Articles from African Business (May 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
$50bn finance programme boosts developing countries.		Brief article	110
3rd world Festival of Black arts: Fesman 2009: from the 1st to the 14th of December we will welcome 3000 artists from all around the corld.		Interview	501
A Cultural Custodian: Benin City's Melody Maestro.		Biography	755
A game of political football? With billions of dollars in aid, trade and development finance at stake, did the South African government buckle under pressure from Beijing to ban the Dalai Lama from attending a 2010 world cup-linked peace conference in Johannesburg? Tom Nevin reports.	Nevin, Tom		1541
A model for generating wealth.	Rica-Mason, Duane E.	Letter to the editor	378
A them-and-us summit: Anver Versi reviews the G20 Summit in London and analyses what the global economic-stimulus package actually delivers.		Conference news	2404
Africa private sector driving a new dawn for development.	Ibru, Cecilia		755
Africa's great opportunity: new information, including statistics, clearly indicates that Africa is well placed to not only ride out the global economic storm, but even emerge stronger - but only if the continent looks to its own markets and resources rather than chasing the foreign rainbow. Farhiya Ali Ahmed reports.	Ahmed, Farhiya Ali		1586
Africa's own eye in the sky.		Brief article	121
African Development Bank's response to the global financial crisis.		Conference news	561
African islands say 'oui' to France: the population of the tiny archipelago of Mayotte has chosen to bid a political 'adieu' to the Comoros and a rousing 'bonjour' to France in a referendum that will wed them forever to La republique. Report by Tom Nevin.	Nevin, Tom		477
Cheap and cheerful-economy handsets enter the market: though only one year old, a South Africa-based mobile handset company appears to have hit the market jackpot by catering to the often cash-strapped youth of Africa. Christina Kennedy reports on Mi-Fone's staggering success.	Kennedy, Christina		783
Chinese demand sustains copper prices: copper prices have increased from a dramatic low in December thanks mainly to sustained demand from China. The question, ponders M J Morgan, is whether there is underlying global demand to keep the prices afloat.	Morgan, M.J.		1292
Comrades in Arms: how the ANC lost the moral high ground.		Book review	1659
Cote d'Ivoire PM's clean sweep.		Brief article	110
De Beers marks time in DRC diamond exploration.		Brief article	118
Designers in Africa birth of new boom industry: Africa is brimming with design talent and expertise. Many African-designed products have been international hits and more are on the way. Fayruz Hamed looks at some of the strides made to date.			912
Economy stalls as copper demand falls.			520
Esoko - the new market info system for African farmers.	Magada, Dominique		1108
Feeding our peoples.	Issifu, Issah	Brief article	325
First Bank adopts IF RS.		Brief article	197
France adds [euro]10m to filmmakers' fund.		Brief article	148
Gridlock snags island economy: traffic congestion is costing Mauritius around $100m as workers find themselves trapped for hours at a time in traffic. The problem is so bad that solutions proposed include a free public transport system. Nasseem Ackbarally reports from Port Louis.	Ackbarally, Nasseem		1055
Grow through diversification, urges WB.		Brief article	190
Hospitality sector: the Meridien-President Hotel pinpoints its strategy.		Conference notes	531
How AfDB support changed lives in Zambia.			633
How brands are valued.	Sampson, Jeremy	Letter to the editor	544
How the fibre optic cable works.	Muga, Wycliffe		638
India still committed to Africa.		Brief article	173
Infrastructure fund pool for regional blocs.		Brief article	137
Internet revolution on the way.	Muga, Wycliffe	Company overview	1518
Island reels from tourist no-shows.			506
Moving towards consolidation?		Industry overview	539
Namibia looks to Kenya to boost sector.		Brief article	131
Neighbours at odds over Lake Victoria island.			410
Neo-liberalism is still the best development model - Francis Fukuyama.		Interview	1632
North Africa leads growth.	Morgan, M.J.	Industry overview	1228
Optimism still reigns.			460
Prize letter: win a free annual subscription!		Letter to the editor	97
Rise of a new African star; Malawi's economic performance continues to astonish. The IMF is now predicting that this Southern African country will buck the global trend and not only register the fastest growth in Africa, but is likely to come in with the second-fastest growth in the world. Lameck Masina reports.	Masina, Lameck		946
S Africa's biggest illegal 'earners'.		Brief article	161
Senegal's Minister of Economy and Finance, Abdoulaye Diop. "Our economy is badly affected by exogenous shocks".		Interview	1239
Tapping the Diaspora.	Brown, Archie	Letter to the editor	457
The African Development Bank's response.			745
The changing situation.		Company overview	649
The Design Indaba: never a bad time for a good idea.	Hamed, Fayruz		995
The G20 and Africa: what is in it for us?		Conference news	298
The singer or the song?	Versi, Anver	Editorial	772
Too little, too late for Africa - again: what did Africa manage to squeeze out of the much-lauded economic-stimulus summit held in London last month? While vast sums were being pledged and allocated, Africa, says Moin Siddiqi, was left on the sidelines.		Conference news	1164
Truly French at last.		Brief article	248
We see opportunities despite the crisis: the Prime Minister of Mozambique, Luisa Diogo, discusses the impact of the global crisis on her country and how this fast-growing Southern African nation has set its priorities in the run-up to this November's general elections. Questions posed by Omar Ben Yedder.	Yedder, Omar Ben	Interview	1687
What is the real value of Africa's wealth?			2113
When public negligence can become criminal: when poor or ill-informed public policy results in the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of citizens - whether through belligerence or neglect - someone has to be called to account.	Muga, Wycliffe		1488
Will vested interests block NNPC reform bill?	Rundell, Sarah		1382
Zain gains ground in Kenya: Zain Kenya has been making far-reaching changes to the former Celtel model. Its services have become the cheapest in the country and its recently launched m-banking programme is aimed at the mass market. John Thuo reports from Nairobi.	Thuo, John		1120