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Contents
AfricanBusiness March 2010
12 Cover Story Sudan at the crossroads
30 Special Report African Oil & Gas
Editorial 11
Niger coup is setback for Africa
Cover story 12
Sudan at the crossroads 18
Sudan on a knife edge
Cityview 22
China strengthening
Africa’s infrastructure base
Economy 24
After the crisis comes the bounce-back
Special Report: African Oil & Gas Most exciting decade in sight 30
Oil riches now cover continent 34
Gas: the great leap forward 36
Double lucky strike for Tullow 40
Angola’s star on the rise with Iraq deal 42
Will Shell pull out of Nigeria? 44
Sudan’s day of reckoning draws near 46
Mozambique’s offshore gas find
Environment 48
Fencing mountains in Kenya
64Nigeria Sanusi slaps bosses with 10-year limit
Manufacturing 50
Has Africa’s manufacturing revolution started?
Mining 55
Exploiting Africa’s vast potential 57
Konkola goes deep
2010 World Cup Watch 58
Retail windfall: myth or reality?
Event 62
Comesa Investment Forum
Country Files 63
Zimbabwe: Life and business return to the streets 64
Nigeria: Sanusi slaps bosses with 10-year limit 66
Botswana: Copper, silver fortune beckons 68
Mauritius: Milking profits
ReviewsBooks/Music 72
FutureAfrica 74
Sara Tavares
