Articles from African Business (January 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
AB guide to African currencies.		Statistical table	506
Access Bank opens in Sierra Leone.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	65
Actis sells Lagos Palms Mall interest.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	80
Africa's scientific tradition.	Versi, Anver	Editorial	832
African operators losing revenues.		Brief article	141
African Unity: whither Africa at 40?	Chikuse, Gerald	Letter to the editor	496
Austral Bank now Barclays-Mozambique.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	44
Barclays Kenya raises nearly $15m.		Brief article	113
BHP Billiton approves Klipsruit project.		Brief article	128
Burundi's new finance ministry building.		Brief article	119
China cancels Sierra Leone debt.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	69
Chogm--when the circus finally came to town: Andrea Bohnstedt, who is based in Nairobi, Kenya, attended the Commonwealth Business Forum, part of the last Commonwealth Heads of Summit programme held in Kampala, Uganda. Here are her observations.	Bohnstedt, Andrea	Column	1721
Douglas Hoto to head Altfin Holdings, Zimabwe.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	118
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appointed WB managing director.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	273
EADB launches housing loan initiative.		Brief article	106
Ecobank posts strong third quarter results.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	280
Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile: governor--Bank of Uganda; Bound up in history, shaping the future.	Williams, Stephen		1803
Europe, Asia flock to Tripoli: Given its geographic position and the enormous potential of its oil and gas reserves, the world's energy companies are beating a path to Libya's door. Neil Ford has the details.	Ford, Neil		1553
Financial support for East African Submarine Cable System.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	161
France Telecom buys Telkom Kenya.		Brief article	129
GE's Nani Beccalli-Falco Africa can bypass technology gap.	Yedder, Omar Ben	Interview	2270
How safe are African miners? While mining is crucial to Africa's economic wellbeing, just how safe are African miners compared to others in the rest of the world? Neil Ford investigates.	Ford, Neil		1605
HSBC signs deal with Algeria BEA.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	113
Ibrahim Index on governance: classroom theories, not fact.	Jaisinghani, Nikhil	Letter to the editor	678
IMF slams manual trading.		Brief article	114
Intercontinental Bank's new corporate identity.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	122
International remittances: correcting the record.	Kibera, Kennedy	Letter to the editor	193
KCB spreads its wings.		Brief article	90
KCB's Martin Oduor Otieno: managing dynamics of growth.	Bohnstedt, Andrea		2109
Kenya's Equity Bank looks for growth.		Brief article	169
Kenya, Madagascar, Gambia to receive $200m from ADF.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	104
Libya's multibillion infrastructure budget.		Brief article	124
LonZim established.	Rosenberg, Anna		107
Maatcard to be launched in Cameroon.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	139
More from Mali: ngoni masters.		Sound recording review	777
National Bank of Kenya launches Islamic banking.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	76
Neil Harvey of Renaissance Capital: Africa is the new Russia.	Yedder, Omar Ben	Interview	2507
New help for start-ups.		Brief article	94
New interim management for NICON--Nigeria.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	148
New ownership structure for Moz's BCI-Fomento.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	85
New planes for Virgin Nigeria.		Brief article	126
Plants and healing: keeping it local.	Croze, Anna	Letter to the editor	379
Portuguese finally relinquish Cahora-Bassa: the handover of Africa's massive dam sweeps away the last vestiges of Portuguese colonialism and provides Mozambique with its 'second independence'. Report by Tom Nevin.	Nevin, Tom		1082
Rama Sithanen, Mauritius finance minister: the secret of our success.	Yedder, Omar Ben	Interview	1434
Record FDI for Africa; The stream of good news about Africa's economic performance continues with the release of the UN's The World Investment Report 2007: Foreign direct investment has doubled both as a result of growing interest in the continent and a friendlier climate for investors. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil	Report	1502
Runaway oil prices--the causes: crude oil prices have more than quadrupled since 2002 and until recently were within a whisper of the magical $100 a barrel mark. What factors are fuelling this remorseless surge and how will African businesses and consumers be affected?	Siddiqi, Moin		1467
Russians to restart aluminium smelter: the mothballed Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria plant is due to reopen this month on the back of investment by Russia's United Company, the world's largest aluminium producer. Neil Ford reports.	Ford, Neil		1528
Rwanda micro-finance start-up.		Brief article	101
Seeking water solutions for Africa.	Ford, Neil	Report	1590
South Africa passes first big test: South Africa's first major test as the host of the 2010 tournament went without a hitch when the draw for the competition was made in Durban, reports Tom Nevin. He also discusses the special plans in place to beat crime before and during the event.	Nevin, Tom		1408
South Africa's interest rate annus horribilis: after a year of relentless rate hikes in South Africa, the squeeze is beginning to tell and the poor are getting the worst of it. President Thabo Mbeki and reserve bank governor Tito Mboweni are at daggers drawn. Who is right?	Nevin, Tom		1770
South Sudan girls to be schooled.		Brief article	130
Sterling Bank's Mallam Baffa retires.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	62
The global remittances boom: billions pour into Africa.	Siddiqi, Moin		2285
The Lisbon EU--Africa Summit: Africa stands firm.		Conference news	2644
The long haul to normality: slowly but surely, Liberia is hauling itself back to normality. A deal with an Israeli diamond company, debt cancellation and a brave attempt to come to terms with the trauma of the war all point to a brighter future for the country. Report by Neil Ford.	Ford, Neil		1550
The need for a genuine Marshall Plan: a newfound confidence shared by government and international donors alike should enable the country to pursue its ambitious economic development programme, says the DR Congo's Minister of Planning, Olivier Kamitatu, in this interview with African Business.		Interview	943
Top marks for Classmate: schoolchildren in Africa are set to get a major boost to their education through the use of very affordable computers. Andrea Bohnstedt describes the launch of Intel's Classmate initiative in Kenya.	Bohnstedt, Andrea		1480
Tza banks wants courts computerised.		Brief article	144
UBA's heavy investment in Afrinvest.	Rosenberg, Anna	Brief article	153
Uganda to assemble Chinese cars.		Brief article	105
We want to attract investors: as the governor of the richest provinces of the DR Congo, Moise Katumbi Tchalue has managed to introduce new initiatives inspired by best-practice business management.		Interview	1452
Western union awards winners.	Rosenberg, Anna		242
Who will pay for biofuels development? For a while longer at least it looks as if South African sugar will be used to sweeten coffee rather than make fuel for motor vehicles. The reason: a standoff between cane growers and the government over how to pay for fuel-from-sugar research and development. Tom Nevin reports.	Nevin, Tom		1360
Zimbabwe's crisis: seeking a solution.			1711