniel	Letter to the editor	601
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are failing and what can be done about it.		Book review	207
Uganda's Monica Arac de Nyeko wins 2007 Caine Prize.	Williams, Stephen		610
Under the Tree of Talking.		Book review	197
Was strike political muscle flexing? Was the month long strike by South Africa's civil servants really about better salaries and conditions, or was this a flexing of political muscle by the country's largest trade union, Cosatu? Tom Nevin discusses.	Nevin, Tom		1213
Well deserved awards for African journalists.	Versi, Anver		821
With oil, we are going to fly--Kufuor: the discovery of economically viable oil reserves off shore Ghana is in danger of raising too many expectations. It will take quite some time before the oil can be commercially exploited. In the meanwhile, the economy has been performing well and, as Neil Ford points out, it might be best not to pay too much heed to the newly discovered oil.	Ford, Neil		1392
Zimbabwe's decision: bounce could take a generation.	Tendai, Washington	Letter to the editor	310