Articles from African Business (June 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A contrary view: put rankings online.	Belder, Jimmy	Letter to the editor	327
A garden of love.	Williams, Stephen		417
AB guide to African currencies.		Statistical table	505
Actis' Nkosana Moyo: a question of emotional ownership; Nkosana Moyo, erstwhile Zimbabwe's minister for industry and trade and now head of the Africa region for Actis, talks about Africa's economic options and argues that unless Africa's institutions connect culturally and emotionally with the people, they are bound to fail.	Versi, Anver	Interview	2448
AfDB approves grid links.		Brief article	74
Africa's economy grows again in 2007.		Brief article	96
Bananas--science comes to the rescue: a radical new technique in the practice of banana cultivation in Uganda is producing some impressive results. African Business' Stuart Price met the people behind the technology and witnessed at first hand the fruits of their work.	Price, Stuart		1545
Banker sues health guru.		Brief article	122
Bluetooth banking adverts.		Brief article	113
Businesswomen's summit.		Brief article	155
Cameroon's unregistered hotels.		Brief article	130
Cape Town June 2007: World Economic Forum on Africa.			2599
Cape Verde posts strong growth.		Brief article	158
CCA meets in Cape Town.		Brief article	129
Cecilia Ibru: meet Nigeria's First Lady of banking.	Jason, Pini		1732
Celebrating independence: modernising the traditional.			683
CEPGL to be revived.		Brief article	94
Coega ready for take-off.			474
Dashen Bank appoints new promotions' manager.		Brief article	65
Djibouti enters major league.			604
Donald Kaberuka: Africa's unique window of opportunity; Africa is poised for an exciting new era in its economic and social transformation. In this interview with African Banker editor, Anver Versi, African Development Bank president, Donald Kaberuka explains how the Bank has taken the leadership role in driving African economies forward.	Versi, Anver	Interview	2649
Dr Gideon Gono: how sanctions are ruining Zimbabwe; In this Opinion piece, Dr Gideon Gono, governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe clearly spells out how sanctions and the suspension of international support have devastated economic and social life in his country. The heaviest blows, he argues, have fallen on the poor, the young and ill.	Gono, Gideon		1322
Dreaming the dream: although Sao Tome and Principe is not yet producing any oil, hopes are high that the current exploration activity will soon discover substantial commercially exploitable reserves. What will the oil windfall mean to the ordinary citizens? Neil Ford discusses.	Ford, Neil		1471
East Africa: looking beyond the two cities.			960
Ecobank delivers record results.		Financial report	521
Eland Platinum signs R800m term sheet.		Brief article	78
Fair trade movement gathers strength: the fair trade movement, which seeks to provide actual producers and growers with a better slice of the returns from their labour, is expanding rapidly and Africa appears poised to benefit from this ethical stance. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil		958
G8 business group meets.		Brief article	189
Ghana launches Microfinance policy.		Brief article	60
Gill Marcus appointed as Chair of Absa.		Brief article	72
How euphoria turned into tragedy: in the final part of his three-part series on the history of Africa's economy from the ending of the slave-trade to the present day, Dr. Hippolyte Fofack retraces the steps that turned initial euphoria in the 1960s into an economic tragedy by the late 1990s.	Fofack, Hippolyte		1873
How independent is the South African Reserve Bank: cracks are appearing in the wall of autonomy the SA Reserve Bank surrounds itself with and South Africans are increasingly asking themselves how independent the Reserve Bank is from the government, and how much clout the governor, Tito Mboweni, and his board have in deciding crucial fiscal direction.	Nevin, Tom		976
Innovation brings success.	Ford, Neil	Brief article	128
Iran clinches Gambia deal.		Brief article	112
Islamic banking strides across Africa: Islamic banking, already a significant factor around the world, is now making substantial inroads in Africa. New sharia compliant banks have opened in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa and more are on the way, says Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1481
Kenya lands sugar agreement.		Brief article	114
Liberia boasts region's lowest telecom prices.		Brief article	111
Lifting of gems ban raises spirits: the announcement that the UN Security Council has lifted a ban on the export of diamonds came as a shot in the arm of an economy that is slowly but surely edging towards recovery. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil		1516
Mark Williams is new CEO for Teba Bank (SA).		Brief article	75
Mass migration: global warming to add to the problem.	Nkonde, Fred	Letter to the editor	126
Morocco looks south: while South Africa's banks are inexorably moving northwards, North African banks are crossing the Sahara in greater numbers as they seek to deepen their presence further south.	Versi, Anver		479
Move microfinance to the centre.	Kaul, Mohan		787
Nedbank Namibia gets new deputy MD.		Brief article	141
New VP for WB Africa.		Brief article	34
Nibbled notes.		Brief article	79
North Africa: glut of foreign investors.			883
Paul Derreumaux: African prospects are excellent; AFH/BOA president Paul Derreumaux talks to Stephane Vigouroux about his vision and the group's expansion policies following the new partership with BMCE Bank.	Vigouroux, Stephane	Interview	552
Plastic scam: fraudsters target tourists.	de Neumann, Roger	Letter to the editor	184
Power from the sea: South Africa, often criticised as 'the dirty man of Africa' in terms of environmental pollution, is now determinedly going green. Tom Nevin reports on a new project which will use the power of the sea to generate electricity.	Nevin, Tom		655
Real cost of coal: mitigating climate change.	Yannik, Girma	Letter to the editor	616
Reginald Ihejiahi: big effects of small things; In the storm following Nigeria's banking reforms, a number of institutions and careers sank without a trace but others moved on to bigger and better things. One such is Fidelity Bank under the leadership of Reginald Ihejiahi.	Whiteman, Kaye	Biography	1358
Southern Africa: accent on new capacity.			1168
Tackling global warming: address deforestation.	Rawlings, Ola Edward	Letter to the editor	290
Tax avoidance impoverishes Africa.		Brief article	114
The Africa Finance Corporation a stunning home grown triumph.	Williams, Stephen		1131
The African Development Bank: fighting fit; Before his visit to the African Development Bank headquarters in Tunis, African Banker editor Anver Versi questioned the role the institution was playing in Africa's development. When he finished his tour, he had learnt a new respect for this African institution. This is his report.	Versi, Anver		2010
The G8's empty promises.	Versi, Anver		895
The labours of Umaru Yar'Adua.		Cover story	2448
The power of language: keeping culture alive.	Jones, Evan	Letter to the editor	280
Thinking big, thinking smart: Sub-Saharan African ports are beginning to catch up with their northern counterparts. Several new projects, some recently completed, are slowly but surely bringing Africa's once dilapidated harbours structure into line with modern best practice.			931
Toure wins second terms with ease: Mali's presidential elections have been settled at the first time of asking, as the incumbent, Amadou Toumani Toure, won his second and final five-year term by a wide margin. Environmental issues will form a major challenge of his administration, says Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1457
Trevor Manuel's financial Holy Grail.	Ford, Neil		1510
Tripoli set to push gas development: while investment in Libya's oil sector has been growing steadily, the country now wants to capitalise on its vast gas reserves to further develop its export potential, particularly to nearby Europe.	Ford, Neil		1415
UBS' Tutu Agyare: a flood of capital is returning to Africa; Tutu Agyare is the head of emerging markets division at the Zurich headquartered UBS, the leading global wealth manager, a top tier investment banking and securities firm and one of the largest global asset managers.	Williams, Stephen		1203
Warning to Nigerian banks over 'dubious loans'.		Brief article	84
WB plans Africa's progress.		Brief article	64
We see doors opening left and right--Standard Bank: the South African headquartered Standard Bank has posted a 10% increase in earnings mainly on the back of its expansion into other African countries. Graig Bond, the man in charge of the bank's African network tells the African Banker why Standard now sees itself as a big pan-African bank.	Nevin, Tom	Financial report	903
West Africa: focus on public-private synergies.			876
What makes Ecobank unique.	Sidibe, Mande		457
Why African Banker?	Versi, Anver	Editorial	290
Woolmer mystery: the Jamaica whodunit.	Smith, Johan	Letter to the editor	171
Zenith Bank opens UK office.		Brief article	114