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16 COVER STORY Ethiopia carves its own path to prosperity
COVER ETHIOPIA: AFRICA’S CHINA
16 Ethiopia forges its own path 20 Infographic 22 Ethiopia’s regional role
27 SPECIAL REPORT: PORTS AND LOGISTICS 28 Getting African trade moving 30 Interview: Tarek Sultan, CEO and Vice Chairman, Agility 32 Competition in the Gulf of Guinea
36 INTERVIEW: Ben Ngubane, Chairman, Eskom
38 FEATURE: Aid conditionality in Tanzania
41 SPECIAL REPORT: JAPAN–AFRICA 42 The role of soft power 44 Leveraging aid
46 FEATURE: Nutrition through biofortification
48 INTERVIEW: Nick Hurd, DfID
50 FEATURE: Business during Ramadan
53 SPECIAL REPORT: AVIATION 54 Fragmented skies hamper sector growth 58 Airlines and the hospitality industry must work together 60 The challenge of building African champions
64 FEATURE: Reforming Nigeria’s refineries
66 INTERVIEW: Uzoma Dozie, CEO, Diamond Bank FEATURES: 69 Kickstarting Kenyan manufacturing 72 An African passport? 76 The debt time bomb 78 Cocoa: moving up the value chain 80 Côte d’Ivoire’s chocolate factory 82 Mobile gambling takes off in Kenya COUNTRYFILES: 84 Tomato famine in Nigeria 86 Kenya’s “Out of Africa” effect
90 Endnote: The rich have never had it so good
