Articles from African Business (August 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
$5bn for Africa's agri-development.		Brief article	132
'Afro-optimism' is called for.		Brief article	173
... while rival LonZim launches Fly540.		Brief article	162
A life without fear is priority; Burundi's next elections are still two years away but new presidential hopefuls are already attempting to make their mark on both the domestic and foreign realms. Tom Nevin met one such--Alexis Sinduhije, who was a radio broadcaster before entering politics.	Nevin, Tom		1474
A Who's Who of the African business world: the first CBC-African Business Awards ceremony, held in London in July attracted over 450 participants from all over the world. It is now likely to become one of the major London-based African calendar events in the future.	Versi, Anver		2065
Africa hamstrung by drip-feed funding.		Brief article	119
Africa holds its breath: the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Zimbabwe's three feuding parties is a last ditch effort to pull the country out of its political, social and economic quagmire. But Africa must hold its breath until the secret negotiations are concluded.	Nevin, Tom	Cover story	1612
Africa must nurture the human side of e-learning.		Brief article	112
Agricultural infrastructure programme kicks off.		Brief article	136
Amharic hits; Ethiopia's beats.	Collossus, Dub	Sound recording review	756
Anglo defends its Zim PG holdings ...		Brief article	111
Boom time for tobacco sales? Despite the anti-smoking lobby, championed by the world health organisation, that has threatened the future of the tobacco industry in many African countries, for the past two-years Malawi has experienced a boom in tobacco sales.	Masina, Lameck	Report	1432
Call for change.	Daloz, Pierre	Letter to the editor	241
Campaign for uniform VAT across East Africa.		Brief article	160
Can Africa calm market fears? African oil is assuming greater global strategic influence almost by the week. It is cheaper to extract, better in quality, nearer to its markets and there is more of it than oil from other regions. Can Africa bring some stability to a volatile global market?	Misghinna, Emanuel		1328
Canadians tell S Africa to pull socks up.		Brief article	84
Cash boost for clinical trials.		Brief article	108
Chinese are now black--official; Far from calming South Africa's historically choppy racial waters, the decision to officially declare South Africa's Chinese as black has caused a new tempest.	Nevin, Tom		1592
Cycling history maker.		Brief article	140
Developing capabilities and capacities in African LDCs: a strategy of accessing international knowledge pools and pursuing deep and rapid trade and investment liberalisation will only suceed if Africa makes technical progress, an important report states.	Siddiqi, Moin	Report	1428
East Africa: Safaricom sale a success.	Ford, Neil		518
Eskom board members bonus reversed.		Brief article	103
Ethiopia blazes branding trail; At long last, Ethiopia, which produces some of the world's finest coffee varieties has taken a leaf from the Western marketing and branding manual and decided to trademark its unique coffee crop, thus earning much higher retail prices.	Versi, Anver		1478
First Bank opens Paris branch.		Brief article	226
Greedy banks under the spotlight; An official enquiry into bank fees finds South African banks cream more off the top than banks anywhere else in the world. Is this why they are the world's most profitable?	Nevin, Tom		1397
How Mugabe split the continent: How much did the hostile reception he faced from other African leaders at the African Union summit in Cairo persuade Robert Mugabe to seek a negotiated settlement? Can he continue to split the continent as a power-sharing deal is being thrashed out?	Nevin, Tom		1327
Identify the core of your business.	Versi, Anver	Column	867
Liquidity glut wreaks price havoc: Nigeria, like other African countries, has to balance rising inflation with higher interest rates and it would like to be able to do so without causing additional hardship to those on low incomes.	Ekanem, Williams		1234
Mozambique suspends fuel duties and taxes.		Brief article	113
New funding for W Africa infrastructure.		Brief article	141
Nigeria now Africa's biggest market.	Ford, Neil		892
Nigeria plans floating liquefaction project.		Brief article	90
Nigerian oil regulator suspended.		Brief article	116
North Africa: Libyan market saturated.	Ford, Neil	Brief article	251
Price boom a blessing and a challenge: the prices that Africa's commodities fetch in the world market have never been higher. Ironically, production problems, for example power shortages in South Africa, have served to raise prices even further. The question is, how can Africa best employ this commodity windfall?	Morgan, Matthew		1594
Revealed! The world's largest untapped market: Africa's opportunities and its challenges.	Williams, Stephen	Book review	2503
Rose-Innes wins the Caine Prize.		Book review	712
S. Africa shudders at Fifa's 'Plan B'; Fifa's admission that it has a 'Plan B' to stage the soccer World Cup elsewhere if South Africa is not ready in time has sent shockwaves throughout the country--and Zimbabwe is becoming the spider on 2010's shoulder.	Nevin, Tom		1490
South Africa's den of postal thieves.		Brief article	147
Southern Africa: MTN's fate in the balanc.	Ford, Neil		506
The benefits of clean water.	Waugh, Rob	Letter to the editor	507
The future is green: the island nation of Mauritius has decided to go green in a big way. The last budget contains measures which, if fully implemented will dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels and cut back on carbon emissions.	Ackbarally, Nasseem		615
The public-private debate.	Sono, Tom	Letter to the editor	269
The way forward.	Mansour, Wolsey	Letter to the editor	660
Unacceptable border delays.	Boaten, K. Osei	Letter to the editor	217
Zambia to recall its greybeards.		Brief article	123
Zimbabwe last chance saloon.	Versi, Anver	Cover story	594