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Cover story: A new dawn in South Africa
Business Intelligence 4 News and deals around Africa
Cover story:
South Africa’s fresh start 10 GNU dawn for South Africa as coalition government takes on nation’s challenges 16 South Africa is ready to unleash an infrastructure boom 20 Mood is buoyant as new stock exchange listings secured 24 Cautious optimism in the energy sector as South Africa’s coalition 27 Kruger National Park faces tough balancing act between tourism and conservation 30 Cape Town tech hub brings corporates and innovators together Special report:
The Forum on China–Africa Cooperation 50 Beijing prepares to host Africa for ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 54 Can Africa persuade China to support its critical minerals strategy? 56 Beyond the $300bn promise: What next for Africa’s exports to China? 58 Banks and private sector keep
China’s African ambitions alive 62 Opinion: Is China’s overcapacity in renewable energy good for Africa?
Special report: Agribusiness 66 Food crises highlight need for action on agribusiness 70 African agribusiness explores a geothermal opportunity
Features 36 Interview: Nigeria’s investment star Iyinoluwa Aboyeji prepares 42 A collaborative approach can drive the energy transition, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet roundtable concludes 48 Africa’s outsourcing boom: young talent fuels industry growth 72 South Sudan’s Trinity Energy eyes industry woes 74 Ruto rethinks debt problem after
Kenya’s tax plans scuttled 78 Aswan forum meets as Ethiopia
80 UK’s new government mulls fresh
Africa strategy
Arts & Culture 84 The unstoppable rise of Afrobeats Review 88 Free-market fundamentalism will not help the left-behind places
Editor’s View 90 Africa’s sporting success can be an economic catalyst