Articles from Caribbean Update (November 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A timeless simplicity: Malian singer breaks with tradition.		Sound Recording Review	772
AB guide to African Currencies.		Illustration	497
African Business Finance and Development Policy.		Book Review	191
African potential is limitless: African oil and gas has assumed a far greater global importance in the current climate of conflict in the Middle East. Africa's reserves and the new offshore finds have turned into a major player in the field and the continent's vast gas reserves have a potentially unlimited market.	Ford, Neil		1831
Angola--DRC sink border dispute: Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have agreed to settle a boundary dispute in the lower half of the Gulf of Guinea. This could add considerably to the DRC's now meagre output.			936
Award for Standard Chartered: Standard Chartered, which has been operating in Africa for over 140 years, has won the prestigious Banker magazine award as Bank of the Year.	Adele, Sam		420
Battered Boks lose their spring.	Nevin, Tom		1302
Battle for Air Botswana shares.			104
Boom Times in a bust state: how Somalia rewrote the economics rulebook.		Book Review	1518
Can Africa hold firm? The World Trade Organization summit in Cancun: after what has been billed as the 'Mexican stand-off' at Cancun, Africa has two choices--bow to the developed world's dictat or rely on its own resources and markets for growth. Milan Vesely reports.	Veseley, Milan		1497
Cell phones makes kids older.		Brief Article	110
Coetzee wins Nobel Prize.			115
Cote d'Ivoire: divide and reap chaos: how and why did Cote d'Ivoire, once a model African nation in terms of economic growth and political stability, descend into the conflict ridden nation it is today? Neil Ford describes the destructive influence of weak, short-sighted political leadership.	Ford, Neil		1666
Designing a better future: if there is to be a resurgence of Africa in the economic sphere, it will come from creativity and value addition. There is plenty of this, at least in potential, in Africa. Proof of Africa's inventiveness was recently on display at the SA Bureau of Standards Design Institute Awards.	Nevin, Tom		1463
Don't leave us out: Africa's top banks.	Chimbga, Sure	Letter to the Editor	141
Driving the dream: the new BMW 5-series: the Africa, Middle-East and Asian launch of BMW's revolutionary new 5-Series took place in the Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur. African Business editor Anver Versi went to find out what the excitement is all about. Here is the report.	Versi, Anver		2503
Failure or start of a brave new world? The World Trade Organisation summit in Cancun.	Versi, Anver	Cover Story	2744
Fighting hijackers is big business.		Brief Article	101
Ghana's Adjustment Experience: the Paradox of Reform.		Book Review	459
Gold--survival of the fattest: when the price of gold rises, batten down the hatches - trouble is around the corner. Tom Nevin explores the relationship between the price of gold and bad news and makes some timely suggestions on how to invest.	Nevin, Tom		1178
Karamoja bull market: when cattle is the be all of wealth, how do you increase your capital? You use modern technology--such as an AK47--when raiding your neighbours. Milan Vesely reports on an East African tradition that is turning ugly.	Veseley, Milan		1319
Kenya: slaying hydra-headed corruption: while it is unrealistic to expect major economic gains so soon after the elections, Kenya's new government will be judged on its ability to root out endemic corruption and begin the process of economic growth.	Ford, Neil		1436
Kenyans' "no" to corruption.		Brief Article	112
Libya: end of the socialist experiment: as Libya prepares to rejoin the world economic order, its charismatic leader Muammar Ghaddafi has announced a complete overhaul of the domestic economic model.	Badcock, James		1494
Makerere University in Transition 1993-2000.		Book Review	302
Mauritius: island unruffled by leadership change: the Indian Ocean state of Mauritius has recently been thrust into the spotlight as a result of the appointment of the first non-Hindu Prime Minister in the country's history. How will this impact on the economy of one of Africa's most dynamic countries?	Ford, Neil		1537
Namibia banks making too much money.		Brief Article	105
Nigeria's Delta--Wealth and poverty side by side: Nigeria's deeply troubled Delta region always seems to be making sensational headlines for all the wrong reasons. While the oil rich Delta provides Nigeria with 90% of its export earnings, it is also the least developed area in the country. Why is this so? Neil Ford gives the background to the troubles.	Ford, Neil		1674
Oil on DRC-Angola troubled waters.		Brief Article	132
Our leaders are culpable: African governance.	Musoni, Chai	Letter to the Editor	489
Rwanda: economy will provide the acid test: Rwanda's normalisation process took another step forward with the recent Presidential and legislative elections. But it is the economy, rather than politics which will provide stability to the nation.	Ford, Neil		1700
Sable boosts South African production.			585
Sacu, Mercosur and India explore pact.		Brief Article	95
South Africa: bottling the gambling genie: having released the gambling genie from the bottle soon after the end of apartheid rule, the government is now desperately trying to put it back. A new set of proposals could deal a severe financial blow to the industry.	Nevin, Tom		1201
Succession battle begins slow burn: President Mwai Kibaki's appointment of Moody Awori as his number two has helped shore up the battered ruling coalition but problems are mounting for the new government.	Redfern, Paul		807
Tanzania: Tanzania goes IT surfing! There's been a huge growth in the number of Tanzanians who ate using the internet, but until the telecoms sector has been fully liberalised demand will continue to outstrip capacity.	Tagama, Herald		1410
The Politics of Patronage in Africa: Parastatals, Privatisation and Private Enterprise.		Book Review	206
The sins of selfishness.	Versi, Anver		870
Torn between two feelings: Chad pipeline.	Mwangale, Robert	Letter to the Editor	261
UK showcase for African cinema: the recent Africa at the Pictures festival in London, which has become a major cultural event in the city, brought 25 new African films and several directors in direct contact with British audiences. But African cinema continues to lag far behind its contemporaries.	Versi, Anver; Dalby, Alexa		1551
Warming seas threaten livelihoods.		Brief Article	95
Who was to blame for Cancun 'collapse'? The World Trade Organization summit in Cancun: the WTO Cancun Ministerial ended amid recrimination and finger pointing. But who was responsible for what? Helene Bank, from the Norwegian NGO, Institute for Global Networking Information and Studies (IGNIS) was there to find out for herself. Here is her report.	Bank, Helene		1530
Will the G7 see the truth: wealth creation.	Bakalo, Baffa	Letter to the Editor	267
Zambia to provide power to East Africa.		Brief Article	100
Zimbabwe's fight to the finish.		Book Review	322