AfricanBUSINESS

N°290 A u g u s t / S e p t e m b e r 2003

B u s h i n A f r i c a : W h a t d i d i t a l l a d d u p t o ? S p e c i a l R e p o r t : I T i n a f i c a .

T o u r i s m : P r i v a t i s i n g A f r i c a ’s n e g l e c t e d p a r k s .

Ed it o r ia l

Who rules Africa?

C o v e r Sto r y

Bu s h in A fr ic a

He came, he saw, did he conquer? Much ado about nothing? What the papers said.

V iew from the C ity Hypocrisy over aid.

O il & G as Downstream oil door opens for S African blacks.

T e c h n o l o g y

20 Green Oscar for Eritrea.

C o m m o d i t i e s

26 Agricultural prices stabilise.

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C o n f e r e n c e s US-Africa Business Summit. World Economic Forum Summit.

34 D a te l in e USA Astonishing vanishing act.

36 En e r g y The need for an alternative to HEP.

H ealth 38 39 At last, Africa faces disease head-on Kenya’s malaria warrior.

Special Report IT in A f r ic a 42 IT development from above. 43 Mobile drawbacks. 43 Bespoke design solutions.

W heels 48 BMW’s 5-Series.

CO UNTRYFILE 50 South Africa: Alternative exchange. 52 Tanzania: Where’s the beef? 54 Kenya: Cracking down on corruption. 56 Algeria: Bouteflika under pressure. 58 Malawi: Power import deal. 59 Togo: Back to square one.

To u r i s m 6 0 Privatising Africa’s game parks.

Re v ie w s B o o k s / M u s ic 64 Carat, colour, clarity...and conflict. 66 Latin Links - Africando.

A f r i c a n B u s i n e s s I A u g u s t / S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 3

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