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Contents JANUARY 2013 ISUE N° 393 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM
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16 Cover Story Why Africa will rule the 21st century
Editorial 15 African airlines – liberalise or die Cover Story 16 How Africa will rule the 21st century
Business School 22 Copying is not stealing
International 24 Interview with Pascal Lamy,
director-general of the WTO
Investigative Report 28 Is it time to legalise rhino horn trade?
Review of the Year 32 2012: A year of many highs, some lows
Opinion 38 Africa’s development conundrum – too rich to rise?
Special Focus China-Africa 40 How the Sino-African relationship is influencing the rest of the world 44 China in the African commodity space
Special Report Construction & Infrastructure 48 Building Africa from the ground up
Aviation 53 Fastjet swoops into Africa
Development 54 Digging for victory
Shipping 58 Pirate attacks cut by 75%
Telecommunications 60 Samsung set for clean sweep in Africa
Countryfiles 62 South Africa: A mountain of money 64 Kenya: 50 dramatic years 66 Ghana: Public debt worries for private sector 68 Tunisia: Government must cooperate,
not alienate Reviews Books/Music 72 Book: WinnerTakeAll 74 Music: SisterPili+2
